April 30, 2009 — Plus, examples of judicial activism: taxpayers forced to pay public defenders, federal judge sets Idaho's Medicaid budget; Europe's fertility rate too low for it to survive; Swine uniquely susceptible to viruses; Islam requires death for apostasy; Obama admin's first labor priority: make sure illegal aliens get paid
April 30, 2009 — The Governor seems determined to raise our taxes $80 million during the worst recession in decades. It's time for the people to let the entire legislature know that we are Taxed Enough Already. And Tea Party II is scheduled for Monday if the Senate insists on calling the House back into session.
April 29, 2009 — Plus, Crapo and Risch cast pro-life vote against Sebelius; Minnick to vote on "Hate Crimes" today; and Bonus Tweets galore on Specter, Obama's presidency, Islam
April 28, 2009 — Plus, engaged citizen arrested, convicted for petitioning the government for the redress of grievances; Young girl becomes a conservative; Specter defection hands election to Toomey
April 27, 2009 — Call Speaker Denney to thank him for stance against increasing the gas tax; What GOP needs to do to unseat Minnick. Plus bunches of Bonus Bytes.
April 24, 2009 — Plus, more trouble for Idaho Statesman, bonus Tweets
April 23, 2009 — Plus, facts on global warming and numerous Tweets on a range of subjects
April 22, 2009 — Plus assorted and sundry Tweets on Miss California, interrogation techniques, Earth Day and more.
April 21, 2009 — Plus, assorted and sundry Tweets
April 20, 2009 — A veritable cornucopia of information about everything from sanctity of life, sanctity of marriage, the Obama administration, pirates, global warming, etc.
April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009 — Plus, Tea Parties slow down rush to amnesty; Another adult stem cell breakthrough; More Sebelius deception; Liberal "generosity"; Geithner should fire himself; Global warming conference DOA?; Ethanol producers desperate; de Tocqueville on Christianity, politics
April 16, 2009 — Benjamin Franklin's immortal words, delivered at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, paved the way for both an invocation and benediction at yesterday's Boise Tea Party.
April 15, 2009 — Plus, IVA comments featured in Fox News story
April 14, 2009 — Plus, Obama administration considers ordinary conservatives a threat to national security; Madison's failed attempt to control religion in states; Colorado trial makes poor case for hate crimes laws; Christian worker in Christian charity fired for personal oppostion to homosexual behavior; Romania to legalize incest?; Legal leftists unhappy with Obama; Jefferson a believer in Intelligent Design; India doesn't fall for global warming hype; Noah Webster on the importance of Christianity
April 14, 2009 — The original Boston Tea Party was triggered, not by an $800 billion stimulus package and a $1.75 trillion federal deficit. It was triggered by a 3-cents-a-pound increase in the tax on tea.
April 13, 2009 — Plus, Rammel to challenge Simpson?; Polygamy is coming; Washington Post acknowledges threat of gay agenda to religious liberty; Civil mariners can defend against armed aggression; Pray for sick professor, get kicked out of school; "Citizen journalists;" Pirates misunderstood ecologists; Green jobs cost jobs; Lincoln's General Order for the Sabbath
April 10, 2009 — Plus, Ruthie Johnson cultural hero; Idaho House Republicans protect taxpayers from tax-hungry governor; Obama already undermining family, religious freedom; IRS official says we need simpler tax code; U Maryland president reinstates grad prayers; Planned Parenthood awash in taxpayer dollars; U.S. now funding forced abortions in China; Canada: parents can't ground pre-teens; Congress will review D.C. same-sex marriage policy; NASA: pollution control devices responsible for Arctic ice melt; Obama "green" pizza party; New climate bill allows citizens suits for possible risks
April 9, 2009 — "Expelled" showing tonight; Expert on Oprah: "stem cell debate is dead;" Washington and Jefferson on federal debt; Child sex predator victimizes third minor; Cap-and-trade toughest on the poor; Obama to solve global warming by shooting pollution into the air?; Recession is "good for the environment;" Ethanol raises the cost of food, doesn't reduce emissions; Obama rolls out amnesty plan next month; Taking "Columbus" out of "Columbus Day"
April 9, 2009 — If those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it, it's important that Americans learn important lessons from our first war against Islamic terrorism, our colonial era battle against the Barbary Pirates.
April 8, 2009 — Porn in, prayer out at U of Maryland; Obama keeps trying to send pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican; Red Envelope day huge success; Tiller made $1.2 mill off late-term abortions in 2003; How Muslims have "shaped" U.S. history; Obama's high school apartment on National Register of Historic Places?
April 8, 2009
April 7, 2009 — Plus, GOP faces stiff challenge to retake Minnick seat; Mutations argument against evolution; Anti-religion zealots after Mark Twain church; Tiller still in trouble; Notre Dame students, faculty launch prayer effort for "conversion of President Obama's heart;" Uganda resists normalization of homosexuality; Obama vs. Supreme Court on U.S. as a Christian nation
April 6, 2009 — Plus, Jorgenson right on E-Verify; Gays: Idaho will adopt same-sex marriage in 2011; Paroled sex offender rapes 6-year-old in public library; Oral sex causes epidemic of tonsil cancer; 17-year-old Muslim girl publicly flogged for refusing arranged marriage; Student kicked out of counseling program for refusing to affirm homosexuality; Obama won't let banks pay back government loans; Obama thinks "Austrian" is a language; 37,000 jobs lost to save finger-length fish
April 3, 2009 — Plus, pro-family daycare bill passes House; House holds line on tax increases; Important election integrity bill intro'd; Sen. Crapo intros Second Amendment parks bill; Minnick to right of Simpson on spending?; Iowa judges legsilate gay marriage; Univ. of Maryland cancels porn flick; "Statistical sampling"and the census; Challenge for RNC chair Steele
April 2, 2009 — Plus, Gear up for Boise Tea Party on April 15; Public school teachers and Easter; Dems support secret ballot - unless we're talking about union votes; Brazilian homeschoolers in trouble despite academic success of kids; Military leaders: keep ban on homosexuals in military; Eharmony rolls out court-ordered homosexual match-making site; Obama raises taxes on poorest Americans on April Fool's Day; Solar activity lowest in 96 years - global cooling?
April 1, 2009 — Idaho Statesman editor Kevin Richert highlights the number of prominent political figures who worked with the IVA in 2006 to promote passage of the marriage amendment. Sen. Jim Risch, Gov. Butch Otter, House Speaker Lawerence Denney, and State Superintendent Tom Luna were among them.
April 1, 2009 — Opportunities the IVA has been given to represent our shared values in the media so far in 2009.