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OPINION: Unity
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensit…
MY TURN: NIC trustees fail athletic program
During my 10 years as a university president, I had the good fortune to work with exceptional boards of trustees who were fiercely loyal to the mission of the university, forward-looking, fiscally responsible, and …
OPINION: The Ten Commandments may soon be coming to Idaho public schools
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry recently signed a bill into law requiring the Ten Commandments to be hung in every public school classroom in his state. He knew…
MY TURN: Anti Pride = Pro hate
What a beautiful celebration for our LBGTQ community last week in the City Park. Coming together to celebrate our differences always creates so much joy and unity within our community. Our differences do not make u…
OPINION: A tale of two conventions
The Idaho Democrats and the Idaho Republicans recently held their party’s conventions one week apart. The results of each speak volumes about the choices voter…
Passing the parade baton
No matter how the town has grown or changed the Fourth of July parade is a constant, a slice of Americana that for a couple of hours on Coeur d’Alene’s “Main S…
Sholeh: Old housing formula offers new hope
Multigenerational approach worked then; could it help now?
A June full of extreme weather
We’re heading toward the end of June and Coeur d’Alene has yet to report a 90-degree day. However, at the Spokane International Airport, a high of 90 degrees w…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Road rage
The Coeur d’Alene Press headline read: “Riot in downtown Coeur d’Alene.”
MY TURN: Don't let ego, pride and control interfere with the mission
What are three things that hinder or destroy an organization or relationship? Answer: ego, pride and control. Nothing distorts a group’s mission more than a member placing their ego above the mission. A person’s id…
OPINION: Conventional wisdom
The Idaho Republican Convention happened last weekend and it was a success in multiple ways. The three-day event began with committee meetings held at The Coeu…
The Joy of Triathlons
Kip is a physical therapist who moved here in 2007 and didn’t do his first triathlon until 2010
MY TURN: Idaho open primaries and why we are here 'a brief history'
The Idaho Senate in 2023 voted to pass a bill that calls for the Idaho secretary of state to create and mail a free, informational voter guide to every Idaho household before state primary and general elections.
MY TURN: Internet politics
From its inception in the 1960s (and wide use since the 1980s), the internet was designed and implemented to treat all user traffic — email, file transport, ev…
OPINION: Dorothy Moon is fueling efforts to detoxify Idaho’s Republican Party
Dorothy Moon held onto her position as boss of the extremist branch of Idaho’s Republican Party at the GOP convention in Coeur d’Alene on June 15. Mary Souza c…