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Jelly belly not worth the risks
I'll never forget its yellow, gummy texture. My legal medicine professor required us to view forensic autopsies - not exactly on my bucket list, but I'm glad I did. Each time I eye the Reese's at Super 1, I think o…
Devils Lake continues to 'gobble up' homes and farms
We've already exceeded our normal rainfall for an entire year in Coeur d'Alene nearly six full months ahead of schedule.
A fond farewell to LC-CDA
Dear LC-CDA Students, Staff, Faculty, Friends, and Community,
Go ahead: Kiss and tell
Break out the Chapstick and pucker up. International Kissing Day is Friday.
Of flags and friendship enduring
Since this is the day we celebrate the 236th anniversary of America's Independence, it's fitting to share a heart warming Fourth of July story. In 1945 Rockland J. (Jimmy) Randall was serving with the U.S. Marine C…
Words can hurt, even when repeated
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me - or will they? Pontificating platitudes and putdowns have the ability to injure even when benign, sarcastic or offered thoughtlessly in casual conv…
Privilege a presidential tradition
Call it a right of confidentiality; the executive privilege is a claim by the president (or other high executive branch official) that s/he need not answer a request for government or personal communications on the…
Will the wettest June ever be followed by a hotter- and drier-than-normal summer?
Below, I've listed the 10 wettest Junes on record in Coeur d'Alene since 1895 and a description of the following summer months of July and August, precipitationwise and otherwise.
Honesty recalled, years later
One sunny afternoon last week I was relaxing at one of the many beautiful areas along Lake Coeur d'Alene ... reading The Press and enjoying the combined symphony of the gulls, splashing surf from the passing boats …
Patents lay open innovation
If you missed Tuesday's issue of the North Idaho Business Journal, take a look at what contributes $5 trillion and 40 million jobs to the national economy: innovation. Read about Coeur d'Alene resident Brent Regan,…
Denial won't solve permanent loss of jobs
There is no denying that we aren't the country we once were - but we continue to deny it anyway. That's because when people in denial are told they are in denial they simply deny it.
Tales too good not to share
Alan Wolfe, 57, a first-time Ironman competitor from Post Falls, made it to the finish line on Sherman Avenue about 9:45 p.m., pausing, going down into a prone position and rolling across the line. What most people…
Appreciating our legacy of military aircraft
Mustangs, Wildcats, Blackbirds and Tomcats are indigenous to the USA, right? Well sort of. Mustangs are free range horses and are descendents of horses brought to North America by the Spanish. We all know of the Ke…
We, the People need to save this country
The following are not RNC or Tea Party views. They come from my economics studies, an MBA and 30 years' banking experience. They come from seeing people plan properly, succeed and help others; or neglect to plan - …
Get tested for HIV ... for free
Often the best medicine is early detection, especially when the disease is potentially life-threatening. Yet people still hesitate to get tested, so when a national association created HIV Testing Day in 1995, the …