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Conservatives might not get a better deal with Trump
Congressman Raul Labrador says he could get behind efforts to knock out Donald Trump at the Republican convention, but only if different kingmakers were leading the charge.
To all the idiots on 2 wheels
Sometimes strong words, the lack of political correctness and inviting controversy is the only way to get a point across.
Today's dad is not like his father
No business as usual for the typical American dad. He’s a new man, compared to his predecessors.
Touching nerves in the Silver Valley
It doesn’t take much of an article in the News Press or an editorial from you to touch a nerve and raise emotions from not only the work force at the Lucky Friday but, also a lot of the community who have lived and…
A taxonomy of murderers
The following is an excerpt from "2084 and Beyond" (published 2014). The book is about a future person on Earth (in the 22nd century) looking back on human behavior of the early 21st century. The work is science fi…
Become an up-stander
“Snitches get stitches,” the 11-year-old boy tearfully cries when I ask, “Why didn’t you tell me he had a knife?”
Graduates not only ones with new reality
So many graduations the past week and it seems the high school graduations of last-born or only children takes on a special poignancy. It’s not only a transition time for the young adult launching toward independen…
Before you retire, read this
Careful what you wish for.
Allies in the fight for life
“You have cancer.”
Antarctica: A place of ice, extremes - and mystery
Next Monday, June 20, summer officially begins here in the Inland Empire and across the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite the recent cooldown, we’ve already had a good taste of summer as record high temperat…
Waiting for the big one
When an earthquake strikes, the first thing you feel is an utter sense of helplessness — the realization that you are experiencing a force in nature greater than you ever imagined.
Study: Northwest economies are healthy
The middle ground is a pretty comfortable place to be.
Main Street: Archived interviews tell story of our town
On Friday, Bert and I enjoyed dinner at Sargent’s in Hayden, a place you’re bound to see familiar faces. Seated at the table next to us was a couple celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. I was thinking the ge…
Bullying with technology
A fifth-grade girl is crying on the bench at the school where I work. I sit next to her and ask what is wrong? She tearfully says, “Someone is going to kill me.” I comfort her as we walk to my office in search of p…
Take a hike, be like Mike
Congressman Mike Simpson has a long list of accomplishments during his nine terms in Congress — including holding a seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee and engineering passage of the Boulder-White Clouds …