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COMMENTARY: Repair and reclaim our schools
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, Kootenai County parents will send their kids back to school. Mixed in with the full backpacks and the first day of school cell phone photo…
OPINION: Critchfield ponders ‘new culture’ for education
Debbie Critchfield of Oakley, the Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, isn’t running against the two-term incumbent that she de…
The season of transitions and goodbyes
We’re at least a month out from pumpkin spice and the leaves changing colors, but this is the season of transitions.
Happy birthday to the nation’s first “cops”
Say “federal law enforcement” and what springs to mind is the FBI. The U.S. Marshalls or the Secret Service. In the inland northwest, maybe the BLM or Forest S…
Drought in the Northwest and other parts of the world
The summer of 2022 has certainly turned into another hot and dry one across the Inland Northwest.
Huckleberries
'Go back to California'? Really?
COMMENTARY: Trafficking hate
We are emotional creatures and the majority of what happens in our brains happens in the subconscious, or child mind. The vast majority of our decisions are em…
OPINION: Idaho Freedom Foundation misinforms about the education initiative
The ill-named Idaho Freedom Foundation, which essentially owns and operates the extremist branch of today’s Republican Party, wants to destroy the Gem State’s …
MY TURN: Party politics, NIC and common sense
In response to Brent Regan’s “Elephant Metamorphosis” commentary of Aug. 5 I would like to proclaim disinterest in political parties. More important to our gov…
Is 'hero' overused?
Superman and Wonder Woman are of the comic book variety.
OPINION: One fine year together
Just over one year ago, Editor Mike Patrick took a chance on this untried new columnist. For the first six months he printed “Keep Right” in the physical paper…
COMMENTARY: Counting the problems in Idaho’s overwhelmed foster care system
The foster care system in Idaho is overwhelmed. Foster care stories are private and personal, but the numbers alone paint a stark picture. As Idahoans who care…
OPINION: Labrador looks ahead, but not too far
Former Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador is a politician who is loathed by his detractors and practically idolized by his supporters to the right. There is littl…
Inspiring and annoying marks the past week
When I’m asked what kind of a column I write, I’ve said for decades it’s about whatever amuses, annoys or inspires me in any given week.
Public invocations: Should we or shouldn’t we?
Tonight Coeur d’Alene City Council considers changing its prayer policy to a lottery system, in the interest of fairness.