But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Luke 24:1-9 ESV
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The past week at the Chronicle…
Only two articles this week, due to the hectic end to the legislative session. Learn more about the radiator cap maneuver that sent no tax dollars for teacher’s unions to the governor’s desk, as well as a recap of the final week of the session.
This week, I published newsletters from Attorney General Raul Labrador, Secretary of State Phil McGrane, and Congressman Mike Simpson, and op-eds from Idaho GOP chairwoman Dorothy Moon and Mountain States Policy Center president Chris Cargill.
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In other news…
YouTuber Shoe0nHead brought a unique perspective to the theological arguments surrounding the conflict in Iran:
Rufo & Lomez spoke with Lyman Stone about what has caused the decline in the American birthrate and what we can do to fix it. (I’m doing my part!)
Jake the Lawyer explained how the federal government slowly but surely usurped state sovereignty using one magic little phrase:
J Burden and Auron MacIntyre delved into why libertarianism is not a coherent political program:
Finally, the 80s were weird enough, but weird 80s pop stars thought Idaho was even stranger:
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