Tax Increases and Government Waste
If you live in Boise or Meridian, I have bad news for you: your property taxes are going...
Laws or People?
If there is one naive conceit held by conservatives, it’s the idea that laws protect our rights. “At...
Equal and Opposite Errors
Just a few months after his election as Governor of California, Ronald Reagan gave a speech to a...
Labrador’s Opening Salvo Against Ranked Choice Voting
In 2023, a coalition called Idahoans for Open Primaries, made up of mostly leftist groups led by Reclaim...
Bring Back Civics
This week, Americans saw firsthand that the President of the United States does not truly command the Executive...
Uncharted Territory
Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden’s Twitter account announced that he would not stand for reelection, despite having won...
Complex Systems
Like most everybody, I have thoughts about this monumental week. Only six days ago, Donald Trump was shot...
Dangerous Left Wing Rhetoric
On Saturday, July 13, 2024, an assassin came within inches of murdering Donald Trump on a live broadcast....
The Purpose of a Platform
The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as the previous party system collapsed in the face of the...
Who is J.D. Vance?
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