You wouldn’t know it from watching the cable television food fights that masquerade as Democratic presidential debates, but the 2020...

You wouldn’t know it from watching the cable television food fights that masquerade as Democratic presidential debates, but the 2020...

House and Senate leaders and the president apparently reached a two-year budget agreement this week that increases federal spending by...

House and Senate leaders and the president apparently reached a two-year budget agreement this week that increases federal spending by...

(This piece originally appeared in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune.) It is hardly news that in the space of less than a week 28 hard right...

(This piece originally appeared in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune.) It is hardly news that in the space of less than a week 28 hard right...

This piece originally appeared in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune ———– Sometimes, what appears to be a minor change in political direction...

This piece originally appeared in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune ———– Sometimes, what appears to be a minor change in political direction...

Idaho Republican elected officials, with a couple of notable exceptions, seem unable to control, let alone influence their party. In...

Idaho Republican elected officials, with a couple of notable exceptions, seem unable to control, let alone influence their party. In...

This piece first appeared in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune ———– Historians, philosophers and ethicists have been debating for nearly 60...

This piece first appeared in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune ———– Historians, philosophers and ethicists have been debating for nearly 60...

The two foundational pillars of Republican (read Trump) economic policy – tax cuts and tariffs – have settled in on the country like so...

The two foundational pillars of Republican (read Trump) economic policy – tax cuts and tariffs – have settled in on the country like so...

“I am not a member of any organized political party,” the cowboy comic Will Rogers famously said. “I am a Democrat.” Democrats fight...

“I am not a member of any organized political party,” the cowboy comic Will Rogers famously said. “I am a Democrat.” Democrats fight...

Nine days ago Robert Mueller III, the decorated former Marine Corps officer, the former assistant attorney general who prosecuted...

Nine days ago Robert Mueller III, the decorated former Marine Corps officer, the former assistant attorney general who prosecuted...

It is often said – and correctly so – that we live in tumultuous times. Our devices spew forth a never-ending avalanche of information,...

It is often said – and correctly so – that we live in tumultuous times. Our devices spew forth a never-ending avalanche of information,...