On Feb. 5, 2026, Idaho’s Supreme Court unanimously upheld HB 93, rejected the monopoly arguments, and ordered attorney fees, while thousands of parents rushed to claim school choice. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 10 February 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Opponents of Idaho’s parental choice tax credit attacked House Bill 93 with […]

Twenty years after Stossel warned us, We still pay top dollar for schools that dodge standards, dodge accountability, and graduate kids who can’t read or do math. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 13 January 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. When I was a college freshman in 1977, my physics professor stopped mid-lecture.

In 2025, government institutions—from D.C. to Idaho—protected their power, punished parents for demanding better schools and healthcare, and forced families to build parallel systems instead. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 30 December 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. If 2025 revealed anything, it wasn’t a new crisis. It revealed a pattern we should

This December, I explain why reading mysteries aloud with kids builds brains, strengthens families, and turns Christmas break into something better than screens. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 16 December 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. In elementary school I read my way through Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators Mystery Series, a

When six Washington Democrats urge U.S. troops to question their commander’s orders, they aren’t defending the Constitution—they’re playing with mutiny in the ranks. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 2 December 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The inside doors of the stalls in the submarine heads carried excerpts from the Uniform Code of

As America grows fatter and sicker, Washington is using your tax dollars to buy the junk food and drugs driving our quiet national collapse. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 18 November 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. I still have my old elementary school class photos. My classmates and I went from first

As 42 million Americans face a pause in food stamp payments, the real crisis isn’t hunger—it’s a nation forgetting the dignity of work. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 4 November 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. My mother died of cancer when I was a baby, leaving my father to raise four sons

When Brian Rhoades attacked my defense of Idaho’s school choice law, he proved my point—public schools fear accountability more than they value education. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 21 October 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Brian Rhoades claims my Oct. 7 editorial (HB93 Frees Families from Moscow’s Failing Public Schools) could be

While Moscow’s public schools sue Idaho to stop parents from choosing better options, new data reveal families have already fled—and they’re not coming back. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 7 Oct 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The Moscow School District (MSD) has joined a lawsuit against Idaho over House Bill 93, the

Charlie Kirk, a young husband, father, and fearless Christian voice, was gunned down for defending faith and family—his murder exposes America’s battle over truth and survival. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 23 September 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Charlie Kirk’s assassination was not random. It was not a political grudge like the

Idaho spends over $10,000 per student while seven in ten can’t read or do math—yet critics attack school choice instead of broken schools. The following editorial ran in the Tuesday 9 Sept. 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. I want to respond to many falsehoods in Marty Trillhaase’s recent editorial (“You’re Betting Your Tax

Nearly 80 million non-citizens now reside in America, and their inclusion in the census threatens to steal seats in Congress from the very citizens it represents. The following editorial ran in the Tuesday 26 August 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.  The State Department under President Trump has launched a sweeping review of all 55

American politicians and pastors are twisting Scripture to justify Israel’s war in Gaza—betraying the gospel and enabling genocide under the guise of biblical prophecy. The following editorial ran in the Tuesday 12 August 2025 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza, killing tens of thousands of civilians—men, women