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  • Every state could count this primary season

    The presidential primary system has been chided in the past for narrowing the field of candidates too quickly. Some say the early primary states, specifically Iowa and New Hampshire, have too much power in that they prematurely select our presidential nominees before the vast majority of Americans have voted. In previous [...]
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    Posted: January 10, 2008, 5:21am EST

  • Police must assume guns are real

    Local police have been criticized lately on how they've handled incidents involving youths armed with replica firearms. These guns fire BBs and pellets, but they look very much like the military style weapons they're modeled after. These replicas look so real that local folks have dialed 911 when they've spotted a youth [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2008, 4:56am EST

  • Bear Lake hospital example for us all

    Bear Lake Memorial Hospital's gracious act of fiscal kindness toward Bear Lake County fits right in with this being the Christmas season. But it's also one of those things that most of us will likely never see again. And that's a shame. Bear Lake Memorial is giving back the entire $110,000 [...]
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    Posted: December 30, 2007, 4:24am EST

  • Bhutto's death has left Pakistan without hope

    The assassination of Pakistani political icon Benazir Bhutto has terrifying implications for her nation and the world. Her death has already thrown Pakistan into a state of near total unrest. More than 30 people have died in riots throughout the country, vandals are burning everything from cars to banks to factories, [...]
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    Posted: December 29, 2007, 4:53am EST

  • Filling seats at Holt huge issue for ISU

    Poor attendance at Idaho State University sporting events has been an issue of concern for years. ISU sports teams, especially the big ticket football and men's basketball programs, have had their fair share of losing seasons. And teams with losing records typically don't attract a large fan base. In the past, ISU [...]
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    Posted: December 27, 2007, 10:07am EST

  • Democrats having second thoughts about Hillary

    Just a few months back, Republicans and Democrats alike seemed to be in agreement that former first lady Hillary Clinton would win her party's nomination for president. The Democratic senator from New York had big leads in all the polls and her campaign was considered a juggernaut that would not stop [...]
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    Posted: December 26, 2007, 10:04am EST

  • Thank those who won't be home for holidays this Christmas

    In his Christmas radio address, President Bush heaped heavy praise on our men and women of the armed forces. Many of those who are defending our freedom will be spending this holiday season in foreign lands. They're in hostile places like Iraq and Afghanistan, putting themselves at risk so the rest of [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2007, 2:26pm EST

  • Tasers have risks, but police need them

    "Don't tase me, bro" is this year's top quote, according to the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. Those words, shouted by a Florida college student who was then tasered by police at a Sen. John Kerry speech, show that these shock-inflicting stun guns have become part of our national [...]
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    Posted: December 20, 2007, 11:37am EST

  • Signs of progress evident in Iraq

    Good news in Iraq has been a rarity since the war began. But there are some signs that battlefield Iraq is headed toward recovery and perhaps peace. First, British forces formally handed over responsibility to the Iraqi government for the last region in the country under U.K. control. As of Sunday, oil-rich [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2007, 5:26am EST

  • U.S. must not deny justice to victims of Halliburton

    Add raping one of their own to the list of allegations facing Halliburton/KBR's employees. A U.S. House panel is looking into the alleged rape of one of the government contractor's female employees, Jamie Leigh Jones of California, by her male co-workers in Baghdad. After the sexual assault, Jones says Halliburton/KBR did not [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2007, 3:05am EST

  • Mass shootings symptom of poor mental health system

    What makes a young man walk into a crowded shopping mall and start mowing down innocent people with an assault rifle? What can we do to prevent such individuals from snapping and inflicting tragedies on our nation that make us and the rest of the world think there's something terribly wrong [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2007, 4:46am EST

  • Residential resurgence beginning in Old Town

    Pocatello's Old Town has been through good times and bad. Nowadays, the Gate City's downtown is experiencing a steady and visible upturn. It's a noticeable change from back in the 1970s and 1980s, when more than a third of Old Town's storefronts were vacant. Property owners stopped taking care of their buildings [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2007, 9:28am EST

  • Pocatello airport needs everyone's help to survive

    When David Allen gave the impression at last week's Rotary luncheon that the city's airport is in trouble, he was speaking the truth. Allen, the airport manager, has been on the job for less than six months. But he sees the writing on the wall. Pocatello Regional Airport's passenger numbers are on [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2007, 11:18am EST

  • Hope emerges for Pioneer's return

    The Amtrak train that once picked up passengers in Pocatello and took them to Seattle, Chicago and points in between could be resurrected. A U.S. Senate bill would require Amtrak to re-evaluate the Pioneer train to determine if there's enough passenger demand to reinstate all or parts of the route that [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2007, 3:12am EDT

  • Virtues Project helping to keep local students on right path

    It is difficult to come to grips with a tragedy that rocks an entire community. Last year's brutal murder of Pocatello High School student Cassie Jo Stoddart by two of her classmates was such a trauma for not just the families of those involved, but for everyone who calls this mountain [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2007, 10:50am EDT

  • U.S. must resolve torture issue

    How far should our government go to prevent another large-scale terrorist attack against our citizens? Should torture be one of the tactics allowed in our effort to prevent another 9/11? The United States has long been critical of nations that have used torture. But now, in the all-important quest to prevent terrorism [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2007, 3:30am EDT

  • Staying in office will not save Craig's legacy

    Larry Craig might think he's somehow saving his legacy by vowing to finish his Senate term in defiance of Thursday's court decision upholding his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting. But Craig's decision to stay in office will hurt many, including Craig himself, especially his fellow Republicans and maybe [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2007, 12:18pm EDT

  • Security contractors who commit atrocities must be brought to justice

    Our government's employment of Blackwater USA and other private security contractors in Iraq is looking more and more questionable. The problem is that Blackwater personnel have gained a reputation for brutality in their treatment of Iraqi civilians. The Iraqi government has gone so far as to threaten criminal charges against the [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2007, 10:43am EDT

  • Let's work together to fight crime

    Last week's home invasion in Pocatello is proof of something that most of us might not like to talk about. It seems that big city crime is rearing its head in our community. This is also evident in what the Pocatello Police Department and School District 25 are telling us [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2007, 11:32am EDT

  • Word about Idaho getting out

    Forget the Larry Craig scandal, white supremacists and other images some Americans have about our state. Idaho has reason to be proud in that news of our state's finer qualities is finally getting out. The result is the rest of the country's perceptions about the Gem State are changing. The latest evidence [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2007, 1:28pm EDT

  • Troop pullout start of end to Iraq war

    The Associated Press is reporting President Bush will announce on Thursday that some U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq. In essence, the president will go along with the recommendation of the U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, that as many as 30,000 U.S. troops will come home by [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2007, 12:40pm EDT

  • It's no surprise DOT's Mexican truck plan has caused alarm

    A war of words and legal papers is raging over a U.S. Department of Transportation pilot program that will allow Mexican trucks to travel throughout the U.S. Jim Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has harshly criticized President Bush for ignoring homeland security concerns by allowing foreign trucks total [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2007, 5:16am EDT

  • Coffeehouses and me: A walk down memory lane

    I was in my 20s before I came across my first coffeehouse. It was when I worked in Oshkosh, Wis., during the 1990s. I was a rookie assignment editor from Philadelphia, a city full of cheesesteak shops and soft pretzel vendors, but no coffeehouses that I had ever seen. My colleagues at [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2007, 11:48am EDT

  • What journalists can glean from Craig scandal

    As managing editor of one of Idaho's leading daily newspapers, I've had a front-row seat to Sen. Larry Craig's fall from grace. To most Americans, his descent started Aug. 27, when the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call broke the story about his alleged lewd conduct in the restroom of a Minneapolis [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2007, 1:18pm EDT

  • Good news in Iraq short-lived

    Last weekend you couldn't read a newspaper or watch TV without hearing some pundit or general talking about how successful July was for the U.S. in Iraq. They said only 79 U.S. troops died in Iraq last month, the lowest death toll since November. This, coupled with a column by two [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2007, 10:13am EDT

  • Good news in Iraq short-lived

    Last weekend you couldn't read a newspaper or watch TV without hearing some pundit or general talking about how successful July was for the U.S. in Iraq. They said only 79 U.S. troops died in Iraq last month, the lowest death toll since November. This, coupled with a column by two [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2007, 9:13am EDT

  • No shortage of problems for next president

    The next leader of the United States will be faced with challenges some might define as monumental —or even insurmountable. Chances are that the U.S. will still be involved in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq when our next president takes office. Actually, the broader war on terrorism will likely be [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2007, 12:03pm EDT

  • No shortage of problems for next president

    The next leader of the United States will be faced with challenges some might define as monumental —or even insurmountable. Chances are that the U.S. will still be involved in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq when our next president takes office. Actually, the broader war on terrorism will likely be [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2007, 11:03am EDT

  • Moving Wall relevant now more than ever

    It's been hard not to hear about The Moving Wall coming to Pocatello this past week. Media coverage, banners and advertisements have all heralded the arrival of the traveling monument to the tens of thousands of Americans who gave their last full measure in a war decades ago. The half-sized replica [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2007, 3:47pm EDT

  • Moving Wall relevant now more than ever

    It's been hard not to hear about The Moving Wall coming to Pocatello this past week. Media coverage, banners and advertisements have all heralded the arrival of the traveling monument to the tens of thousands of Americans who gave their last full measure in a war decades ago. The half-sized replica [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2007, 2:47pm EDT

  • Some advice for hiring Poky’s next top cop

    When Pocatello Police Chief Ed Guthrie resigned to take a position at Idaho State University, it was clear that replacing him would be a challenge. Guthrie led the Police Department for nearly eight years, made great strides in increasing officer training, and established the force as the only nationally certified law [...]
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    Posted: July 26, 2007, 11:18am EDT

  • Some advice for hiring Poky’s next top cop

    When Pocatello Police Chief Ed Guthrie resigned to take a position at Idaho State University, it was clear that replacing him would be a challenge. Guthrie led the Police Department for nearly eight years, made great strides in increasing officer training, and established the force as the only nationally certified law [...]
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    Posted: July 26, 2007, 11:18am EDT

  • Some advice for hiring Poky’s next top cop

    When Pocatello Police Chief Ed Guthrie resigned to take a position at Idaho State University, it was clear that replacing him would be a challenge. Guthrie led the Police Department for nearly eight years, made great strides in increasing officer training, and established the force as the only nationally certified law [...]
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    Posted: July 26, 2007, 10:18am EDT

  • Eradicating gangs takes community effort

    Graffiti sprayed on church walls, violent initiations and youth fashions that resemble what's found in South Central Los Angeles. For District 25 officials and Pocatello police, it all adds up to one thing — gangs have arrived in the Gate City. By gangs, we're not talking about cliques of students who hang [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2007, 11:41am EDT

  • Eradicating gangs takes community effort

    Graffiti sprayed on church walls, violent initiations and youth fashions that resemble what's found in South Central Los Angeles. For District 25 officials and Pocatello police, it all adds up to one thing — gangs have arrived in the Gate City. By gangs, we're not talking about cliques of students who hang [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2007, 10:41am EDT

  • Nation inching its way toward troop pullout

    The Democrats are taking their most aggressive stance yet to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq. Republicans are calling it political theater but to Senate Democrats, their rare all-night session to debate legislation to bring our soldiers home this fall is a watershed moment. [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2007, 11:00am EDT

  • Nation inching its way toward troop pullout

    The Democrats are taking their most aggressive stance yet to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq. Republicans are calling it political theater but to Senate Democrats, their rare all-night session to debate legislation to bring our soldiers home this fall is a watershed moment. [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2007, 10:00am EDT

  • Foiled UK attacks show war on terror still raging

    Almost two years to the day since London's deadly 7/7 terrorist attacks, Britain was once again in the cross hairs of Muslim extremists. Two failed car bombings in London and an unsuccessful airport assault in Glasgow, Scotland, resulted in eight Muslims being taken into custody by British authorities. One of the suspects [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2007, 10:30am EDT

  • Foiled UK attacks show war on terror still raging

    Almost two years to the day since London's deadly 7/7 terrorist attacks, Britain was once again in the cross hairs of Muslim extremists. Two failed car bombings in London and an unsuccessful airport assault in Glasgow, Scotland, resulted in eight Muslims being taken into custody by British authorities. One of the suspects [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2007, 9:30am EDT

  • World does not need another Cold War

    President Bush declared Tuesday while standing on Czech soil that "the Cold War is over." Considering the threat posed by global terrorism, the impending doom of the U.S.-Soviet showdown of decades past is something the world can do without. But considering the current low point in U.S.-Russian relations, some fear a new [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2007, 9:24am EDT

  • World does not need another Cold War

    President Bush declared Tuesday while standing on Czech soil that "the Cold War is over." Considering the threat posed by global terrorism, the impending doom of the U.S.-Soviet showdown of decades past is something the world can do without. But considering the current low point in U.S.-Russian relations, some fear a new [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2007, 8:24am EDT

  • New airport director has tough job ahead

    David Allen got the job as the new director of Pocatello Regional because he's got "a vision to make the airport successful." Those are the words of Robert Chambers, interim airport manager and director of Pocatello's planning and development services, who seems impressed with Allen's knowledge and ideas for the Gate [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 2:51am EDT

  • New airport director has tough job ahead

    David Allen got the job as the new director of Pocatello Regional because he's got "a vision to make the airport successful." Those are the words of Robert Chambers, interim airport manager and director of Pocatello's planning and development services, who seems impressed with Allen's knowledge and ideas for the Gate [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 1:51am EDT

  • Chavez showing his true colors

    It was September of last year when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used his pulpit at the UN General Assembly to compare our President Bush to Satan. Chavez's tirade drew some applause from the crowd of foreign leaders and dignitaries at the UN as well as a few kudos from Bush's critics [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2007, 4:09am EDT

  • Chavez showing his true colors

    It was September of last year when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used his pulpit at the UN General Assembly to compare our President Bush to Satan. Chavez's tirade drew some applause from the crowd of foreign leaders and dignitaries at the UN as well as a few kudos from Bush's critics [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2007, 3:09am EDT

  • Bush's war spending victory will buy him some time

    President Bush has won the latest battle at home over whether the U.S. should still be involved in the Iraq war. In a surprise to many, the embattled commander-in-chief showed Americans that he still has some political clout by getting the necessary votes in Congress to approve $95 billion for the [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2007, 5:27am EDT

  • Threats of violence must be taken seriously

    Idaho State Journal Editorial When Jason Hamilton told a mental health evaluator that he planned to kill himself by committing a mass shooting or bombing, the message was clear he needed help. It was clear the 36-year-old janitor wanted to take others with him when he died. It was clear he posed a [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2007, 7:22am EDT

  • Economic renaissance occurring in Pocatello

    Bannock Development Corp. should have gathered everyone who's down in the dumps about Pocatello's economy and loaded them onto buses. Then, the economic development group should have bused these folks to its 16th Annual Economic Development Symposium. There was so much glowing economic news announced at the Friday event that anyone with [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2007, 3:08am EDT

  • Census results say good things about Idaho

    Idaho is changing. The state is among the fastest growing in the country and its population is becoming more diverse. The latest Census data shows that the Gem State’s population in 2006 was 1,466,465. That’s up by 172,512 or 13.3 percent from the 2000 Census. Put simply, Idaho has grown during [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2007, 10:10am EDT

  • Otter's blunt words about Iraq ring of truth

    Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's assessment of Iraq was sobering, to say the least. While in Pocatello this week, he told the Journal that victory in Iraq will likely not involve that country embracing democracy. "We win when that country steps up to the plate," Otter said. "Will that be a democracy? I [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2007, 5:29pm EDT

  • Blair legacy will be defined by Iraq

    Tony Blair's fall from political grace in Britain is rivaled only by our own president's descent into the legacy graveyard. Blair's approval rating 10 years ago was an incredible 72 percent. Except for a slight rebound after 9-11, the British leader's poll numbers have consistently dropped to their current 28 percent. Blair's [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2007, 4:35pm EDT

  • Arrest of Fort Dix Six proves terror threat very real

    Just when it seemed that we were all ready to forget about the war on terror, the Fort Dix Six entered the picture. This group of six Muslim men has been arrested for plotting a terrorist attack on the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey. Their plan, according to court [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2007, 5:28am EDT
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