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Proposal would place state funding toward private-school tuition options

BOISE — Another proposal to put state funds toward private school tuition has been introduced in the Idaho Legislature. Sen. Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, presented legislation Monday morning to the Senate State Affairs Committee that would expand the existing Empowering Parents grant program to include a $6,000 tuition grant. “This is in response to some […]

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Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi: The Democrats Have Lost the Plot Reclaiming some time, from a House hearing on free speech

Testifying with Michael Shellenberger before a House Subcommittee was one of the more surreal experiences of my life. I expected serious attacks and spent a nervous night before preparing for them. Then the hearing began, and an episode of Black Adder: Congress broke out. The attacks happened, but it was more farcical horror and a

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Americans need to be prepared to eat a lot less beef, because the size of the national cattle herd is steadily shrinking

According to the latest report from the USDA, the number of beef cows in this country has fallen to the lowest level since 1962. Don Roose, the founder of US Commodities, a grain and livestock investment and management firm, recently warned: “We’re still in the contraction phase.”It takes a long time to build a herd back up

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