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Opportunity to Advance Election Integrity and Bible Use Legislation

Idaho’s citizens have the opportunity to help advance proposed legislation for the 2017 legislative session. During the 2016 Republican convention, delegates from throughout the state passed three resolutions advocating specific legislation to be enacted by the Idaho legislature. Now is the time for those delegates and other citizens to remind the Republican legislature that “We […]

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When Cultures Collide

The Barbary Wars of the early 1800s were America’s first encounter with Islam. Barbary corsairs and crews were engaged in the capture of merchant ships off the Barbary Coast. This not only involved the capture of ships and property, but also the taking of crew members for ransom and slave trade. The North African Ottoman […]

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North Dakota Congressman Speaks Out on the Dakota Pipeline

A little more than two weeks ago, during a confrontation between protesters and law enforcement, an improvised explosive device was detonated on a public bridge in southern North Dakota. That was simply the latest manifestation of the “prayerful” and “peaceful” protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Escalating tensions were temporarily defused Sunday when the U.S. […]

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Federal Notice “Traders with Indians” — feds going back to the dark ages…

Today’s Federal Register notices an upcoming proposed rule for “Traders with Indians”… It is astounding to me that all Indian reservations are co-located within counties and towns wherein tribal governments have no jurisdiction over non-tribal persons, businesses or properties… AND YET… the escalating efforts to reverse history and further federalize the states, Indian reservations and […]

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Trump Picks Okla. Attorney General to Lead EPA: Big Win for Climate Realists, Constitutionalists

— Published with permission from The New American.com — “We’re certainly going to draw a line in the sand. This is the worst-case scenario when it comes to clean air and clean water, to nominate a climate denier to the agency charged with protecting our natural resources,” groused Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), expressing his opposition […]

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Aristotle, Duty, and the Health of a Nation

Having grown-up in the 50’s, 60’s, and early 70’s, I was the product of the times, and can say beyond a shadow of a doubt, — that I was a self-absorbed idiot, — pretty much a pleasure seeker wondering aimlessly through life, — a harmless fun-loving guy. A mental diet of TV, sports, pop music, […]

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Heartland Institute: Deluders or The Deluded?

Constitutional Reform via Con-Con Promoted How can an outfit like the Heartland Institute who is on the correct side of so many issues such as opposing Climate Change be so wrong about promoting Constitutional Reform by way of an Article V Constitutional Convention? The question must be asked, “Are they the deluders or the deluded?” […]

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Dear Donald, Stop Picking Winners and Losers, Please

Cut Taxes, All the Regulations and Energy Costs Possible, Negotiate Good Trade Agreements and Quit the Subsidy Insanity No one wants to see Pres. Elect DJT succeed more than yours truly. Mr. Trump’s, Carrier Air Conditioning project served as a useful tool to make a statement while saving some jobs, but should not be implemented […]

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Crave ‘Truth and Reality’

The majority of Americans today are utterly clueless about ‘truth and reality’ while accepting the skillfully presented poisonous lies being fed us from the propagandists in the education sector, big media news and the entertainment industry that don’t square with actual facts. Also, Americans are entirely too trusting of all elected politicians. Believe nothing they […]

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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty

President elect Trump’s victory was a miracle as the odds against him winning were huge. He had not only the Democratic Party, but also the main-stream media, the Washington Establishment, Neoconservative Republicans and likely widespread voter fraud where no photo ID was required to vote. The “deplorable” working class Americans voted Trump to drain the Washington […]

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Idaho County Commissioner Jim Chmelik’s letter to Donald Trump

Mr. President Elect Trump, you have given hope to a vast majority of Americans, not because you promised to do something for them; rather you promised Americans the opportunity to succeed based upon their abilities and the opportunity to accept the responsibilities that are tossed down before us. For this I am grateful, thank you. […]

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Fewer Americans Trust Mainstream Media

— Published with permission from The New American.com — ➡ Click Here to get Infringed by Alex Kincaid ⬅ When Michael Goodwin, a 10-year veteran writer for the New York Times, saw the extent of the bias displayed by the Times in its coverage of the recent presidential election, and by the mainstream media in general, […]

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