The referendum is the ultimate answer to the school voucher fight in Idaho

The voucher vultures are circling the Idaho treasury, expecting to soon have government approval to gorge on money paid into…

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Giving thanks for those volunteers who took on the party bosses on Prop 1

When I was going to law school in Chicago during the mid-1960s, Mayor Richard Daley was the undisputed boss of…

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GOP extremists are feeling their oats, but do they misread the tea leaves?

The extremist branch of Idaho’s Republican Party, presided over by Dorothy Moon, has been feeling its oats after the 2024…

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Idaho’s Senators are in positions to limit the damage of some Trump plans

Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo will be in key positions next year to limit the damage inflicted on…

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Idaho’s Legislature has an ugly history of playing politics with voting rights

Extreme elements of Idaho’s Republican Party voted in 2011 to close the GOP primary election to purge party ranks of…

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Officeholders who benefit from the closed GOP primary are desperate

It is telling that the loudest voices against Prop 1 are those who hold office because of the closed Republican…

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Idaho voters face a stark “them-or-us” choice in November

Bryan Smith, an ultra-right Republican and vice chair of the extremist Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), understands that the Open Primaries…

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School voucher boosters use deceptive push polling to mislead voters

The “push poll” is an underhanded political tactic designed to evade campaign finance reporting laws. The Oxford Dictionary accurately describes…

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