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Public artifact removal is more like looting
As you know, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's aboriginal territory spanned nearly 4 million acres and for thousands of years the people of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe have centered their lives on Lake Coeur d'Alene and its tr…
Happy birthday, Tom Thumb
Story-telling is so much more than entertainment. Stories both true and fictional bond the generations, tell of the past, teach lessons in a gentler or more memorable way. Stories make art, from children's fairy ta…
Inaugural intentions short circuited
Thom George and his wife, Melinda, spent the weekend in our nation's capital to take in the sights as well as the presidential inauguration. I thought it would be fun to have Thom do a live man-on-the-street phone …
Effective education reform will include younger learners
The debate over Idaho education reform has covered a variety of topics considered essential for quality education, except early childhood education. This topic has the potential to give every child equal footing wh…
Japan claims Jesus
Jesus-san, the garlic farmer, is buried here. That unfortunate guy in Calvary was his brother, called "Isukiri" in Japanese. Or a thief stand-in; depends on whom you ask.Those are the claims of the mountain village…
Global warming has vanished in the frigid western U.S.
As I told Alecia Warren earlier this month, there's no reason for North Idaho residents to panic and sell their winter gear on Craigslist due to global warming hysteria. Ski conditions are great!
Idaho, expand Medicaid program
If you had an opportunity to vote for a piece of legislation that could improve the state's economy by creating 16,000 new jobs, save state and county governments approximately $290 million, promote personal respon…
Keep guns away from mentally ill
Why are we attempting to restrict the use of firearms in the hands of mentally competent citizens when it's easier to identify and remove firearms from the mentally ill? Case in point, on the same day Adam Lanza ru…
Serve others, serve yourself
You may know that Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, is Martin Luther King Day - always the third Monday in January since the federal legislation commemorating the human rights leader's birthday was signed in 1983. Did you kno…
Young mom makes impact in final days
Think what you will about Facebook and social media in general, I've benefited greatly over the last four or five years in connecting with the community. In this busy world, it's been an efficient and enjoyable mea…
MLP: Try and try again
While Mrs. Language Person's roots are more Anglo (Ireland) than Saxon, she must have been French in another life. Your MLP is quite snooty about proper use of language, so snooty that she punishes herself for gram…
Our La Nada could be a new La Nina later this year
The latest sea-surface temperature data indicates that ocean temperatures off the West Coast of South America and along the Equatorial regions are only slightly below normal levels for the past week. Most cooler re…
Column on guns is way off target
I cannot help but respond to Sholeh Patrick's column about American gun ownership in Tuesday's edition of The Press.
Legislators, do your job on health care
With regard to Vito Barbieri's recent "My Turn" piece, listening to this state representative try to navigate his way through a tortured argument about why Idaho should abandon its involvement in the Affordable Car…
Grab hold of these body facts
Ever wonder why the skin on fingers and toes wrinkles when wet? So things are easier to grip, according to new research by scientists in the U.K.'s Royal Society. The body is intriguingly efficient.