Numerous concerns have arisen with the Idaho Republican Party’s more combative but less persuasive approach. When raising these concerns, I get a repeated question: What do you have against Dorothy Moon?

In Idaho, becoming a Republican is as easy as checking a box on a form, and we welcome all who support time-tested Republican values. What are those values, really? What is it that makes a Republican a Republican?

Here we are again. Primary election season is well underway. Seems like we just finished this gauntlet a few weeks ago. As we all know, primary elections in Idaho are often the general election. However, for the first time in my memory, our general election this November will have more Democrats running against incumbent Republicans than we are used to seeing. In a bit of a repeat from my column of the same title 2 years ago, I thought I might share some of my personal thoughts on voting. This column is not an endorsement of any candidate or even party affiliation. Just offering up my basic philosophy and observations on the art and science of campaigning, something I have a little bit of experience with, albeit on a small local level.

A prominent feature in Idaho’s Republican headquarters is the party’s “Hall of Fame.” It is a wall covered with dark walnut-looking commemorative plaques featuring hundreds of small brass nameplates.

If history proves anything it shows if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, they must first be stripped of their inherent value as human beings.