Herschel Walker gave the best concession speech I have ever heard —I paraphrase: There are no excuses, thank you, this is a time for reflection. So, I shall reflect on what happened in the disastrous Republican mid-terms and give an opinion about how we should move forward. First, we don’t know who we are. For […]
I am so looking forward to Mike Moyle becoming the Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives. I have had the pleasure of knowing Mike and his family for almost 30 years. Over the past 10 years he has reminded me when he is wearing his political hat of a combination between Tom Brady and […]
I was happy to hear about the release of American basketball star and two-time Olympic Champion Brittney Griner from a Russian Prison in exchange for Viktor Bout known to US intelligence agencies and the DEA as “the merchant of death”, an international arms dealer who is responsible for the deaths of several Americans. The press […]
Growing up in central Ohio and in a community dominated by Irish and German Catholics and Scotch Irish Evangelicals I was exposed to many media evangelists. Billy Graham, Sister Angelica, and the Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen were favorites in my family and in the homes of many of my friends. I read many of their […]
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I first read those words 46 years ago. Arguably the opening sentence in Leo Tolstoy’s ANNA KARENINA is one of the most famous opening lines in all of literature. Before I ever thought of becoming a husband, a father, or a […]
Will they be the cause of America’s Demise? History repeats itself. Conservatives who complain rightfully about “false news”, are following in the footsteps of their brethren’s in the British Parliament 100 years ago. Stanley Baldwin, a first cousin of Rudyard Kipling, delivered a speech at Queens Hall in London in 1931. The speech in my […]
I very much appreciate the feedback I receive on my Gem State articles. Fortunately, most of the very negative feedback comes via e-mail. The response that I received about my pushing back on the comments of Sunny Hostin when she opined on TV that Jesus would be at the head of the LGBT parade have […]
Conservatives when discussing issues of political philosophy and public policy with progressive liberals (Democrats and Republicans) believe that progressive policies are bad, but those people who believe in such policies are good people and well-meaning. On the other hand, our opponents not only think that our ideas are bad, but we are in fact bad […]
This has been a big week for me. The Ohio State vs. Michigan game was an absolute bust for Ohio State fans. On Thursday night, I went to my granddaughter’s piano recital at the Dunkley Music Hall in Eagle. My granddaughter Lilly is 11 years old, and she played jingle bells “perfectly”. There were 8 […]
Sunny Hostin, one of the hosts on THE VIEW, opined last week that “if Jesus were on earth right now—He would play a leading role in The LGBT parade.” The assumption of the moral high ground without a moral predicate is common amongst secular humanists who believe that they can define for themselves their own […]
Who will Stop the Corruption, Malfeasance and Complicity? Two items crossed my computer screen this morning within minutes of each other. One was an e-mail from an Idaho State Legislator complaining about my use of the word “corruption”. He believed by my describing many of the processes that occur in our state government in the […]
Today’s Media Tries to Rewrite American History The common saying that the news today becomes the history of tomorrow is probably only partially true. History has a context. The news in real time substitutes a narrative in the place of context. One would think that because there are so many sources of news today, it […]