Op-Ed

My Op-Ed on the Moscow School District ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy!  I appreciate Moscow School District (MSD) superintendent Greg Bailey taking the time to respond to my two previous Op-Eds. In order to effectively respond to him, I spent last month reading 30 years of news reports in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News […]

My Op-ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News.  This Op-ed is personal for me. I put myself through college working at two nursing homes. I still remember the names of some patients, having become friends with them and their families during those years. Bear with me as I revisit the early coronavirus timeline and the

My Op-Ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. This is the expanded version (the Daily News limits Op-Ed’s to 650 words). In my last four Op-ed’s, I discussed Emsi’s free eBook, “The Demographic Drought” (https://bit.ly/3b7teIE) and the effects of the collapsing birthrate. “The Demographic Drought” discusses the sansdemic that is upon us. Sans meaning without; demic meaning people. Due to the pandemic,

This is part 2 of my Op-ed concerning the Moscow School District. It ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News.  Two weeks ago, I mentioned the effect that the dropping birthrate is having on the Moscow School District (MSD). Emsi’s eBook, “The Demographic Drought” (https://bit.ly/3b7teIE) discussed the effect of fewer children enrolled in schools and universities. As

My Op-ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News.  A March Gallup poll asked Americans their opinions on various COVID-related topics. One question was “what are the chances somebody with Covid must be hospitalized?” The correct answer is between 1-5%. The self-proclaimed “follow the science” Democrat crowd performed significantly worse than Republicans, with 70% giving answers wildly off the mark.

I’m taking a break from COVID posts to discuss the demographic earthquake. The following ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News: I have been fascinated with demographics ever since reading Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 “The Population Bomb” in high school. In my Feb 2020 Op-ed, I discussed the enrollment cliff facing higher education. There was a precipitous drop in the

My Op-ed ran in this morning’s copy of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News:  I appreciate Doug Call (His View, 21 Apr 2021) responding to my Op-ed. I also appreciate the Daily News for allowing me to voice what I’m convinced will be the vindicated position in the long run. Because the media megaphone is controlled by

My Op-ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News:  Two weeks ago, I wrote about the demise of the media acting in their role as the Fourth Estate. Right on the heels of that article, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from Washington State University. Making my point

Back in the 1960s, economist Arthur Okun promulgated Okun’s Law, that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, gross domestic product (GDP) will be about 2% lower than it would have been. Okun also created the “Misery Index” which is still used today as a simple measure of the well-being of the public. Because

My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News.  Echelon Insights, an opinion research and analytics firm, released their February Verified Voter Omnibus Survey that demonstrates how completely differently Democrats and Republicans view the world and where the future of the culture war is going. Echelon asked the following question of Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters: “how concerned are

My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. It’s about canceling the cancel culture.  Until recently, leftists championed the motto “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” No longer. We have seen Antifa’s no platforming strategy morph into the progressives’ “cancel culture,” with Hollywood

My OpEd ran in Wednesday’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. I demonstrate that hypocrisy runs rampant in both the Republican and Democrat parties. But we’re seeing something completely different with the Democrats’ hypocrisy this year.  Partisan thinking leads one to ridicule the opposing party while dismissing the same faults within his own. Nowhere is this hypocrisy more

My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News.  As a Christian libertarian I am non-partisan, beholden to neither the evil party nor the stupid party. Most tend to disparage one party’s offences while dismissing the other’s. This is especially true on the subject of physical violence. The Libertarian platform states it well: “the only legitimate

My Op-Ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Lots of data. Lots of graphs. Keep scrolling.  So far, Latah County has been spared from the coronavirus. We have had 1626 survivals out of 1627 infections – a survival rate of 99.94%. Latah’s single death was an individual in their 70’s with age-related health problems. Latah’s survival rate is

My Op-Ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy!  Pundits expected Democrats to pick up 15 seats in the House. Instead, Republicans picked up ten seats and will maintain their Senate majority. Election analysis indicates that over 40% of Biden voters polled indicated they were voting against Trump, not for Biden or any Democrat program. Exit polls

My Op-Ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The Daily News wouldn’t run my Op-Ed as written. So here’s the original. Enjoy!  Christ Church has facilitated three Psalm sings over the past three weeks: two at City Hall and one in Friendship Square. Other local churches have joined these singing protests, and Moscow’s progressives are