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NIC Win-Win

Now that the North Idaho College trustee election is over we can set aside the rhetoric and review the facts. At the heart of the NIC accreditation issue was DEI. DEI, alternately known as Social Justice or Woke, had been creeping into the fabric of NIC for two decades. Starting slowly but at an accelerating […]

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Trump Flashback

I wrote this in December of 2015, nearly a year before Trump was elected the first time. How did it age? He is bold, brash, bombastic and has an ego that will barely fit in the marble plated atrium of a New York City skyscraper. He is a self-made billionaire who flies his private 757 […]

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Democracy Needs Election Standards

Design is destiny; the standards we set determine the quality of what we achieve. Our Constitutionally guaranteed republican form of government relies on free, fair, and honest elections to select our representatives and leaders. Federal elections are conducted by the states and each state has different election laws. In Idaho, you must show a government […]

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MAGA Mania

Traditional Main Stream Media has committed suicide, but the corpse will be with us for a while. We have elected the modern-day equivalent of Hitler, a fascist dictator who will end democracy, force women to have babies, has unlimited powers granted by the Supreme Court, will jail his political opponents, has called white supremacists “fine […]

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KCRCC Recommendation Facts

You need to make decisions on how to vote in the upcoming local election on November 5th. Who should you listen to for advice? Your local official Republican Party, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC), has put considerable time and effort into making recommendations for the November election and voters overwhelmingly appreciate the work […]

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They Told Us

They told us that Trump’s 2016 win was not legitimate and the result of Russian interference. Turns out that the Russia conspiracy was invented by the Hillary Clinton campaign. They told us COVID came from a wet market and masks would stop transmission and the vaccine was safe and effective and we needed to stay […]

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Evaluating Polls

“Never trust a poll you didn’t pay for.” Political axiom. In the run-up to the November election we are bombarded by polls allegedly telling us how the candidates are doing. Results often vary widely which makes it confusing and difficult to understand the true situation. If you know how polls are done and what the […]

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DEI is Strangling North Idaho College

It is a Darwinian fact that North Idaho College, or any organization which embraces Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) is doomed. I will explain why. The advice I give when counseling students seeking a career path is to find something they enjoy and then get good at it. Success and competency go hand in hand […]

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Candidate Recommendations

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) held a special meeting on Tuesday to review the candidates for the November election and then to vote by secret ballot on which candidates the KCRCC would recommend. Many organizations, groups and associations endorse candidates for office. These groups typically are composed of individuals who are bound together […]

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Why Rank Choice Voting is BAD

“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.” ~ Thomas Sowell Ranked Choice Voting will be on the ballot in November as Proposition 1, but what is RCV and what will it do to Idaho and you? Prop 1 eliminates […]

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Prop 1 Fact Check

About a third of all the visitors to the Republican tent at the North Idaho Fair had no idea about Proposition 1 and were unaware it was going to be on the November ballot. So what is Prop 1 and why should they or you care. If passed, Proposition 1 would eliminate our current primary […]

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Ignorant, Brainwashed, or Lying

“The trouble with our Liberal friends is that they know so much that isn’t so.” Ronald Reagan When I hear a progressive say something that is obviously untethered from the truth I consider whether that person is ignorant, brainwashed or lying. Ignorant if they simply do not know the truth. Brainwashed if they have been […]

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