Twenty-five years after 9/11, America still lives with emergency powers born in fear, and it is time to ask which ones still belong. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 8 September 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Some events burn themselves into memory. Decades later, I can still remember where I was, what I
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Nick Gier turns Jubilee and Acts into arguments for state redistribution, but Scripture draws a sharper line between Christian charity and Caesar’s coercion. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 25 August 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Nick Gier’s latest response to my column on coveting begins with a straw man. As a retired
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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
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From the Daily Fly: PULLMAN, WA — Idaho has been ranked among the top five states in the nation in the 2026 Index of Freedom released Monday by Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. The annual report evaluates the business climate in all 50 states using three primary areas: government efficiency, regulatory freedom and energy resiliency. SEL
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Here we go again, Moscow. From the 8 August 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman News. MOSCOW — A new high school, middle school or elementary school could be in Moscow School District’s future depending on what transpires during the next several months. On Aug. 26, the Moscow School Board will vote on whether to place
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The following Letter to the Editor ran in the Saturday 8 August 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. This was my response to Nick Gier’s hit piece. Nick Gier’s response (July 22/23, Daily News) to my column spends far more time discussing Doug Wilson than democratic socialism. That’s his prerogative, but it never answers
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America’s growing politics of envy reveal why the Bible’s forgotten Tenth Commandment may be more essential today than at any time in our nation’s history. The following ran in the 28 July 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Most Americans can name the commandments against murder, theft, adultery, and lying. Far fewer remember the
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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
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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.
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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
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An indictment says the SPLC turned fear, donors, and tax dollars into a profit engine, and the racket may have reached Moscow. Federal prosecutors now allege the Southern Poverty Law Center secretly financed extremists it used to frighten donors into giving. If proven, this exposes a great political racket. On April 21, a
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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
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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
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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
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As D.C. edges toward war with Iran in 2026, Americans must decide whether real defense requires prudence and constitutional restraint, or another ruinous Middle East disaster. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 21 April 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. America should be the hardest nation in the world to bully and the slowest
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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
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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
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Trump turned his 2026 State of the Union into a midterm ad, and Democrats in the House supplied the footage by refusing to stand for obvious, human moments. This editorial ran in the Tuesday 10 March 2026 edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Trump’s 2026 State of the Union did not feel like a governing
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I called it. Grateful for a sane outcome of this trial: A jury in Boise awarded $10 million in damages Friday to a University of Idaho professor who sued a Texas woman for defamation over fabricated claims she repeatedly made on social media that the academic was responsible for the Moscow college student murders. The
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Rep. Janelle Bynum (D., Ore.) described President Donald Trump’s request that lawmakers stand if they believe the first duty of government is to protect American citizens as “racist” and said the moment made her “uncomfortable.” In his Tuesday State of the Union, Trump made a request to lawmakers in the House chamber: “If you agree
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