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OPINION: Say goodbye to dirty primary campaigns
Open Primary Initiative will clean up the mess
OPINION: NIC debacle demonstrates the dangers of extremism
The political extremists who took control of North Idaho College in the 2020 trustee election wasted little time trying to destroy what had been the jewel in I…
OPINION: Will the Legislature be able to financially starve the courts into submission?
No doubt about it. A large swath of the legislature is still honked off about the Idaho Supreme Court’s 2021 decision overturning a raw legislative power grab.…
OPINION: Extremist GOP legislators are at it again, attacking our public libraries
The claim that Idaho librarians are dispensing pornography and other harmful materials to kids fell flat last year, but extremist GOP legislators are attacking…
OPINION: Weaponizing government against transgender kids and their doctors
Idaho’s legislative culture warriors are at it again, weaponizing the government against families with transgender kids and criminalizing their doctors. House …
OPINION: The Idaho House has voted in favor of sticking its head in the sand
The Idaho Legislature took a bold step to improve the efficiency of state government in 1994. Tired of being blindsided by poorly performing programs, the Legi…
OPINION: What an Idaho school funding lawsuit might look like
It is not inevitable that the Idaho Legislature will invite a school funding lawsuit, but legislators appear at the present time to be heading toward provoking…
OPINION: A disheartening preview of coming attractions at the Statehouse theater
Based upon a preview of the coming attractions that will play at the Idaho Statehouse this legislative session, it appears there will be an excess of needless …
OPINION: Cure for Idaho’s extremist politics is reform of our election process
As another session of the Idaho Legislature cranks up, Idahoans shudder at the prospect of more needless political discord and legislative shenanigans. Instead…
OPINION: What’s with the Mountain States Policy Center big-spending plan? Part 2
The Mountain States Policy Center, which bills itself as a “free-market-oriented think tank,” has been promoting what it calls a “school choice” plan. The word…
OPINION: Labrador encounters conflict of interest situations as he takes office
It did not take long for newly elected Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador to be confronted by two troubling conflict of interest situations. He mishandled th…
OPINION: What's with the Mountain States Policy Center? Part 1
The Mountain States Policy Center recently burst upon the political scene in Idaho with 10 policy recommendations for the legislatures of Idaho, Washington, Mo…
OPINION: An Idaho Attorney General transition that courts danger
As far back as I can remember, transitions in the Idaho Attorney General’s office have been rather seamless and non-political. The manner in which I took over …
OPINION: Will Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde control the soul of Idaho’s Republican Party?
The serious split in the personality of the present-day GOP in Idaho was demonstrated in two articles that recently appeared in the media. The Kootenai County …
OPINION: Idaho owes a debt of gratitude to its longest-serving Attorney General
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden will be stepping down at the end of the year, after providing 33 years of dedicated service in the AG’s office. I hired …
OPINION: Idaho must once again send the hate mongers packing
Hate and bigotry often lurk just beneath the surface of civil societies. So long as a society is united in disapproving of hateful words and actions, those evi…