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'Gleeful' adventure for Anna
Fun news for my BFF with word that the hit television show "Glee" has cast Coeur d'Alene's own Patty Duke as well as Meredith Baxter to appear in the upcoming Season 4 finale. Baxter and Duke reportedly will return…
Children with ADHD: Part II
Determining the difference between an active child and one with Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity (ADHD) is difficult for a parent and often more difficult for doctors, teachers and psychologists. Even more daunting…
Time to evolve in Idaho
"But it isn't fair," a child in his teens said about the judgments and preconceptions of others. "I know," I replied; "but life isn't about fair. It's about understanding each other."
Adapting to the increasing risks of harsher weather won't be easy ... or cheap
Jerry Jaeger, president and co-owner of the Hagadone Hospitality Company of Coeur d'Alene, sent me a copy of the March 22 Kiplinger Letter detailing our nation's weather woes stemming from the worst cycle of 'extre…
Grammar for the government
A government dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal must also be dedicated to the prepositions that equalize all men.
Beware the 'evil seducers' and their filth
In the news hear or read about the disintegration of the long-standing model of marriage between one man and one woman. Interspersed throughout the conversations we read and hear about the legalized murder of the u…
Kootenai Health powers into future
As a member of the medical community in Coeur d'Alene for 24 years, and a staff radiologist at Kootenai Health, I feel compelled to provide perspective on the Kootenai Health system that differs significantly from …
Stick it to pain
I've long had this fantasy that Western medicine will merge with Eastern, that medical schools will absorb ancient wisdom and simpler treatments into a blended approach to health. Why take a pill for acute pain if …
Superfund Straight Talk April 2013
Answering Citizens’ Questions about the Coeur d’Alene River Basin Cleanup
A frank dialogue about gay marriage
U: Let homosexuals marry. There's no harm. It's a free country.
Children with ADHD
Zack is rambunctious, active and full of life. At 7 years old, he often is out of his seat in his second-grade classroom, is reminded by his teacher to focus on his work and fidgets with classmates disrupting their…
Taking the call in times of need
National Public Telecommunicators Week is coming April 14-20. It's an opportunity to recognize the Emergency Communications Officers (dispatchers) and their contributions to our communities. It takes a unique skill…
Doomsday global warming forecasts have been dead wrong
Many parts of Europe saw their coldest and snowiest Easter on record this past weekend. It was more like Christmas than Easter. Europeans would be forgiven for being confused by winter's unending icy grip on the co…
Merits of choice are self evident
Whether in education, or which state I want to live, the merits of choice are self evident in a free society. "One size fits all" was Karl Marx's idea.
Treasurer's assumptions inaccurate
In regard to Kootenai County Treasurer Tom Malzahn's press release to rescind his retirement, his statements and assumptions were inaccurate and the actual decisions made by me, Neil Oliver, chairman of the Kootena…