Op-Ed

Fauci’s own files reveal that while Americans endured sweeping COVID restrictions, key officials privately questioned assumptions the public was told not to challenge. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 11 August 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. When Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate last week, the biggest story wasn’t merely that he […]

As democratic socialists openly publish plans to dismantle core constitutional institutions, the question is no longer what they believe, but whether Americans are finally paying attention. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 14 July 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. When socialists tell you what they intend to do, believe them. The Democratic Socialists

America turns 250 this week, but the real celebration depends on whether we have kept the principles that made independence worth winning. The following ran in the 2 July 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Every Fourth of July, Americans gather beneath fireworks and flags. But the day itself commemorates something far more profound.

A culture that turns pride into a public virtue should not be shocked when humility, truth, and repentance disappear from public life. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 16 June 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. We live in an age that celebrates what Pope Gregory the Great ranked first among the Seven Deadly

As artificial intelligence begins replacing not just muscle but thought itself, America faces a revolution that may surpass both the Industrial Revolution and the internet. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 2 June 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Artificial intelligence is coming for American jobs. That much is obvious. ChatGPT writes reports and

Idaho spends less than every state, yet its math scores expose the myth that bigger school budgets buy better results. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 19 May 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Every few months, the same headline sails back into view: Idaho spends less per student than any other state. The

After another anti-Trump assassination attempt, America must confront the rhetoric, media myths, and online mobs turning political murder into moral theater. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 5 May 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. What country treats assassination as political speech? The WHCA dinner attack exposed the pattern. Reports say the suspect wrote

On March 28, Moscow and Pullman’s ‘No Kings’ protests used Iran as cover for a far broader anti-Trump outburst, exposing the Left’s selective outrage. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 7 April 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. On March 28, ‘No Kings’ protests in Moscow and Pullman exposed the Left’s Trump Derangement Syndrome

Why do D.C. Democrats still fight voter ID and proof of citizenship when Americans across party lines, including most Black voters, strongly support both? This editorial ran in the Tuesday 24 March 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The SAVE America Act should not be controversial. That is what makes the fight over it

When the 2026 Super Bowl crowned lust with a “love beats hate” banner, it exposed a divided America, and the object of our worship in plain sight. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 24 February 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The 2026 Super Bowl halftime show ended with a massive banner proclaiming, “The

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