If you have not read Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” you should. Though I do not write from a jail I feel the cold hard floor of the concrete and the imposing presence of the dark steel bars that are encaging the West.
When I ran for the board, my campaign was pretty simple: Fiscal Integrity, Support Teachers, Involve Parents.
I would like to tell you about an incident that occurred while I was at a protest against the Council on American and Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Part 1 of this article is available here. Hopefully, the reader now has a better understanding of just one pine tree, forest management practices that maintain forest health, and practices that are detrimental. So, just how are Idaho forests being destroyed? Looking at the historical events provides a timeline of events.
Have you ever asked yourself why there is this need to “fundamentally change America”? Long before our current Administration, there was this cry for “tolerance” and “diversity”.
This document outlines what I consider to be a simple, fair system of federal taxation which broadens the base of those who pay taxes, reduces tax rates for most individuals and businesses, eliminates unfair tax advantages, and provides a predictable income stream for operation of the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.
Conservatives of late have been openly bemoaning the performance of Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and now are cheering the news of his resignation.
After the pro-transparency group WikiLeaks released the intellectual property chapter of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “trade” regime, the outcry around the world and across the political spectrum was swift and brutal.
Co-leaders of the Hayden Area Tea Party, Pam Stout and Jim Polzin are pleased to announce that Mr. Brent Regan will speak at their monthly meeting on Wednesday Oct. 21st at the Hayden Library at 6:30 PM.
— Click here to read part one of “Overrun.” — The refugee settlement program meeting held September 22, 2015 at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls was well attended.
The world was saddened by the news of another mass shooting on Thursday, and the tale of a gunman shooting people in the head at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, quickly reignited the debate over concealed carry, campus carry, and the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
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