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MY TURN: Telling it like it is
Last week, I opened my favorite paper to see once again the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee Chairma...
MY TURN: Seeing through an elephant tale
How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time. With this fact in mind, let’s start consuming the elephant Brent Regan placed before us so as to expose the tripe buried in his story titled “Elephant Metamorphos...
COMMENTARY: The cancer of anonymity
The first 10 amendments to our Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights enumerates several rights. Some call these “Constitutional Rights” but they are i...
OPINION: Judge them by their actions, not their words
Members of Idaho’s Congressional delegation would probably not receive any heroism awards for their actions relating to the PACT Act, also known as the “burn...
Everyday physics, and your own particle accelerator
The most high-profile physics subfield is high-energy and particle physics, where physicists try to break down atoms to find the smallest possible ingredient...
MY TURN: Time to grow back the Cd'A schools' tree
School means so much to me. It always has. I’ve lived in Coeur d’Alene for over 10 years and have gone to school in this town since preschool. School has always been a safe and stable factor in my life–five days ...
MY TURN: Concerns over airport project
This letter specifically concerns me about the Airport Project which can involve China as a potential lender. Here is why. Their primary weapon of choice to conquer the world is finance.
COMMENTARY: Reform or eliminate unfair grocery tax
Anyone who shops for groceries knows that food costs much more than it did just one year ago.
The little things make a big difference
Ron McIntire has received many awards and much recognition for his public service and prolific philanthropy.
OPINION: Media bashing not new in Idaho politics
News flash: Conservatives hate the “liberal” media. Always have, and always will. Wayne Hoffman, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, well describes...
MY TURN: Time to return to individual thinking
The CDA Press informative five-part series on social media was a most accurate description. The writer, Mr. Black, asks if we should be concerned that we are...
MLP kens her kennings
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Earth just recently had its shortest day in modern history
Since 2020, our planet has been recording a series of speed records as it recently had its shortest day in modern history.
Sandy Emerson's Chamber legacy
I first met Sandy Emerson in fall 1984, when he managed the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce from a small building on what is now the northeast corner of Th...
MY TURN: From crisis to crisis with no loss of enthusiasm
For more than two years, Kootenai Health has been in a state of crisis management; first with the COVID-19 pandemic response, then (and still) with a health ...