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Food from its source
While having dinner with friends this week, the discussion of food and consumption coming from the source becomes contentious. "Green chili stew is most delicious when eaten in Santa Fe," a member of the party offe…
Bratwurst, breakfast and turkey, oh my!
Just because summer's over doesn't mean there are fewer fun things to do. For this weekend ... Friday from 4:30 to 7 p.m. get your oompah on at the Post Falls Historical Society's Oktoberfest in the Lions Grand Pav…
Slang: A hodgepodge of languages
I see myself as a word nerd, so I don't assume others (journalists excepted) get as much of a kick out of language and etymology as do I. So when I wrote about Janus words - words with opposite meanings - I was sur…
Raider fans love football, not fighting
As a long time Oakland Raider fan I found the recent "My Turn" column in The Press very disturbing.
In search of the first mover
Recently The Discovery Channel debuted the first segment of its new Curiosity series with a most provocative episode entitled, "Did God Create the Universe?"
Bring the thunderboats back, Cd'A
In the mid-1960s, my buddy and I took his orange VW bug and drove from Moscow to Coeur d'Alene to watch the thunderboats. A trip to Coeur d'Alene was "really cool" since the good-looking girls lived in the Lake Cit…
The sun and other 'heavenly bodies' control our weather
My friends Cecil Hathaway, Bob Felix, Michael Hoffman, John Koger and others have been sending me a lot of weather-related articles in the past several weeks, which I certainly appreciate. It's a difficult task ind…
Affordability while maintaining quality
Benjamin Franklin is credited with the old adage, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." People are always trying to add to that very short list of certainty and I'm no exception…
Who will answer calls for help?
She turned and walked away, with nowhere to go. There apparently wasn't enough room, and she had not said the qualifying and final words required to get in. Up and down her arms were cuts, intentional and deep, bea…
A role in 'Faust' that's just super
Last spring at Opera Coeur d'Alene's fundraiser we successfully bid on an opportunity to be a supernumerary for the upcoming production of "Faust." Supers are extras who stand around holding spears or other objects…
Kids: Draining the tap faster
My quarterly IDeal - Idaho's college savings program - statement arrived in my inbox this month, reminding me that September is college savings month. With $2,000 in tax-free contributions allowable each year and a…
Parenting education
"Wake up sleepy-head," I chuckle, nudging the shoulder of the sleeping 6-year-old resting on the nurse's couch, "Your mom is here." I collect the backpack, sweater and school supplies sent to the office by the firs…
Tradition reunites friends and fish
Chris Beck and his longtime friend, Steve Judy, have been heading down the St. Joe with Jack Smetana on an annual fall fishing trip for more than a dozen years, including this past weekend. If the name Steve Judy s…
Disabled cuts cost more in long run
Sometimes short-term fixes create bigger long-term problems.
Texas, Oklahoma set all-time heat records this summer
As we predicted would be the case in a recent 'Gems' article, the state of Texas endured the hottest June through August in our nation's recorded weather history for the entire country.