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Columns
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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…
Most memorable Mother's Day gifts
Happy Mother's Day! Here are all our readers' lovely stories about their favorite Mother's Days.
AI comes with ethics questions
Artificial Intelligence presents opportunities — and serious challenges.
Ocean waters are warming
Until recently, our planet’s weather patterns have been influenced by a three-yearlong La Niña event in the waters of the south-central Pacific Ocean.
Huckleberries
It was THE place to go to celebrate. Cloud 9, perched seven stories above the shoreline, offering a sweeping view of Lake Coeur d’Alene, from Cougar, Casco and…
OPINION: Idaho Democrats make the case for Biden
So our 80-year-old president, Joe Biden, is seeking a second term. No big surprise there. And it doesn’t take much of a political prophet to predict that Biden…
OPINION: Call me crazy
In Saul Alinsky’s Marxist handbook “Rules for Radicals” Alinsky advises that “ridicule is your most powerful weapon.” This seems to be a lesson well learned as…
MY TURN: Conservatives' 'grassroots energy cannot be stopped'
I was disappointed to see that I was named in Christa Hazel’s latest article regarding the political consulting firm McShane LLC and its involvement in Idaho politics.
MY TURN: Regan and the Idaho Freedom Foundation insult and undermine voters
Wow, Brent Regan has managed to insult everyone in Coeur d’Alene and more generally in Kootenai County. I am addressing his "Opinion: For the kids screed" from April 14.
OPINION: Workers Memorial Day recognized in Cd'A
Kootenai County citizens gathered in City Park last Thursday to remember the women and men who died at work during the previous 12 months. This important day, …
Royally kicking off merry month of May
King George VI of England died in 1952, the year of my birth. His daughter, Elizabeth aged 25, was crowned Queen the following year. On Saturday, for only the second time in my lifetime, England will crown a new mo…
Library books: Who should decide?
What to know before you vote May 16
Thunderstorm season is here
Conditions felt more like summer over the weekend as high temperatures across North Idaho and eastern Washington climbed into the 80s for the first time this y…
Huckleberries
Ruthanna Hawkins Rauer enjoys the memories but downplays her glory days.
OPINION: School solutions
If your boss tells you it’s “not acceptable” that you failed to do something that they wanted you to do, you could reasonably take that as a threat to your fut…
MY TURN: Our local jewel within our gem of a state
As I returned to Coeur d’Alene in August 2018 to retire, I realized that my life was taking a new turn. One year later a friend asked me, “How do you like retirement?” I pondered briefly, responding, “it is weird…g…