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Atlas's shoulders sagging
The teenage mind is newly capable of exploring ideas on a broader philosophical plane. So like many youth I explored several "isms" and concepts asserting (and removing) meanings of life, including an Ayn Rand phas…
Despite our mild temperatures, February can be mighty cold
A Press subscriber asked me this week about just when the coldest day in North America occurred in modern times. Here's the answer, Ted.
Game for the ages: GOP vs. EPA
This is a call to unite the various factions of the Republican Party residing in Kootenai County. Nothing brings together a community quicker than a common foe. Not the Democrats. I'm talking about the Environmenta…
Wrong time for 2030 Cd'A Vision survey
I have listened to three presentations by Steven Ames and I have little disagreement with the end result of visioning that he is marketing. However, I am not clear what it was that he was really selling. It was a p…
Ah, my cynical valentine
Nothing like waking up the day before Valentine's Day to see a rather unromantic note from my lover, publicly displayed on Wednesday's editorial page for the world to see. Well, at least most of our 67,000 readers …
It's time for all of us to 'get real'
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If a woman dies in cyberspace but not in the real world, should she be mourned?
Couple has a heart for boxers
Steve Ducomman has a heart for boxers ... the four-legged kind. Growing up his family owned boxers and now Steve and his wife, Dana, have opened their hearts and home to the breed. Volunteering with North Idaho Box…
We all grieve in our own way
It has been four months since my father's death and in this past quarter-year I've been offered innumerable, well intended suggestions for how to grieve. "Take time off; spend time with family; see a therapist to d…
These girls mean business
National Cookie Day, when Girl Scouts peddle their tempting confections, was Friday, Feb. 8; who knew? Then again there seems to be an official "day" for darned near everything, and with the average household conta…
Time to move the capital
According to a 2009 Washington Post article, there are 435 congressmen and 100 senators in Washington, D.C., yet there are over 34,000 lobbyists. As most of these lobbyists are paid well over 6 figures to peddle in…
More Icelandic volcanic eruptions could cripple Europe
Nearly three years ago in mid April of 2010, the volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier in Iceland had a prolonged series of dusty eruptions that nearly crippled the European airline industry for a full week.
Pitfalls in the draft land code
Kootenai County's draft Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) has major structural and economic problems not found in its technical superscripts and footnotes. I will review the most critical problems, which can and should …
Americans once had much thicker skin
You'd think from the size of the recent headlines World War III had just started! So someone got their feelings hurt again on the playground of life over a comment about the president and a black gun. Well now, isn…
Be nice with the ice, KYRO
If one were to read the latest article in The Press about sled hockey, one would get the impression that Kootenai Youth Recreation Organization is running the Frontier Ice Arena as an all-discipline skating rink (h…
Bully boss means high cost
Tuesday's Press reported local school districts are working steadily to address parents' concerns about bullying. Add to that the infamous story of the bullied bus driver in New York last year and similar accounts …