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Pithy tax sayings
It’s here — the last day to send a check to Uncle Sam. When Your Mrs. Language Person is tempted to begrudge governments their share of her meager income, she …
Interesting wind facts
Late last week, a powerful cyclone made landfall in a remote part of Western Australia. The major storm, Ilsa, had winds of 135.5 miles per hour that were reco…
Huckleberries
Sally Finney Johnson is still amazed that no one died 20 years ago when a school bus slid off Yellowstone Trail Road and tumbled 400-plus feet down a steep hil…
OPINION: For the kids
Imagine a typical North Idaho family, Shawn and Jane Doe and their three children Mary, Mike and Becky. Shawn is the assistant manager at a local division of a…
OPINION: Will the Legislature be able to financially starve the courts into submission?
No doubt about it. A large swath of the legislature is still honked off about the Idaho Supreme Court’s 2021 decision overturning a raw legislative power grab.…
OPINION: 2023 Idaho Legislative Session Roundup
Last week, the Idaho Legislature adjourned for the year after its annual three month session.
Ode to really good boxes
Over the weekend, I said farewell to about two dozen really good boxes of all sizes that were overtaking my home office.
OPINION: Fulcher says ‘deep state’ out to get Trump
Crickets. That’s the extent of what we have heard from the three senior members of Idaho’s congressional delegation immediately following the indictment of Pre…
Pets are positively pamper-worthy
Celebrate National Pet Day with your best furry friends!
A history of Easter weather
Another storm brought more moisture to the Inland Northwest early this week. Additional systems are expected to bring more wet weather to the region through th…
Huckleberries
Ben Fairfield had a bird’s-eye view of the pigeon when the Coeur d’Alene Press came calling.
MY TURN: Some common-sense solutions
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". — George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man. Great quote by George Santayana, and I completely agree wit…
OPINION: Primary confusion
Idaho no longer has a presidential primary. The Idaho Constitution specifies that it is the duty of the Idaho Legislature to establish a system of free public …
MY TURN: No, librarians are not sharing porn
Libraries in North Idaho are under pressure to withdraw or restrict the display of certain books — especially those with LGBTQ subjects — with the argument that they are making "pornography" available to juveniles …
Pilgrimage to Boomer mecca
Our Gen X daughter, Sarah, was puzzled, then amused when I said that during my visit to her home in Chandler, Ariz., last week that I wanted to take a road tri…