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'Tis the season of shopping and gratitude
It's Thanksgiving Eve and there are four categories of people today. Those who are traveling, those who are grocer…
Skybox swansong redux
A baker’s dozen years ago, when I was doing morning radio on KVNI, I accepted the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce invitation to announce the Fourth of July p…
Being authentic a big part of being free
"Authentic" isn't just a buzzword
Types of thunderstorms and thunder
The first half of June was warmer than normal in Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Northwest. The average temperature was around 80 degrees, compared to…
Huckleberries
“Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness (lie).” Blessed words for some. Fighting words fo…
OPINION: Wannabe Republican
George Orwell notoriously observed that language controls thought and thought controls action. If you can control the words, you can control people. If there a…
MY TURN: To the people of the Silver Valley
I am writing today as the CEO of Heritage Health, deeply moved by the recent events in your community. My heart aches for all that you have endured, but I find…
OPINION: Democrats deliver
While different factions within the Kootenai County GOP bicker over who is the “real conservative,” Democrats deliver on the national and local issues that rea…
Safety first for summer fun
Happy first day of summer, although a forecasted high temperature of 67 just doesn’t cut it for me. Somewhere in the 80s is my happy place. Summer solstice tod…
OPINION: Idahoans must show that the Gem State is too great for hate
Back in the early 1980s, when Idahoans in the Coeur d’Alene area were confronted with a growing number of dangerous hatemongers at the Aryan Nations compound n…
Do Facebook and TikTok hurt kids?
More than 500 public school districts nationwide are suing social media companies for what they say is a youth mental health crisis, thanks to addictive conten…
Summer arrives in just a few days
The first day of summer arrives Wednesday at 7:58 a.m. On that day, the sun angle is the highest in the sky and the Northern Hemisphere will experience the hig…
Huckleberries
The Coeur d’Alene Shrine Club Octocycle hasn’t appeared at a Fourth of July Parade since 2016. And, unless its new owner in Spokane has mastered its quirks, th…
OPINION: Too far
Neuroscientists will tell you that the prefrontal cortex, the part of the human brain responsible for impulse control, prioritizing, planning and generally mak…
OPINION: Democrats launch fundraiser for Post Falls Veterans Home
It’s hard to find a topic that 95 percent of people agree on. And yet, 95 percent of Americans believe it’s the duty of the government to support veterans when…
OPINION: Strolling down memory lane to the Stanley Redfish Trail
Two recent news reports brought back memories of a time when important figures of both political parties could work together to achieve important public object…