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Where political correctness and free speech collide
I came across an article about a restaurant chain in Colorado named Illegal Pete’s. Several Latino firebrands are demanding the name be changed and the word illegal be dropped, because they claim it has racial conn…
Executive privilege explained
Will the president employ “executive privilege” to keep ousted FBI director James Comey from testifying or providing documents to Congress? Just what is executive privilege anyway?
Tornado season currently below average in central U.S.
May is the month when we often see the most tornadoes across the U.S. As of late last week, there have been about 33 confirmed sightings around the country. The average for this month is 276 with the majority occur…
Party politics can't solve local issues
Recently the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee created a resolution declaring their opposition to the transit center in Riverstone. This resolution,…
Idaho can do better for police
Salute to our men and women in blue — Sunday begins National Police Week.
Local luminaries display surprising talent
It’s hard to recall when I’ve had as much fun and laugh-out-loud moments as was found on Saturday evening at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort for the second Dancing with the Celebrities. The sold-out show to benefit…
Trump faces rising storm of historical challenges
Donald Trump’s grandiosity may or may not have been clinically diagnosed, but there is a dimension of his 100-day presidency that is unique: None of his predecessors has so quickly become entangled in as many const…
Music: Smarter if we keep it
When it comes to budget cuts, it may cost more to lose some programs than keep them. Case in point: music.
Reviewing 7 soggy, snowy months in North Idaho
After so many days of rain, snow and chilly weather over the past seven months, we finally got a good taste of summer last Thursday as temperatures soared into the 80s across the Inland Empire. Coeur d’Alene had a …
We can't be too busy to help
Many of you have seen the Walking Man.
Father/daughter duet finds harmony
How the U.S. can help economy - and you
Where is much of America’s economic prowess and associated wealth going? Some of it is not finding its way into America’s economy. It remains overseas.
Birth mothers connect to heal
Every life has its stories. Some are joyous, easily shared. Others may be too painful to talk about, but not without hope.
Bloomsday and its wild weather extremes
Last week was another one of those chilly and wet weeks across the region. April was close to another record-breaker as about 4.25 inches fell as of early Sunday morning. The record is 4.43 inches set back in 1937.…
When we were young
Well, maybe not so young, but it was a few years ago when we first met in 2005. Then Col. H.R. McMaster was with his command sergeant major when they boarded t…