No matter how you spin it, it has been an interesting summer for Idaho’s voters. Reagan’s “big Republican Party tent” is splitting apart. Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s attempt to define the Open Primaries Initiative was brought up short by Idaho’s Supreme Court. Read More
As we celebrate our nation’s independence, one wonders how history might have been different if our founding parents said, “Why bother?” Imagine John Adams writing: “Abigail, I am coming home. These loyalists just don’t get it. Besides, we cannot defeat the British.” It Read More
”Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” —Viktor Frankl If I could give just one message to our Legislature, this would be it. Slow Read More
Earlier this week, a man with a long history of antisemitic, racist, homophobic and misogynistic statements announced a write-in candidacy in the Democratic primary for governor. Is this a joke, one might ask? Perhaps. But if it is, the humor is in Read More
Early last week, on a remote forest service road east of Yellowstone Park, my camping party came across a family who observed two moose about 200 yards distant. The group placed their guns on fence posts and began energetically shooting. One of Read More
It is a mistake to think of the choice not to vaccinate against the coronavirus as anything more than an individual decision. Elevating this choice by providing special legal status sets a bad precedent. Classes share a common, trait such as race, Read More