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Mike Satz

Mike Satz

Mike Satz is founding executive director of The Idaho 97 Project, theidaho97.org, which supports the democratic process in Idaho. It counters disinformation and extremism and protects free expression and good governance for the public and public officials alike.

COMMENTARY
St. Luke's patient receives vaccine

Idahoans are tough. We can protect our freedoms by fighting our common enemy: the coronavirus.

By: , and - August 27, 2021

The valiant struggle of today’s health care workers against the coronavirus hearkens back to one of the toughest enemies George Washington faced while fighting for American independence: variola, the smallpox virus. Smallpox was decimating the ranks of the Continentals in 1776, threatening our fight for freedom. Despite misgivings of the Continental Congress, Washington ordered a […]

COMMENTARY
Sen. Joseph McCarthy

The sad, dangerous line from McCarthy to McGeachin

By: - May 26, 2021

On Thursday, Idaho will see its very own McCarthy hearings begin with the first meeting of Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s Indoctrination Task Force. One might argue that the name of the committee is a political blunder because it sounds like a task force that is focused on indoctrinating Idaho’s students, but since that is actually […]