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2018 State Convention Mountain Home

Our 2018 CP-Idaho State Convention (to be held in the Conference Room of Mountain Home Public Library, Friday and Saturday, August 3-4, 2018) begins Friday evening with an informal gathering, light refreshments and a presentation or two on current subjects. The official State Convention begins Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. We will have […]

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Healthcare debates and Sister Honor’s wisdom

Of all the educational lessons ever learned by this author, one has proven to be among the more enduring and universally true. Interestingly, it was also among the very earliest…from first grade. Sister Honor instructed: “When you point your finger at somebody else, three fingers are pointing back at you.” This lesson has been carried […]

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Of no further significance whatever

We’ll call it a Freudian slip. Said Mr. Obama at the U.N. General Assembly only a mere couple hours ago: “Our response has not matched the scale of the challenge.” Indeed, Mr. Obama has not. In fact, that statement is true regarding the whole of his presidency. We would also suggest there is more truth […]

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Uneducated Electorate Facilitates Abuse of The Constitution

“Foresight through hindsight conduces insight.” It is reported that immediately after the Constitutional Convention as Benjamin Franklin was leaving the hall, a lady approached him and asked: “Mr. Franklin, what have you given us?” He replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” This was no Constitutional Convention. Franklin recognized that the grand experiment – […]