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OPINION: Quality schools for all Idaho’s children
This past weekend, for just the second time in 50 years, I attended my high school class reunion.
Parade season is cause for celebration
“A parade is a procession of people, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wid…
What makes a friend best?
Decades of research, and common sense, indicate that the better the quality of our close relationships, the more likely we are to be happy.
Tornadoes in Canada
In early April, I wrote about the number of tornadoes that were seen across the country. For 2023, there have been 790 preliminary sightings of twisters, with …
Huckleberries
Mary Souza took her activism to a higher level 10 years ago when she ran for Coeur d’Alene mayor.
MY TURN: Changes taking place
I am a 40+ year resident of North Idaho, a transplant from Montana. It has been a wonderful place to live. People generally have had a respect for God, America and each other. However, I have seen changes taking pl…
OPINION: Senators seek accountability from IRS
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have given at least 80 billion more reasons to hate the Internal Revenue Service, which has never been in danger of winnin…
OPINION: Relatively extreme
“Extremist” is a common pejorative often offered as a frame when discussing politics, as in “he is a right wing extremist,” but what does being accused of bein…
OPINION: NIC debacle demonstrates the dangers of extremism
The political extremists who took control of North Idaho College in the 2020 trustee election wasted little time trying to destroy what had been the jewel in I…
MY TURN: School choice is our future
Education choice is in our future, and it will be at least partially funded by tax dollars. The only question is how it will be structured. Choice options are popular with the public and the legislature will respon…
MY TURN: Social contract fails
Are you troubled by the political climate in our community? If so, you are not alone.
OPINION: Politics is a cha-cha-cha
In the May election, Kootenai County voters approved millions of tax dollars to support levies in the financially endangered Coeur d’Alene and Lakeland School …
Graduates, take a bow and make a vow to reunite
Last year, I invited my village of friends, many of whom are actual long-ago classmates of mine, to give sage advice to the new crop of high school graduates a…
Simple hiking benefits body and soul
It’s that time again: Perfect weather to experience the outdoors in beautiful North Idaho. Sunshine, gorgeous scenery, clean air. The occasional breeze rustlin…
The tropical storm and hurricane season may be close to normal
We’re getting close to the official start of the 2023 tropical storm and hurricane seasons that begins June 1.