Opinion
Congress hands ethanol one more break
The people who make ethanol in this country get a lot of breaks, and the U.S. House just handed them another.
The new cap-and-trade climate bill says the Environmental Protection Agency can't even look at whether putting land into corn production for ethanol creates more greenhouse gases.
Obama should try meddling more
As I reflect upon this Independence Day, I find myself troubled by the realization that while liberty was once this nation's greatest export, today we fear even to advocate it, encourage it or extol its virtues. Over the last few years, liberating oppressed peoples has been disparaged as "imposing our values" on others. In just the last few months, our elites have re-defined patriotism as submission to higher taxes. And opposition to the job-killing cap-and-trade carbon tax bill has been denounced as treason. On CNN, host Rick Sanchez ridiculed a Republican congressman for saying that his party stood in defense of liberty.
I think back two decades when people trapped behind the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain were demanding their liberty after decades of tyranny.
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Saturday July 4, 2009
- Congress hands ethanol one more break
The people who make ethanol in this country get a lot of breaks, and the U.S. House just handed them another. The new cap-and-trade climate... - Obama should try meddling more
As I reflect upon this Independence Day, I find myself troubled by the realization that while liberty was once this nation's greatest export, today we...
Friday July 3, 2009
- Where is Labrador's plan to fix the budget?
JEERS to state Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle. He's part of a legislative panel assigned with digging the state out of another budget hole. During the... - Justices declare discrimination over
WASHINGTON - The implicit message, delivered by the Supreme Court majority in two of the most important decisions of the term, is that racial discrimination...
Thursday July 2, 2009
- Learning from Craig's crisis management
What can former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig teach South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford? How to manage a crisis and the media feeding frenzy surrounding it?... - In death, Jackson remains an enigma
Sometimes, death is a blindside hit. When it comes at the end of a long life as it did last week for 86-year-old Ed McMahon,...
Wednesday July 1, 2009
- Idaho's street is far ahead of its Capitol
For as long as anybody can remember, Idaho's county assessors have been trying to get their hands on the prices people actually paid for property.... - Old health care foes pursue common ground
WASHINGTON - Fifteen years ago, when Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle was running interference for the Clintons' effort at health care reform, his goal in life...
Tuesday June 30, 2009
- Give Congress a dose of health care reality
Want Congress to do something about health care reform? Insist every member of Congress and senator rely on the same health care most Americans get.... - Tilting at green jobs and windmills
WASHINGTON - The Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the U.S. president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating "green...
Monday June 29, 2009
- Lawmakers inhabit a health care bubble
Idaho's part-time state workers will pay a great deal more to retain health insurance for themselves and their families. That is, every part-time employee group... - Stupidity tries to exorcise its gay demon
To Manifested Glory Ministries of Bridgeport, Conn.: Perhaps you wouldn't mind telling me what a "homosexual demon" looks like. I will confess that until last...
Sunday June 28, 2009
- When company gets in the way of simply being alone
One short weekend, so much to do - an invitation to go swimming at night by moonlight, the Iran protest march downtown with our... - Iranian women provide both martyr and message
One of the more amazing and less-noticed aspects of the Iranian election drama is the leading role played by women. In fact, two women have... - Sanford's heart trumped his head
WASHINGTON - A wise man once said that love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. No one who managed to get through the torture... - Charter schools do more with less
Marty Trillhaase's June 17 editorial about Idaho's public charter schools revealed some common misperceptions and lack of understanding about them. He led readers to believe... - Twitter is no substitute for foreign correspondents
BOSTON - From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is "Following You On Twitter." In fact, I don't...
