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CAMBRIDGE  —  When I started teaching at Harvard’s Kennedy School in the mid-1980s, competition with Japan was the dominant preoccupation of US economic policy. The book Japan as Number One by Harvard’s premier Japan expert at the time, Ezra Vogel, set the tone of the debate.

The more the US treats China as a threat and attempts to isolate it, the more China’s responses will seem to validate America’s fears. Would you rather live in a world dominated by the US or China?

CAMBRIDGE  —  When I started teaching at Harvard’s Kennedy School in the mid-1980s, competition with Japan was the dominant preoccupation of US economic policy. The book Japan as Number One by Harvard’s premier Japan expert at the time, Ezra Vogel, set the tone of the debate.

A Pike grand jury will hear the case of a Pike County man accused of shooting and killing his brother during an altercation last month, Pike District Judge Robert Wright

IDAHO FALLS – The contention around ending the service agreement between the Bonneville County Library District and the Idaho Falls Public Library is escalating, with claims that one rural library is being left as an “empty shell.” During a meeting on May 3, the Bonneville County Library District voted 3-2 in favor of not renewing […]

Kim Adair's office looked into the oversight and management of community corrections in the province and found issues with the monitoring and training of probation officers.

A former selectman, Gordon Bailey, is back on the Lee Select Board after winning a three-way race in Mondays annual town election. Meanwhile all three ballot questions passed including a

IDAHO FALLS – The fate of the annual service agreement between the Idaho Falls Public Library and the Bonneville County Library District has been determined. During a meeting on May 3, the county library district voted 3-2 in favor of not renewing the contract and as result, the district is planning to open a new […]

Jack Wilson takes another look into how areas of Southampton got their names.

Lee voters have three ballot questions to decide at the annual town election May 16. #1 is non-binding and calls on the Select Board to rescind the town’s approval of