Too little is said about covetousness and the part it plays in our daily lives and politics. Yet the desire to possess what belongs to someone else can become resentment, and resentment can harden into anger. Here lies an important connection between the sin condemned by Christianity and the politics of grievance advanced by the […]
A Commitment to Process I was reminded again of my Quaker grandmother’s counsel about the journey from thought to character: Be careful of your thoughts because thoughts become words, then words become actions, and actions become habits, and habits define a life.” Two events, along with rereading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, brought her wisdom back to me. […]
Idaho Taxes Bread at 6%. It Caps Billion-Dollar Factories at $400 Million Idaho taxes a low-income family’s groceries at the full sales tax rate. It exempts a billion-dollar factory’s value above $400 million. Both are policy choices, as one side’s cost falls on the other. The Short Version Idaho is one of a shrinking group […]
Where did it all start? Computers, data collection, data storage, artificial intelligence data analysis, advanced data collection technology, interoperability for sharing data between computers, data centers to store more data. With such “investments“ by the government in these new technologies the government now has to take action to protect all of it. Now that the […]
Four weeks out from Idaho’s 2026 election, this episode opens on Proposition 1, the abortion measure on the state ballot. The case made against it runs on three points: the measure uses “viability” without defining it and leaves that reading to the courts; it requires no parental notification or consent and sets no age limit; […]
We’ve been here before. Less than four weeks before an election that could change the course of our nation’s future, all the talking heads are telling you to give up. It’s over, they say. Democrats will win the House, and probably the Senate too. President Trump will be impeached, and the MAGA agenda is dead. […]
Dear Friends, I recently traveled to Burley and had the opportunity to meet with Simply Hope Family Outreach and tour their new facility under construction. Simply Hope Family Outreach started in Burley in 2015 after a local family nearly lost their son to an overdose. The founders of Simply Hope decided that other families should […]
BOISE, ID – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador released a list of 51 hazardous products subject to a federal recall from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for the month of September. These recalled products include mattresses, household appliances and furniture, and seventeen items specifically designed for infants and children. The September list ironically includes […]
While I was still in college, my father sent me a poem by one of my favorite Christian apologists, G. K. Chesterton. Entitled “Lepanto,” it was written in 1911 to commemorate the naval battle of October 7, 1571, when the Holy League’s fleet, commanded by Don John of Austria, defeated the Ottoman Muslim fleet. My […]
There are useful comparisons to be made—and important conclusions to be drawn—when we examine failed investments in both the public and private sectors. The settings may appear unrelated: professional baseball, college football, public education, welfare programs, and government contracting. Yet they increasingly share a common economic defect: they guarantee payment or subsidy while weakening the […]
Bottom line – The choice is between a proven Republican incumbent with a measurable record and a capable lawyer whose public life has run through progressive causes. Raúl Labrador (R) has recovered roughly $165–190 million for Idaho since 2023, more than quadrupled arrests for internet crimes against children, cleared a 1,400-tip backlog, and defended Idaho’s […]
If technocracy is not studied it may be difficult to understand how it works and affects everyone, but China offers a clue. While China is often perceived as a communist state, it is really run by one political party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP controls everything and dissent is not tolerated, no opposition […]