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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 …
Citizens, take back your country
Strategic steps need be taken to win back our democracy. At present, our elected officials, from local to national, are elected, and very often do not represent the best interests of the people. Political longevity…
MLP: An ode to plurals
To her fans, few and deluded as they may be, the contrite Mrs. Language Person extends her dubious apologies. Today's offering is neither her own nor particularly illuminating. No, Dear Readers, today she seeks mer…
Creating permanent memories
Trips to Silverwood, camping in the Idaho wilderness and conquering "Lego Angry Birds Star Wars," tops the list of, "Things I did on my summer vacation," stapled to the bulletin board on the walls of my school. Rea…
The road most traveled
In one of those random round robin conversations the topic of how many states people have visited came up. I've been to 32 of these United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, with the biggest gap on the remaining …
Idaho has two major economic problems
There are two things killing Idaho's would-be expanding economy: A flooded market of businesses and too little money to borrow (other than payday or car title lenders of course).
Is Idaho as corrupt as Washington, D.C.?
As a conservative state legislator from rural Idaho, member of the House Education Committee, supporter of the Idaho Education Network (IEN), and lifelong Republican, I have been carefully watching this issue since…
Ranking: Idaho not good to women
In the realm of statistical snapshots, there's good news and bad news. So to end on a high note let's start with the bad: Idaho ranks 47 out of 50, thus one of the "10 worst states for women," according to a report…
Global cooling to intensify in the next 15-20 years
Since the extremely snowy winter of 2007-08, we've seen a series of harsh winters in both hemispheres. Despite the warm El Nino event in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, we are currently enduring one of the…
Tackling the crisis in medicine
"Doctors Tell All" is the title of Meghan O'Rourke's November 2014 article in The Atlantic. The core message of the article is "...the patient-doctor relationship is still the heart of medicine. And it has eroded t…
Shelton: Recalled, but not dismayed
Well, it turns out that there are 40 more folks in the Mica Kidd Island Fire District that want to take the district in a new direction than there are who think the district is headed in the right direction. This o…
U.S.-China deal only continues climate injustice
A glance at the White House website reveals the degree to which the administration is misrepresenting the global warming issue. Under the headline, "A Plan to Fight Climate Change," we are told that "We have a mora…
Applauding the quiet heroes of Cd'A
What would our city look like without them? When going through some family history last week I came across an old scrapbook that was my father's, Orrin Lee. The scrapbook talked about the time when he came to Coeur…
'Race to the cheap' too costly
Slowly but steadily are we learning the true cost of "cheap." Once never given a thought, now public outcry prompts merchants and manufacturers to concern themselves with child labor, unfair business practices, min…
Giving new meaning to girl power
Giving new meaning to girl power
We need better support for our teachers
Teaching is one of the most honorable professions a person could ever occupy. To be a teacher means to be a humble servant to the next generation and beyond. Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a teacher. The …