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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…
Will clocks move back in November?
Last Sunday, March 12, we turned our clocks forward once again. Practically every person I talked to since we moved our clocks forward one hour strongly sugges…
Huckleberries
According to a local legend, a mighty wind blew down the Coeur d’Alene Drive-in screen while “The Exorcist” was showing.
MY TURN: In defense of children, not libraries
Coeur d’Alene Library Trustee Steve McCrea recently claimed libraries are being challenged by a small number of people in the community who believe the library is blatantly sexualizing and grooming children.
MY TURN: Deception through omission
Deception occurs either through the dissemination of information that is factually incorrect or the omission of information that is integral to the issue at hand. The latter tactic is on full display in Brent Rega…
OPINION: Success and failure
People who have achieved success usually understand the relationship between perspective and outcome. Every action begins as thought; an idea that gives perspe…
MY TURN: Why I'm leaving teaching
Friday, Feb. 10, I turned in my formal resignation. Come June, I will end my teaching career. After 12 years, no more. There are multiple factors that contributed to this gut-wrenching decision.
MY TURN: North Idaho Republicans are the real conservatives
Now might be a good time to mention that the conservatives who care about Kootenai County are represented by the North Idaho Republicans, NOT the Kootenai County GOP (KCRCC).
March is for shamrocks and weddings
Several years ago, my sister, Janna, and I joined our mother as members of the Lt. George Farragut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
OPINION: Pre-packaged angertainment is getting stale
I could be wrong about this, but I sense that the overall mood in Kootenai County is changing. And for the better. Last year at this time, I faced a well pl…
Why child care matters
Red or blue, old or young, parent or childless, kids matter to everyone.
Record snows in the West
It was certainly a tale of two winters across the Inland Northwest.
Huckleberries
If you’re like me, you’ve wondered what the late Bard of Sherman Avenue would do with today’s overripe local news cycles.
MY TURN: Another modest proposal
I read with some sadness and resignation the My Turn by Ms. Lippert. Then, I consulted my property tax bill and noticed the number of school bond levies on the…
MY TURN: Spotlight on social work this month
March is Social Work Month, and the 2023 theme is Social Work Breaks Barriers. The theme “Social Work Breaks Barriers” resonates because social workers are on…
MY TURN: In defense of libraries and librarians
Your public library is being challenged by a small number of people in the community who believe the library is "blatantly sexualizing and grooming children." And that the library "encourage(s) the flow of erotica …