Recently I listened to very compelling testimony before The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Senate Bill 1036 that calls for a 10 year pause on vaccines or “any therapy” that uses messenger RNA (MRNA) technology which is currently being used in two Covid vaccines. The Bill is sponsored by Brandon Shippy, R- New Plymouth […]
There is certainly a big difference between an argument in logic verses the creation of a story that supports a political narrative. For several generations, the critical thinking skills that are supposed to be incorporated into a curriculum taught by teachers and professors to our students, has been replaced by programs designed to indoctrinate. Instead […]
The weaponization of our legal system has led only to an increasing distrust of the American People of our Department of Justice (DOJ) and our Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). More importantly the American People’s trust in the “process of justice” has made the jobs of thousands of people at all levels of government who […]
After the last legislative session, a special task force was convened to explore how to save money in the Idaho Medicaid program. There are only three ways to save money in the Medicaid program: reduce the number of people on Medicaid, provide people with fewer services, and reduce payments to providers. After the 2024 session […]
Political transactions and economic transactions are very different. In most of our daily economic transactions we give up something we want in the form of a tangible asset or our own valuable time. Since the days of the barter a tangible representation of the value of the asset or our time is needed to facilitate […]
Last week I went to a meeting at the State House Sponsored by the Idaho Majority Club. The meeting was informative and featured presentations by the co-chairs of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC), Senator Scot Grow and Representative Wendy Horman. Full disclosure, I have a professional relationship with Mr. Grow’s Accounting firm. We […]
Smart people understand that there are many components to intelligence. Cognition, judgement, a virtuous morality upon which to base our thoughts are what connect intelligence and knowledge to WISDOM. It has been my experience that when in the presence of great intelligence, the smartest person in the room doesn’t need to tell everybody in the […]
At the National Prayer Service at The National Cathedral the day after the inauguration The Reverend Mariann Edger Budde lectured our President who was sitting in the first-row feet from the pulpit from which she was preaching. Her words were at best officious, sanctimonious, and condescending. They were actually demeaning to the very people to […]
Since Covid, States including Idaho have used accounting gimmicks to “scam” Federal Medicaid Dollars into programs like food stamps—The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and housing subsidies. In an Editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal, by simply returning Medicaid spending to pre Covid levels adjusted for inflation over $1.4 trillion in savings could be realized […]
What a great day for Christian Conservatives was Jan 20th, 2025. Our new Great Awakening was captured in one of the great Benedictions after Mr. Trump took the oath of office: Refreshing and inspiring to say the least. LET FREEDOM RING by Pastor Lorenzo Sewell: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/20/let-freedom-ring-pastor-lorenzo-sewell-praises-god-millimeter-miracle-that-saved-trumps-life/. At the end of a great day for me—THE […]
We have previously commented on the tragedy of the California fires. Prayers and calls for God’s many graces and mercies on the families and homeowners continue. Tragedies and natural disasters have been part of the human experience since the beginning of time. We can’t stop these events. We can mitigate and prepare to minimize the […]
Our hearts and prayers go out to the citizens of LA County. They also go out daily to everyday people, who through actions or no actions on their part, find themselves and their loved ones separated temporarily from each other. Famine, destruction, petulance and death have forever been part of the human condition dating back […]