We often say America is a “nation of immigrants,” but we rarely ask what made our earlier waves of immigration work—and why our current system is failing so many newcomers and citizens alike. The answer, I believe, lies in an old-fashioned word that has nearly vanished from our policy debates: sponsorship. Ellis Island in 1904 […]
When serving as a junior officer aboard the USS Virginia (CGN-38), it was possible to watch two very different leadership styles under two commanding officers with equally impressive résumés. One captain went on to become a vice admiral: the other retired into mediocrity. The contrast between them offers a useful lens for looking at how Idaho’s government […]
When we look at the constant turmoil and civil unrest that is taking place in our country, we must say to ourselves, how did all of this come about and how do we rectify it and become a united nation once again? I have written many times about the dangers of succumbing to the leftist […]
Dear Friends, This week, Idaho had its day before the United States Supreme Court. More than five years after we became the first state in the nation to pass a law protecting women’s sports from biological males, nine justices heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox. I’m incredibly proud of my legal team for representing Idaho […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox, Idaho’s landmark case defending the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, the first-in-the-nation law protecting female athletes from competing against biological males. Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst argued before the nine justices, defending the state’s authority to maintain sex-separated athletics based on biological […]
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes…”. “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to […]
Jan 14, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives advanced H.R. 7006, the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) Appropriations Act, 2026. “Restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington, D.C., starts with Congress returning to regular order,” said Congressman […]
The 2026 IDGOP Winter Meeting was high energy and low drama. Twice a year, summer and winter, the 228 members of the Idaho Republican Party State Central Committee meet to conduct party business. The 2026 Winter Meeting was last weekend in Meridian Idaho. The Idaho Republican State Central Committee (SCC) is comprised of four representatives […]
For several years, there has been growing concern about the tenor and aggressiveness of a particular class of activists who relentlessly assert their own moral authority through public denunciations and emotional theatrics—what are now commonly labeled “virtue signals.” Their rhetoric often feels less like moral insight and more like a performance of superiority, backed by […]
F. A. Hayek once observed that while you can have capitalism without liberty, you cannot have liberty without capitalism. The moral foundations for both are remarkably similar: rule of law, enforceable contracts, the sanctity of private property, and the core virtues of justice, charity, prudence, and courage. For centuries, some have said that liberty and […]
The Midwestern Farmer–Labor tradition began as a defense of ordered liberty and local independence and, over time, was captured by centralized, progressive forces that now use its rhetoric to justify bureaucratic control and dependency. Understanding that transformation is essential if families today are to teach their children to be both pious and patriotic, and to […]
Overview Idaho remains one of only thirteen states to tax groceries and is one of just three—alongside Alabama and Mississippi—that applies the full state sales tax rate to food purchases. At 6%, this tax costs Idaho families $406 million every year. Although the state returns $251 million through a grocery tax credit system, it still […]