Jim Jones
Memorial Day is a time to honor those who died in service to our nation
Memorial Day encompasses the almost 1.4 million Americans who have died in the country’s wars and conflicts, beginning with the Revolutionary War.
The Idaho Constitution strictly prohibits public funds for religious schooling
No matter what you call a school choice plan, it is still a violation of the Idaho Constitution if it results in public money being used for religious instruction.
This primary election will be the last where smear campaigns succeed
GOP smear campaigns will no longer be sure winners after Idaho voters approve the Open Primary Initiative in this year’s November election.
The morality police won in this chapter, but that’s not the end of the book
Everyone who can should vote for reasonable, civil and pragmatic Republicans in the GOP primary election on May 21st.
The school facilities bill is the right thing, done in the wrong way
HB 421 has several subjects besides just amending school facility financing laws and the seemingly unrelated income tax statutes.
Property taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the “school choice” scheme
In 2005, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature had flat failed to fulfill its duty to fund the construction and maintenance of school buildings.
The extremist branch of Idaho’s GOP is producing a moving experience
Extremist legislators have been relentlessly and unjustifiably attacking libraries and librarians since out-of-state dark money groups placed them on the target list a couple of years ago.
The Idaho Constitution says no taxpayer money for private schooling
Some people, who simply don’t know what they are talking about, falsely claim the Blaine Amendment is a “dead letter”
Sandra O’Connor was a remarkable Supreme Court Justice
Women have not been handed equality in the legal workplace, they have earned it.
Idaho voters can be trusted to responsibly exercise their initiative rights
I would submit that the closed GOP primary, aided and abetted by the malign influence of the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) and its dark money allies, has created a toxic atmosphere in the Legislature, making it difficult for well-meaning legislators like Clow to do their jobs.

