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Where does carbon dioxide really come from?
My good friend, Cecil Hathaway, sent me a very interesting article in early July concerning the actual sources of carbon dioxide written by Ian Ruther-ford Plimer.
Outsiders run GOP central committee
I am writing in response to the front page article in the Cd'A Press on Wednesday, July 24. I am an elected precinctman who was in opposition to Bjorn Handeen's resolution at the Kootenai County Republican Central …
Ours is a nation in peril
You cannot control the economics of a country until you first make the populous sick and poor. This has always been the avenue of Despotic Regimes and is the same today. It is no accident that this nation continues…
Event Center needed, wanted by community
To Duane Hagadone and his newspaper staff:
Sainthood: A closer look
On July 11, 2013, Sholeh Patrick wrote a column in The Press titled A Saint for Almost Everyone. As a Catholic, I would like to clarify a few things. The article suggested a superstitious attitude of Catholics in r…
MLP: Defeat repeat
Yes, your Mrs. Language Person has taken a summer break. Odds are so have you, dear Reader. Even now may you bask in the sunshine and miss this Snitty Old Bitty's admonition against repetition.
Idaho women face workplace prejudice
The equality revolution in the workplace, ignited 50 years ago with the publication of Betty Friedan's best-seller, "The Feminine Mystique," and punctuated by President John F. Kennedy's signature on the potentiall…
Focusing on giving of myself
Tonight the sun lowers over the Western prairie and I am mezmerized. Indigo, pink, purple, umber, crimson and baby blue clouds pass through the retina of my eyes filling the cones in my visual photoreceptor with am…
Main Street column takes election break
Editor's note: Because Main Street columnist Kerri Thoreson is running for mayor of Post Falls, publishing her column during campaign season would provide an unfair advantage. Kerri's column will take a break until…
Public schools have stranglehold on children's future
Over the last 50 years, those who teach and manage education have diminished education rigor, dress codes, and accountability. During the same time, teacher salary, off time, and job security have been grossly expl…
Here's why education problems persist
The recent Press editorial series on education offers some provocative grist for debate. Better late than never.
Religion, school can mix
Nothing stirs passions so fervently as religion. Its interpretations and practice, its imposition and freedom, the very mention of it can instantly inflame or inspire. Well, perhaps one other topic stirs the same p…
Let it snow, let it snow ... in all 50 states
This column concludes our series of articles featuring the wettest, the driest and the snowiest places across the country, plus some updated rainfall data on the wettest city, Hilo, Hawaii.
In defense of TFA
Full disclosure: I had never heard of Teach for America (TFA) before some of my college friends applied for the program. Two years later I've shared some of the triumphs and trials of my friends as they adjust to t…
Difference between marriage, matrimony
I, for one, am pleased with the Supreme Count's decision in the DOMA case, allowing same-sex civil marriages to have federal recognition. I know there are some in my Roman Catholic Church who are not pleased - I wo…