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Who the heck is this Cameron guy?
The theme of “A Brand New Day,” right from the start, was that the focus should be on you — not me.
County community development deserves better from bosses
Dear Kootenai County Commissioners,
The high cost of extremism
In “Don Quixote,” Cervantes stated, “When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.”
The hazards of caffeine-induced dreams
I had a dream.
What's super about Super 1
I’m not in the business of reviews; that’s not what this column is about. I don’t like to promote a particular business (with occasional exceptions for nonprofits). Yet as a customer who happens to be a writer, rat…
Press poll turns a new page
Well, goodness, we haven’t a fun-and-giggles poll in this space for a while.
That 'Census Bureau' letter does smell kind of fishy
Many consumers in our area have been receiving letters purporting to be from the U.S. Census Bureau. Unfortunately, the letters request that you provide personal information, including your name, full address AND S…
After Facebook, there was MeWe
Wow, the messages have been piling up since we wrote about Facebook last Saturday.
Made-up words make little sense to readers
Over the decades readers have asked how I come up with the stories to tell in a weekly column. My response is always whatever amuses, inspires or annoys me in any given week. Thankfully, there’s not very much that …
MLP: Don't try and split infinitives
It may be difficult for Mrs. Language Person’s dwindling reader base to believe, but occasionally that Snitty Old Bitty will indeed concede. Case in point: the split infinitive.
4/1/18 tuneup: Dinosaurs among us
L.J. Krumenacker, an Idaho native, discovered fossilized eggs of a large Oviraptorosaur along with fossils of the carnivore Tyrannosaurus in North Idaho. That’s old news.
Atlas site: Shore up this key condition
The city of Coeur d’Alene is doing a marvelous job with the acquisition and planning of the Atlas Mill site on the Spokane River. This project had its beginnings back in 2013 when the city decided to purchase the r…
Doing the social splits with Facebook
Three years ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke during a conference at Stanford University.
A word to those who loved Troy
The recent tragic loss of Troy Schueller, much loved husband, father, teacher, high school principal, mentor, son, friend, and more can never be fully understood! I know this because we lost our son, Michael, to de…
Sky's the limit on credit card interest
Credit card debt is one of the worst kinds of debt to have. Interest rates can be astronomical. It used to be that the “thumb breakers” on the street corner were the only ones loaning money and charging outrageous …