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 Monday, we celebrate labor. But, on Tuesday, will we respect it? An historical alliance between organized labor and the Democratic Party seeks to protect workers from so-called right to work legislation, policies favoring private contract employment and the mistaken belief that Read More
History shows that Idaho voters can be trusted to decide through the petition process what is right for Idahoans when the Legislature doesn’t act. Reclaim Idaho’s Invest in Idaho petition would give Idaho voters the chance to help stabilize funding for public Read More
The afterglow of Mother’s Day is a particularly meaningful time to apply the standard of “What if the person being denied basic human rights were your child?” The opportunity to right a terrible wrong against some people in our community rests with Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has done much in terms of laying bare some of the challenges we face in our health care system. One of those challenges is access to health care. Idaho is the only state with a state-run health exchange that Read More
“Push it to the middle” is a maxim my brother, a retired Marine Corps major, repeats often and is a practice sorely needed in Idaho now. The Idaho Freedom Foundation, a libertarian think tank, has been ramping up divisive, extremist activities including Read More