Supporting Idaho families and Idaho values
The Democratic and Republican parties trade columns on Wednesdays and Fridays. The purpose of these dialogues is to elucidate positions and, if one is lucky, lampoon the foibles of our opponents. The issues are important. Lives and livelihoods are at stake. Politics Read More
The Legislature has adjourned (sort of) for this year. Now it is time for our leaders to come home and talk with all their constituents. Idaho Senate Chaplain Doug Armstrong recently published a letter to the editor in which he described how Read More
Diversity and differences foster learning. Some Idaho legislators gave us a clear picture of how they want our state to look. Their vision actively turns away from good government, democratic values and independent education. This mindset, based on negativity and contempt, squelches Read More
I am visually impaired and have had a love-hate relationship with the voting process. Like many, I felt excluded. Recent proposals to change who is eligible to vote and how ballots are collected revive these feelings. I cried the first time I Read More
A bill recently introduced before the Idaho Legislature to greatly restrict Idaho’s citizen initiative process would in reality break a long-standing Idaho tradition allowing voters to directly influence how we govern ourselves. The bill is antidemocratic. On February 17, a record number Read More
On July 26, 1990, President George Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. An iconic image from that time shows a group of demonstrators abandoning their wheelchairs and crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions graphically Read More
