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Most Afghanis have never heard of 9/11
Usama is dead. Now what?
Increased soot is just one reason why the Arctic is still warming
My independent climatological research has shown that, since our 'sun went silent' in 2007, the mid-latitude rural agricultural areas of both hemispheres have cooled nearly a full degree Fahren-heit, less so in the…
McEuen: Seeking a different solution
Big changes are being proposed for McEuen Field by Team McEuen and the City Council, and these proposals have generated considerable public interest and some strong feelings. I was quite impressed with the plan whe…
Old people as honored elders
Emily is 85, legally blind and nearly deaf. She feels isolated even though she is in a nursing home with 45 other people. All of them are elderly and vulnerable just like Emily. She likes listening to music, but he…
NASA trades shuttles for - what?
I still see her so vividly: NASA's shuttle Discovery, riding weary on the back of a jumbo jet to her Johnson Space Center home more than two decades ago. Like a wide-eyed child I stared in awe, pressed against the …
We're some Bloomsday late bloomers
Many Main Street readers are veterans of Bloomsday and I've always enjoyed seeing the photos and reading the stories of their 7.46 mile adventure. This year I'll experience the excitement of walking the course with…
North Idaho cuisine
Food tastes better when consumed at its origin. Keeping this in mind, I wish to prepare a traditional North Idaho meal. Consuming food where it is produced, prepared, grown and harvested changes the experience of e…
May you have many worries
At first glance this Yiddish blessing seems more like a curse. Who wants many worries? Are most not already overburdened with worries - the rising cost of groceries, concerns about children (young and old), struggl…
More 'rare' late April snows, but warmer days are ahead into early May
It's been an extremely long winter season across North Idaho and the surrounding regions. We began with the snowiest November on record since at least 1895 in Coeur d'Alene at a whopping 38.3 inches.
McEuen, Orwell and Chicken Little
Here it goes again, the talk of the town. Don't you think for one minute that our store fronts can't become as empty as the ones in Kellogg, Butte, Mont., and several other "used to be" mining, logging and sawmill …
Who are the rich, exactly?
Dear Senator Crapo:We have, in the past, contacted you about different subjects of concern to us. Our current concerns, however, are about a subject that is even more serious than those expressed in the past.
CASAs deserve thanks
Since 1977 when a Seattle judge decided he needed more information and perspective about the children whose fates he decided in abuse and neglect cases, thousands have answered the call. CASA (Court Appointed Speci…
Rediscovering real food
This winter I find myself in an unhealthy quick food quagmire. Life is busy and the food I eat, simple. My vegetable garden is four months from producing, as the black soil and my physical activity lay dormant from…
A buzz cut for a friend
A medical condition necessitated Gary Logsdon taking an early retirement as a residential appraiser for Kootenai County, with months until disability pay will kick in. So Gary's fellow employees took up a collectio…
Are you a neo-luddite?
Sometimes called ATEs - anti-technology extremists - neo-luddites are those who resist the rapid pace of technological advancement. Neo-luddism is a world view highly critical of the perceived benefits of technolog…