DA ROSA: Trump’s Beef Announcement That Influences the Character of Our Nation
Art da Rosa argues Trump's push to let ranchers process their own beef exposes a deeper pattern of regulatory gatekeeping pushing America's economy from free-market toward mercantilism.
DA ROSA: Legislative Authority Over Drugs
Art da Rosa argues that HJR 4's principle—that major, hard-to-reverse changes belong with the Legislature, not a single ballot vote—is applied selectively, invoked for drug policy while left aside everywhere else.
DA ROSA: Prop 1 Is Wrong for Idaho
Art da Rosa argues Proposition 1 is the final piece of a decades-long culture war against the family, and explains why Idaho's existing laws already address medical emergencies without it.
DA ROSA: The Property Tax Trap: Why Eliminating Property Tax Is Easier Said Than Done
Art da Rosa examines why eliminating Idaho's property tax is more complicated than it sounds, drawing on the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and Tocqueville to weigh the alternatives.
DA ROSA: Cruz vs Carlson, America First vs Isolationism
A short history of the meaning of America First.
OPINION: Support the Teachers and Education, Part 1
By Art da Rosa School Summer break is here. I visited schools in Rigby. They are using this...
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