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One candidate's uphill battle
There’s an old expression, “pride cometh before the fall.” Ancient Greek dramatists wrote great theatrics around this all too common human foible. In these tragedies, they wrote about hubris, the excessive pride ma…
HIV: Time to end it
Few things are more frustrating than persistent misinformation, especially when the result is potentially life-threatening, and certainly life-altering. It simply will not do to let status quo reign over the spread…
Labrador hopes poll numbers hold up
Congressman Raul Labrador has neither raised nor spent a ton of money for next year’s governor’s race. But there’s a quiet confidence within the Labrador camp that suggests things are going quite well.
Finding something to love about the season
I love snow. I don’t even mind the cold. I love the quiet hush that falls over the town when it’s blanketed in white. I love to see how Mother Nature coats the trees and shrubs — and even my patio wind chimes and b…
Turning victims into survivors
Kudos to Coeur d’Alene Police and City Council for their decision to hire a victim’s advocate, who could have been especially useful in many of their 900 domestic violence calls of 2016. If their road looks like th…
Newcomers welcome; road ragers, get lost
This is in response to the recent editorial about good/bad drivers in Idaho and the guest opinion from the anonymous newcomers from Southern California — VERY WELL PUT by both parties.
Uber and out? Scary reminder
It turns out that some time ago, someone hacked the ride service Uber and stole approximately 57 million credit card numbers, along with authenticating information for those cards. In my opinion, most people in thi…
For women, it's no Garden of Eden
As the public continues to hear a cascade of abuse of women and teenage girls both recent and in the shadowed past, it is evident that America’s women still rank below males and often the man’s horses and canines. …
'Move,' or 'flee?' There's a difference
Idaho is far from the place where I spent most of my life. The friends, jobs, houses and streets I walked or drove were not in Idaho. Someone once told me find…
Transit: Don't shut them out in the cold
For about 25 years, I have represented local citizens and constituents in various local elected positions with Kootenai County, the city of Coeur d’Alene and the Coeur d’Alene School District. Over those years, I’v…
Let's all (burp) toast Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the one day when 75 percent of Americans celebrate both family and football. The other 25 percent will be watching either soccer or bowling, and that number appears to be increasing. These are not g…
Smile: You're on kinky camera!
Turns out some new android apps are actually scanning your android phone for suggestive or outright lewd photographs, without the owner’s knowledge. (Not the kind of photos for your family Christmas or holiday card…
Today's holiday knows no borders
While origins and particulars vary, setting aside a day of thanks for bountiful harvests is a tradition pervading human history.
Actors inspire with Out of the Shadows
Over the weekend I spent a couple of hours being incredibly entertained and inspired at the Out of the Shadows performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.” It was my first time to experience a shadow acting program. Withi…
Look, up in the sky; it's a great job!
Wanna fly?