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The summer of 2026 was a hot one for many
The Summer of 2026 brought exceptional heat to many parts of the world, including the U.S. According to the World …
Criminals: Little to fear from prosecutor
Attention all scalawags, swindlers, con men, and other scam artists. Consider opening up shop in Kootenai County, Idaho, as you will have little to fear from Prosecutor Barry McHugh or his staff. If you have been f…
Mandate wrong way to raise wages
I'm not an economic expert, but it seems to me that raising the minimum wage by mandate is a shell game.
Welcome to world of sharing economies
The sharing economy. Peer-to-peer consumer networks, collaborative economies, the collaborative consumption movement, the mesh economy... Whatever you call it, the idea of direct contact between individuals with a …
Living in The Gap
Our Idaho Legislators are packing up and heading home for the interim. While I am sure many of them feel they accomplished something this legislative session and represented their constituents adequately, all of th…
Thankful for chance to reach goals
In the 1980s, I learned a valuable lesson about stating a goal out loud, ideally to people who can help you achieve the goal.
Stream of consciousness
My wife and I often have long conversations based on the first thing that enters our brain. We talk late into each night about education, child motivation, our grandkids, spirituality, faith, love, our dead parents…
When you're elected, it's your duty to listen
As a Unitarian Universalist minister, I was upset to hear about the three Idaho senators who left the Senate rather than listen to a Hindu prayer. I believe that in a democratic, pluralist society, good leaders nee…
MIT: Can't live on minimum wage
The front-page story about a local push to raise the local minimum wage mirrors efforts in other low-wage states. According to 2015 data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, with the exception of the…
About The Great Midwest Flood of 1993
I was asked this past week to check my weather scrapbooks for information on "THE GREAT MIDWEST FLOOD OF 1993." Your wish is my command.
Here's your input, county
On March 24, the Coeur d'Alene Press published an article written by David Cole entitled "Kootenai County seeks input." The "input" the article is talking about is seeking public input on a draft revision of the ex…
Jesus: The precocious socialist?
State legislators, Hindu prayer leaders and NIC have all had a spate of religiosity that has affected our community. Currently, NIC has been involved in a campus-wide effort to read the book "Nickel and Dimed" by B…
Will garlic eradicate MRSA?
Every once in a while nature reminds us that we're not as smart as we think we are, that great wisdom remains in its simple offerings. The latest hope in a deadly disease which has baffled doctors and research scie…
Living with mental illness
"I'm sorry I screamed at you. I have anger control issues." "I can't sit in this meeting - my ADHD is kicking in." "I hate my job - It's so depressing." "I hate when the kids mess up the house - I'm OCD." "I'm abou…
ISIS: Ominous shades of Hitler's Germany
ISIS is in the news for its barbaric and torturous advance in Iraq and Syria. According to news reports, it has carried out an attack on a Saudi Arabian border patrol near the city of Arar, which is located northea…
April showers of foolishness abound
In decades of columnizing, I'm quite sure that Main Street's publication day has fallen on April 1 before today. I've never written a faux column and I've never been a fan of practical jokes, although I don't begru…