A Dem Speaks Out

A recent Idaho Statesman editorial reported that the “Ada County Coroner’s Office has recorded eight juvenile suicides since August.”...

The Associated Press insert in Friday’s Idaho Press reported that Meta claims to have found and eliminated nearly 4,800 fake accounts...

"It’s the economy, stupid,” has been regarded as political truth since James Carville, Bill Clinton’s campaign manager, posted it in...

I hope all you who are eligible to vote in today’s election have either done it or have a plan to do so. I like to think that those who...

Happy Halloween! It seems Halloween is becoming the kickoff for the Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Year’s holiday season. Sales have started...

Thanks to what some are calling the “Republican civil war”, the U.S. Congress has been unable to pass bills, including one allotting $105...

I appreciate that the Idaho Press published information about candidates this past week. Absentee ballots should arrive any day. In some...

More and more leaders are speaking out about the dangers our democracy is facing and they’re not pointing to enemies abroad or street...

We’re five days from the Republican Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House shutting the government down. Now, this is not the kind of shut down...

Remember laughing at the polls that showed that Americans disliked Obamacare, but liked the Affordable Care Act? Millions of Americans...

It’s Friday night. Candidate filing for the November elections is done. The Canyon County website has 78 candidates listed as running for...

Last week some local Democrats wrestled with the problem of making it clear to voters that there are two conflicting Republican factions...

Rep. Lori McCann, Republican, has now been censured by the Republican central committees of all three counties within legislative...

Some years ago I upset a man by mentioning that Republicans saw greed as a virtue. I was surprised that he hadn’t heard that before. Our...

One of the mysteries that will confuse scholars for generations to come is why many Americans of our time felt that Republicans could...

Recently it seems like a new generation has discovered unions. Trader Joe’s, Starbucks, REI, Apple–even Amazon–have newly unionized...

“I approve this ad.” This week that was enough to get a grin out of most Democrats. I suspect you know why. With 30 million views in its...

This year over 300 bills restricting voting were introduced in 45 states (Brennan Center, June 14). Republican legislators across the...

It’s July and already I’m hearing a lot about November elections–and, yes, November 2023. Several candidates for school board and city...

Recently I spent some time in the car listening to Die Empty: Do Your Best Work Everyday. Author Todd Henry built a career advising...