The latest report from the Cato Institute comes on top of a long and increasingly unhappy series of reports on freedom’s decline in America. Enitled the “Economic Freedom of the World” and updated with the latest data available (through 2013), the report ranks the United States in 16th position, down from second place when the […]
When Microsoft released Windows 10 on July 29, the new operating system was already mired in controversy due to the way it monitors users’ activities and reports back to Microsoft. Many news sites including The New Americanwrote about the spyware features of Windows 10. Some considered that reporting to be little more than fanciful conspiracy […]
With many analysts predicting that the upcoming United Nations Climate Summit in Paris will fail to produce an ambitious, binding global agreement, President Obama is hoping to come to the rescue. He does not want a repeat of the 2009 UN confab in Copenhagen, where he was roundly dissed by his green supporters for “failing […]
Ever notice how most candidates sound great during the election campaign, but their record never matches this rhetoric once in office? William F. Jasper will be in Greenacres, Wa on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:00 PM to discuss this issue.
The VOICE OF THE PEOPLE needs to be heard by our elected officials regarding the United Nations-mandated refugee resettlement in the Treasure Valley! This petition drive is a vehicle for making that goal a reality. We are collecting signatures to show the Ada County Commissioners that there is an overwhelming interest in this subject. And […]
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Educators are rethinking the SBAC test. Is it because of the lawsuit challenge by Attorney Chirst Troupis and the grass roots groups, or have administrators finally come to their senses?
Once again the Editorial Board of the Idaho Statesman does what is best for them and not the people who keep them in business.
The West Ada School district (Meridian, Star, Eagle) is asking voters to approve another operational levy on November 3.
At a meeting I attended recently some fine ‘real’ conservative Republicans were speaking about how sorry some Democrats in the community are, touting big government and its endless wonderful programs being so good for us.
How many words and terms have changed to work your world against you? What did Gay used to mean? How about a new cliché’; The new Normal? Some how does it not fit? Illegal Aliens, now undocumented workers? How about Illegal immigrants? Refuges are now Migrants.
Approximately ten years ago when the Idaho Charter School Commission was formed, a commission member was also an active foundation member of K12, Inc. If that member had resigned from K12, Inc., there would not have been a “conflict of interest.”