This Friday marks the 249th birthday of the United States of America. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress ratified a document declaring that thirteen British colonies in North America were henceforth independent of Great Britain and absolved of all allegiance to King George III and his Parliament. For our Founding Fathers, that day […]
A recent article in both PLOS ONE and NEWSWEEK reported on a study, noting a correlation between political ideology and self-reported mental health. My 47 years of practicing medicine and surgery included only 3 months of formal psychiatric training as a medical student, but those 47 years did give me what I think is a […]
Today, the Supreme Court ruled on the ability of District Courts to issue sweeping national injunctions. This ruling is a major victory for the Trump administration, which has been battling with rogue district judges who have been issuing nationwide injunctions on his executive orders. At the heart of this 6-3 ruling is how it will […]
A Conversation with IFF President Ron Nate & Tea Party Bob Podcast Notes by Bob Neugebauer Bottom Line: Idaho’s $141 million budget “shortfall” represents excellent news for taxpayers, with collections 4.5% above last year and a $278 million surplus remaining, exposing how government officials view taxpayer money as their property rather than citizens’ earnings. Idaho […]
Politics is packed with propaganda, some blatant and some subtle. Often the propaganda will have a “tell” that makes it easier to spot. Once you are familiar with tells you will start seeing the propaganda. Here are a few examples. The “So” Tell. If someone starts off a sentence or post with “So” then there […]
Dear Friends, Brian and Julie Wuoti wanted to open their home to children in foster care. They had the space, the love, and the commitment to help kids who needed families. The state of Vermont stepped in and told them no. Why? Because the Wuotis refused to pledge they would affirm and promote any foster […]
BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador filed a supplemental brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant immediate review of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act rather than sending the case back to a lower court. The brief argues that vital constitutional questions about sex-based classifications and women’s athletic opportunities require the Court’s urgent attention. “While […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing titled Looking Under the Hood: The State of NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety. Subcommittee Vice Chairman Fulcher’s opening statement as prepared for delivery: “Good morning and thank you to our witnesses for joining today’s […]
It’s that time of year again, when Idahoans turn out for parades, light fireworks, and celebrate the greatest country on God’s green earth. Two hundred forty-nine years ago, John Adams declared that we should commemorate America’s independence with pomp and parade, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent […]
Life goes on in the Plantation. We are dealing with an issue that many of you have written to me about and our situation is happening all over Idaho in large and small communities. Our quite peaceful neighborhood is soon to become a construction site and dump for a new “project” of high-density housing that […]
Over the past several years I have written about the evolving changes in medicine that have occurred with the replacement of traditional medical ethics—think the Hippocratic Oath for example that is almost never used anymore at Medical School graduations, with a secular humanistic ethic that early in the nineteen sixties evolved into medical consumerism and […]
I received an e-mail today from a friend that was very critical of Benjamin Netanyahu. Here are some of his words: He tried to “Make himself an essential war-time leader, in order to put off facing criminal charges? That has a familiar ring to it.” Here is my response: The Netanyahu family has served the […]