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Playtime is more than fun
Anyone born before the computer age has noticed: Playtime isn't what it used to be. Once satisfied with a stack of blocks or generic doll, yesterday's children littered the streets with bikes and balls every aftern…
La Nina continues to weaken
By RANDY MANN
A continual process of evaluation and evolution
Bob Dylan once sang, "The times, they are a changin'," and given our recent strange weather, I would agree. Abnormal weather aside, you can also see change at North Idaho College.
Mike Patrick: There you go again
This article addresses and responds to a series of vicious character attacks by the Cd'A Press, which began as a "news story" in the Press' online edition on 1/13, was furthered via Press editorials by Mike Patrick…
Testimony explains Mormon tenets
Taking pen in hand, I write truth and righteousness by way of the Holy Ghost to dispel ignorance about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Simplify land-use code for Kootenai
As a real estate lawyer, I wrestle with how to justify the complex laws governing private property ownership and use in Kootenai County. In a republic like Idaho, public policy should require the law be written so …
Economy holds, but prices rise
Asked, "Economically, how will 2012 compare to 2011?" 28 percent of voters at CdaPress.com responded things will get worse. A surprising 48 percent say 2012 will be a better year. Yet it was the remaining quarter w…
Sport psychology
Concentrate, focus, look at the ball, check my grip, feel loose, carry the club slowly backward and stare at the number on the ball, follow-through: Concentrate - whack! My golf ball leaves the tee as my focus shar…
Young Olympian heading to D.C.
C.J. Deacon, a 16-year-old Lakeland High School sophomore, is a treat for sure. C.J. is a Special Olympics medalist, with six gold and two bronze medals to his name, in the sport of cross country skiing. He's an ex…
An American letter
The American Constitution was founded on a simple principle - consent of the governed. These Founding Fathers looked at the historical cycle of oppression and revolution and asked the question: How can we free ours…
Hospice event an opportunity
I understand why our culture tends to ruin death, but I think it can change. Death was revered in ancient cultures as an inevitable opportunity: To review life and find peace, to learn, to teach, to finally mend fe…
Last week was one of the snowiest on record in North Idaho
When it comes to North Idaho snowfall, we seem to be either 'bare' or 'buried,' a 'feast' or 'famine' situation to say the least.
Whizzing on the wrong guys
Piracy protection or censorship?
I may be something of a reluctant journalist, but like any writer I am in a lifelong love affair with the First Amendment. Free speech, with its alter ego, freedom of information, is a fickle lover - sometimes bene…
Boo-hoo: Not another tattoo
Self-mutilation used to be a symptom of a mental disorder. But over the last 10 years or so it has been mainstreamed in the form of tattoos. They seem to be plastered all over most of the under-30 set.