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Pride in America: Patrick J. Buchanan

By Brian Almon
June 28, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. Any professional — whether a politician, a […]
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Pride in America: Thomas Edison

By Niklas Kleinworth
June 27, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. Life-changing creativity and innovation are part of […]
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No to drug legalization, instead reform the laws

By Wayne Hoffman
June 27, 2023
Not a week goes by that someone doesn’t ask me my opinion about legalizing marijuana, and I haven’t wanted to address the question because it’s not something the Idaho Freedom Foundation spends its time on. I’ve also thought it wasn’t necessary, since our organization’s record is clear. But alas, a couple of weeks ago, as […]
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Pride in America: Joseph McCarthy

By Brian Almon
June 26, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. To leftists, his very name is a […]
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An Idaho Without Medicaid

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
June 26, 2023
Counterfactuals are hard to contemplate. What would the world be like if we never did X? Or, what if we had done Y, instead? In the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the main character, George Bailey, gets a glimpse of how his community would have fared had he never been born.  The experience is […]
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Washington, D.C. school’s claim of trademark infringement led to U of I nonprofit name change

By Wayne Hoffman
June 26, 2023
University of Idaho officials didn’t quite tell lawmakers or the public the whole story about the decision to change the name of the school's new nonprofit organization, which plans to buy the University of Phoenix. U of I President Scott Green and general counsel Kent Nelson made it sound as if the school had just […]
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Pride in America: Randy Weaver

By Niklas Kleinworth
June 23, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. For many, Idaho serves as a place […]
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Pride in America: Joe Rogan

By Brian Almon
June 22, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. Comedian. Martial artist. Actor. UFC commentator. Podcaster. […]
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Pride in America: Robert E. Lee

By Brian Almon
June 21, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. In 1799, Revolutionary War veteran “Light Horse […]
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U of I’s simple mistake raises questions about what else the “smart people” missed

By Wayne Hoffman
June 21, 2023
After the University of Idaho announced its planned purchase of the University of Phoenix, I asked an official at the State Board of Education how they managed to square the plan with the state constitution, which says such arrangements are unconstitutional.  The answer was one I’d heard many times over many years from government officials: […]
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Pride in America: Lewis and Clark

By Niklas Kleinworth
June 20, 2023
Welcome to Pride in America Month. Every day in the month of June and through Independence Day, we will highlight a figure who has demonstrated and defended American values. Consider it a healthy alternative to the Left's June celebration that has taken over the media and corporate America. Among the more subtle elements of our […]
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Deregulation Part 2: The great medical residency bottleneck

By Niklas Kleinworth
June 19, 2023
Taxpayers are about to pay $12.7 million to subsidize medical residencies in the 2024 fiscal year. About $800,000 of this is new spending used to expand the number of residency positions. It’s all part of a larger state government plan to address physician shortages in Idaho as the state still ranks last in the number […]
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