SATURDAY ROUNDUP: 3/1/25
Catching up on the week's news
Sorry for the late post; I spent most of the day replacing the brakes on the family van. It was nice to get away from the political world for a few hours, just working with tangible things, surrounded by children eager to help.
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This week at the Chronicle…
On Monday, I argued that Idaho doesn’t need more foreign workers, rather we need to inculcate a renewed spirit of work in the American people.
On Tuesday, I reported that a sign thief received justice in Ada County.
On Wednesday, I examined two bills that rewrite laws related to campaign finance and lobbyist disclosure.
On Thursday, I analyzed two more bills designed to do something about lying in politics.
On Friday, I laid out why I want to make you think as opposed to just making you angry.
I also published guest editorials by Rep. David Leavitt and Attorney General Raúl Labrador, as well as a press release from Gov. Brad Little regarding the school choice tax credit bill.
On Friday night I hosted the Gem State Report, covering some of the news from the past week:
In other news…
Make sure to catch Idaho Signal every weekday at 11:30am MDT for the latest on the legislative session. Check out this segment in which Matt Edwards spoke with Rep. Kyle Harris about his first two months as a legislator:
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day recently visited Idaho to tour the world’s first nuclear power plant. Fascinating video:
High school textbooks say that judicial review was established with Marbury v. Madison. This video from the Tenth Amendment Center explains the truth:
Auron MacIntyre and J. Burden discuss what our intelligence agencies have been spending their time doing:
Finally, have you ever asked an AI to make a picture of an overflowing wine glass? It’s harder than you think, and this video explains why via a detour into philosophy:
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Doing your own brake job? I’m very impressed.
Thanks again for keeping us updated. Hope HB98 makes it to the governor. Teacher unions are destroying public education, we don’t need to support their efforts with our tax dollars any longer.