“The Republican states are in strong shape,” Donald Trump said last month. “I don’t know — is that luck or is that talent?” The president...

Two dominant themes prevail in the current presidential administration: corruption and incompetence. They work together well, one...

Two dominant themes prevail in the current presidential administration: corruption and incompetence. They work together well, one...

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...

Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is about to get his moment in the wacky spotlight of U.S. Senate confirmation politics. Barring some last-minute...

Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is about to get his moment in the wacky spotlight of U.S. Senate confirmation politics. Barring some last-minute...

When Oregon Republican Congressman Greg Walden went to Bend, Oregon recently for his first town hall meeting there in two years he came...

When Oregon Republican Congressman Greg Walden went to Bend, Oregon recently for his first town hall meeting there in two years he came...

“The CDO – collateralized debt obligation – was, in effect, a credit laundering service for the residents of Lower Middle Class America....

“The CDO – collateralized debt obligation – was, in effect, a credit laundering service for the residents of Lower Middle Class America....

We remember 2008 right? The great recession? The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Recall the photos of grim faced...

We remember 2008 right? The great recession? The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Recall the photos of grim faced...

One of the most difficult things to do in politics – perhaps the most difficult – is to quit. When do you cut-and-walk-away from a There...

One of the most difficult things to do in politics – perhaps the most difficult – is to quit. When do you cut-and-walk-away from a There...

Sears “brilliantly stewarded Ronald Reagan’s run from near impossibility to a dead heat” with President Gerald Ford in the 1976...

Sears “brilliantly stewarded Ronald Reagan’s run from near impossibility to a dead heat” with President Gerald Ford in the 1976...

Tesla, in challenging the long-established American way of selling new cars, is (big surprise) hitting decades-old speed bumps as it...

In Federalist 78, Hamilton, writing as Publius, discussed several issues related to the judicial branch of the government that had been...

The Idaho Legislature has devoted considerable time and money over the last few months to an analysis of how the state might take over...