Brent Regan
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OPINION: KCRCC Q&A
There have been a lot of questions concerning the post-election organizing of the KCRCC. I would like to provide s…
OPINION: Counterfeit candy
Investing in quality is sometimes a difficult decision to make, but it is an easy decision to live with.
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…
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…
OPINION: Library sophistry
Children are born with an amazing capacity for learning. Through observation, exploration and mimicry infants are able to decode human behavior. By age two, mo…
OPINION: For the kids
Imagine a typical North Idaho family, Shawn and Jane Doe and their three children Mary, Mike and Becky. Shawn is the assistant manager at a local division of a…
OPINION: Primary confusion
Idaho no longer has a presidential primary. The Idaho Constitution specifies that it is the duty of the Idaho Legislature to establish a system of free public …
OPINION: Levy chat
The proposal for a new levy in Coeur d'Alene has caused quite a stir, given that a similar proposal was defeated only a few months ago. The levy is intended to…
OPINION: The Shirtist
Once upon a time there was a peaceful town that was a true American melting pot; a cross section of races, religions, heritages and interests. Everybody, for t…
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…
OPINION: Canceling NIC
As you watch and listen to the public comments at the recent North Idaho College (NIC) Board of Trustee meetings you may be struck at how the demands of those …
OPINION: The forever levy
Our public schools badly need the accountability only competition can provide but the Freedom in Education Act, a bill that would have allowed some education d…
OPINION: NIC reframe
The three rules of great opera; make it loud, wear flashy clothes, and if things don’t go your way, kill yourself. What is Accreditation? Accreditation is aw…
OPINION: Lincoln Day 2023
The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee’s Lincoln Day has earned the reputation of hosting the best Lincoln Day in the state of Idaho. The secret to o…
OPINION: Conservative metrology
Nearly every candidate for the Idaho Legislature will tell you that they are “conservative.” They will tell you that they want to reduce the size of government…
OPINION: Dueling realities
Now more than ever it seems that two otherwise reasonable people can look at the same set of facts and arrive at two diametrically opposed viewpoints. Both can…