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OPINION: Idahoans must show that the Gem State is too great for hate
Back in the early 1980s, when Idahoans in the Coeur d’Alene area were confronted with a growing number of dangerous hatemongers at the Aryan Nations compound n…
Do Facebook and TikTok hurt kids?
More than 500 public school districts nationwide are suing social media companies for what they say is a youth mental health crisis, thanks to addictive conten…
Summer arrives in just a few days
The first day of summer arrives Wednesday at 7:58 a.m. On that day, the sun angle is the highest in the sky and the Northern Hemisphere will experience the hig…
Huckleberries
The Coeur d’Alene Shrine Club Octocycle hasn’t appeared at a Fourth of July Parade since 2016. And, unless its new owner in Spokane has mastered its quirks, th…
OPINION: Too far
Neuroscientists will tell you that the prefrontal cortex, the part of the human brain responsible for impulse control, prioritizing, planning and generally mak…
OPINION: Democrats launch fundraiser for Post Falls Veterans Home
It’s hard to find a topic that 95 percent of people agree on. And yet, 95 percent of Americans believe it’s the duty of the government to support veterans when…
OPINION: Strolling down memory lane to the Stanley Redfish Trail
Two recent news reports brought back memories of a time when important figures of both political parties could work together to achieve important public object…
Perfect gift in memory of my dad
In 2004, I bought my dad a Father’s Day card and gift and enjoyed a dad hug. We never know when simple things will happen for the last time. Such is life.
Is legal privilege limited?
Recent headlines describe a puzzling development in the prosecution of former president Trump. It seems part of the prosecution’s key evidence includes his att…
The 2023 wildfire season is already having a major impact
Out-of-control wildfires in Canada’s eastern province of Quebec sent huge clouds of smoke and haze southward into the northeastern U.S., parts of the Midwest a…
Huckleberries
It’s easy to imagine how Chris Guggemos would introduce his follow-up act. Wearing white summer shorts, a tucked-in Hawaiian shirt and a wide smile, Coeur d’Al…
MY TURN: Unity in diversity: A plea for understanding
As a proud resident of North Idaho, I feel a profound bond to this community, a bond that's resilient and rooted in the shared love we all carry for our home. …
OPINION: Simpson makes the sensible choice
Three members of Idaho’s congressional delegation had a choice: Vote for a measure they did not entirely hate, or face the possibility of an economic train wre…
OPINION: Primary solution
Earlier this year the legislature, with the approval of the governor, disenfranchised ALL Idaho voters from the 2024 Presidential Primary. The plan was to move…
MY TURN: Betrayal of our military codes and creeds
While there has been considerable conversation correlated to the United States abandonment of the Afghans in 2021 there is astonishingly little attention to the betrayal of the volunteer U.S. Citizen Soldier, Marin…