Author: JWS

A follow-up on our article on “Communitarianism” with the promised podcast. See here: https://www.bitchute.com/video/ibK5kA0b2zv0 More on how zoning is being used to “zone out” farming: Taking Idaho farms and ranches: Read more

Roadside sign on the Dawes Act: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image000000033.jpg Roadside sign on the DeSmet Mission: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image000001012.jpg Email me at [email protected] with your comments. We will keep them confidential. Go to Issue #22 of the McCroskey Agrarian for our thoughts. We will post updates. — JWS, 3/3/26 Read more

On the price of silver and what that might mean for Benewah County, go to the latest issue of The McCroskey Agrarian, Issue #21. Updates on the County 2024 CAFR and unsettling cultural developments on the “Westside” can be found as well. JWS, 1/31/26 Roadside sign on the Dawes Act: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image000000033.jpg Roadside sign on Desmet: Read more

Featuring an early posting of The McCroskey Agrarian #20 Merry Christmas!!! Addendum: The Communists in China still ban Christmas celebrations, even in 2025: Check out this YouTube report Read more

https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Agrarian-19.pdf Editorial as it appeared in the St. Maries Gazette-Record (11/19/25): Do What Reagan Did . . . Deregulate Without piling on our beleaguered County Commissioners over the current fiscal crisis, let me just offer a solution for consideration: do whatRonald Reagan would have done . . . and did. Deregulate. If the tax base Read more

See the latest issue of the McCroskey Agrarian #18 for the background on this developing story. Evidence has emerged which suggests that the County Commissioners have abused the executive session process. These are closed-door meetings which follow the regular public meetings held every two weeks. The proceedings and decisions made in these executive sessions are Read more

Update 10/5/25: Go here for the uploaded Issue #17 of The McCroskey Agrarian and the featured article: Zoning & the Constitution of Communist China. ***** Original Post 9/20/25 Get ready for some hard-hitting articles this Fall. In the meantime, log onto these YouTube productions which will bring you up to date on what the land Read more

For more go to Issue #15 of the McCroskey Agrarian. Well, I must say: local officials are sure keeping things interesting. First, the St. Maries City Council wants us to believe there is such athing as “grandfather clauses” and now, as reported in a recent issue of the Gazette-Record: the County Commissioners have been told Read more

We all may disagree on religion, politics, economic values, family values . . . and many other topics. But one topic we must all agree on: the defense of our property. We cannot live without property rights and the constitutional right to be safe and secure in our property must be held sacrosanct. Read our Read more

You would think that exercising your constitutional rights should be something you can do on your own initiative. And you would be right. But government officials feel differently. They think that they have the right to deny you your rights anytime they please. Pass a law, statute, or ordinance, and there . . . it’s Read more