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Recall: Exercising our constitutional rights
In his My Turn piece in the Sept. 25 issue of The Press, Mr. Scott Reed seems to be having a senior moment. Is he suggesting that Recall was a purposeful attempt to deceive the voters of Cd'A in calling for an offi…
Disney took a lesson in sexism
This is not a high score to be proud of.
We may be entering an extended period of 'global cooling'
The Sept. 23 issue of TIME MAGAZINE reported there has been, in just the past year, "a 60 percent increase in ice-covered Arctic Ocean waters." Some climate scientists claim that the planet is undergoing "GLOBAL CO…
Learning from the little school
It is good to see a measure of academic recognition for the nine Kootenai County area seniors that qualified for National Merit semifinals. We need some silver linings in Idaho education as we sit on the bottom of …
Defending fairness in the campaign
Recently, the Coeur d'Alene Press published a series of articles featuring the three candidates for
CDA 2030: What can we see?
Like me, you may find yourself wrestling with a vision statement for your organization and perhaps preparing a strategic plan. Although we (secretly) recognize a futility in predicting the future, we seem never to …
Direct democracy in doubt
If we really want this, we'll have to change the law. Yet I doubt even many of the proponents realize that what in essence we'd be doing is changing our system of government. There were good reasons our forefathers…
Main Street Birthdays September 25, 2013
Happy Birthday today to Susan Cliff, Beck Jacobsen, Brenda Watkins, Gladys Sullivan, Michael McGee, Ronald Schlepp, Teri Hudgins, Cheryl Snyder, Cate Kuhlmann and Charlie Taranto and tomorrow to Darci Allert, Luke …
On human rights ... and wrongs
During this local political season, it is important that our communication with one another be characterized by a firm allegiance to honesty, integrity, and truth. As a local pastor, I decry sins of the tongue - sl…
When a public vote isn't legal
In the Coeur d'Alene election for
Creating a permanent memory
Trips to Silverwood, camping in the Idaho wilderness and conquering Legos 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. Read…
Heating up the warming debate
I have read with considerable interest the many letters bashing Cliff Harris. Like all humans I am sure he makes mistakes from time to time. But, we have to keep in mind that when Cliff went to school there was no …
Finding 'true north' on moral compass
It is yet to be seen how great the following will be for the new anti-discrimination ordinance in Coeur d'Alene. We shall soon see.
Celebrate: Read a banned book
It's Banned Books Week - kind of like a Fourth of July for print journalists, wild imaginations, and lovers of that elusive free marketplace of ideas, an incessant revolutionary evolution. Despite man's repeated an…
What the heck has happened to all the birds?
First, it was the mysterious disappearance of billions of honeybees around the globe in the past several years. But, like the Arctic icepack, they seem to have made a comeback.