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The liberty amendments: reality check
Is it possible that "Great American," best-intentioned talk show host and author Mark Levin is naive, mis-informed or too trusting? Or is he too caught up in book sales to pursue full understanding of Article V of …
Freedom isn't free, nor is health care
No one wants to pay for the government they want.
MLP: Confused and misused
Are kudos plural? No, it is not. Is it literally true? No; 'tis actually true. Neither confused be your kudos nor misused be your truths.
Heroes among us every day
On Saturday at Riverstone theater, John and Stacey Holley of Post Falls took in the first showing of the day for the new movie, "Lone Survivor." The film depicts the true story of a Navy SEAL operation in Afghanist…
Bullying in school and the community
Tonight the Coeur d'Alene School District continues its work to eliminate bullying in all of its schools and in the community. It meets at Woodland Middle School tonight at 5:30 and all students, parents and commun…
Legislation 101: the bill types
— The first of this series on legislation outlined the Idaho legislative process. Today, a look at bill types and how to track them. —
Imagine, subzero temperatures in Arkansas ... colder than us!
It's certainly hard to believe that parts of the Deep South observed subzero readings earlier this week, several degrees colder than our Dec. 7 low of 1 degree above zero in Coeur d'Alene.
Yes, Cd'A has acted responsibly
A regular online Press troll recently asked another contributor with respect to the Coeur d'Alene Mayor and council members, "do you understand the meaning of accountability, transparency and fiscal responsibility?…
Short legislative session may not serve the people
The working assumption that this will be a short, relatively uncontroversial legislative session may prove to be true in the end, but a truncated assembly, spurred by incumbents' desire to return to the campaign tr…
Power for a better way of life
NITRO, a pilot program that educates former convicts and repairs their self-esteem, their faith in themselves and their part in something larger than themselves, may be the answer to a desperate situation in Idaho.…
Abolition of reason, part II
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) is well known for his hymnody, his best known hymn being "Joy to the world;" however, most people are unaware that he was also a brilliant educator and logician. In his classic textbook, wri…
A bill is born; how to legislate
With Idaho's 2014 legislative session now open, today's column outlines the stages of legislation. Next time, a glimpse at various types of bills.
Imitation isn't always flattering
After reading Richard Fiscus's Dec. 18 My Turn column, the words of wisdom from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" immediately came to mind; "If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken, twisted by knaves to make a tr…
Take an oath to be involved
Our fellow citizens have taken their oaths of office in city halls and at the state house this week. Today we can all take an oath to engage in the practice of citizenship by being involved, contributing our voices…
Cooking North Idaho venison chili
Winter arrives in North Idaho. Deciduous trees say goodbye to their leaves, my garden beds lay dormant waiting for the warmth of spring to wake up the worms sleeping in the soil and I am restless.