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Opinion: Water is a missing element in the grand plan to build up the INL
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Opinion: Water is a missing element in the grand plan to build up the INL

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated 9 hrs ago

The recently announced proposal to greatly expand the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is exciting. In order to become a Nuclear Lifecycle Inno…

Opinion: Is Idaho getting ready to buy a nuclear waste pig in a poke?
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Opinion: Is Idaho getting ready to buy a nuclear waste pig in a poke?

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Aug 14, 2026

Back in the early 1990s, Idaho’s former Attorney General and Lt. Governor, Dave Leroy, was a very lonely nuclear waste salesman. During his th…

Opinion: Bombing Iran back to the Stone Age is not a winning strategy
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Opinion: Bombing Iran back to the Stone Age is not a winning strategy

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Aug 7, 2026

Donald Trump proclaimed on July 26 that he was going to “beat the f**king s**t out of” Iran. This was in response to an Iranian missile attack…

Opinion: Raul Labrador’s reelection campaign misfires on immigration, again
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Opinion: Raul Labrador’s reelection campaign misfires on immigration, again

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 31, 2026

Idaho’s Attorney General told us on March 31 that he and 23 other GOP state attorneys general were going to school the US Supreme Court on the…

Opinion: Now is the time for all good candidates to come to the aid of their state
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Opinion: Now is the time for all good candidates to come to the aid of their state

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 24, 2026

The mood of Idaho voters is changing. Regular folks are starting to realize that culture war politicians have no concern about the lives of or…

Opinion: Our cradle-to-grave Supreme Court is desperately in need of reform
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Opinion: Our cradle-to-grave Supreme Court is desperately in need of reform

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 17, 2026

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has certainly been remaking the American legal landscape in recent years, but not in a good way. The GOP majorit…

Opinion: An Idaho legal showdown on “birthright citizenship” has a happy ending
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Opinion: An Idaho legal showdown on “birthright citizenship” has a happy ending

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 10, 2026

The seeds for a legal showdown with Idaho’s Attorney General were laid on January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump issued an unconstitutional execu…

Opinion: Voting rights were a Republican thing, but now in GOP’s rearview mirror
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Opinion: Voting rights were a Republican thing, but now in GOP’s rearview mirror

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 3, 2026

Voting rights in America were a Republican thing for over 100 years, but the GOP made an about-face on the issue beginning with President Nixo…

Opinion: America should pay it forward by supporting Ukraine against Russia’s war
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Opinion: America should pay it forward by supporting Ukraine against Russia’s war

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jun 26, 2026

As Americans gear up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence, we must never forget those stirring words: “We hol…

Opinion: Labrador’s tilting against the Mifepristone windmill has become absurd
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Opinion: Labrador’s tilting against the Mifepristone windmill has become absurd

  • JIM JONES Guest Columnist
  • Jun 19, 2026

Once Idaho's Attorney General embarks on an ill-fated crusade, he won’t stop until it reaches the stage of absurdity. That describes his quest…

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