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Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago

MY TURN: Have you no decency?

Have you no integrity? Have you no humanity?

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
MY TURN: Fear, anxiety and fury

Eventually, after requesting from Senator Crapo and Senator Risch their personal assurances that my financial information, residing within the purview of the U.S. Treasury, would be protected from the likes of Elon…

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
MY TURN: Vote yes for Lakeland levy

On behalf of the kids at Lakeland I write this to you. Because I am not 18, I asked my mom to post this for me. I hope you might take a few minutes to consider my thoughts in this letter to you.

Updated 3 weeks, 1 day ago
MY TURN: Medicaid, a stronger Idaho: Finding hope and common ground

Idaho just took a big step toward protecting Medicaid and strengthening healthcare with the advancement of House Bill 345. Policies and budgets matter, but wha…

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
MY TURN: Did you know

To reduce reading confusion, I will refer to the Cooperative Information Network (CIN) in this article as the "co-op."

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
MY TURN: Seven powerful words

My hat is off to David Stoltz, for his perfect Feb. 13 My Turn title. Succinctly, his seven words excite emotional response. Using “Our way of life,” suggests that every citizen adhere to one set of beliefs and est…

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
MY TURN: KCRCC Town Hall melee

Mere minutes ago, I left the KCRCC sponsored legislative town hall meeting (Saturday, Feb. 22). My departure was abrupt and abbreviated by an unwillingness to …

Updated 4 weeks, 1 day ago
MY TURN: School days, golden rule days

“This country was built on American respect for education” Ronald Reagan. Thomas Jefferson warned that government “tyranny” would emerge unless “the people at …

Updated 1 month ago
MY TURN: A sheriff's betrayal of public trust: When power enables violence

In a disturbing display that has rightfully drawn national condemnation, Sheriff Bob Norris demonstrated yesterday that his conception of law enforcement extends only to advancing personal ideology, not protecting …

Updated 1 month ago
MY TURN: Big brother? Local autonomy or state control?

A short survey. Do you want the Federal government telling the state how to do things? How to conduct their business? If not, do you want the state telling the…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
MY TURN: Our way of life is under attack

The recent onslaught of hit pieces by the North Idaho Republicans and, most recently by Joy Richards in particular, reminds me of the continuous attacks and resistance of those Democrats, pseudo-Republicans and the…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
MY TURN: A new billboard in Coeur d'Alene

Last Tuesday evening may come to be seen to be a watershed moment in local history if a new billboard project is seen through to completion.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
MY TURN: Legislatures: Vote yes for Article V

On Jan. 25, 2025, Mr. Green of Coeur d’Alene wrote an op-ed titled “MY TURN Just Say No “which raised several concerns about convening an Article V Convention, which is currently under consideration in the Idaho St…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
MY TURN: Cd'A district policy fails students

A board policy that does not restore the improved grade that a student achieved after retaking a failed class is a punitive permanent policy. This policy punishes a student who has motivation, commitment, persisten…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
MY TURN: Public schools through the centuries

Contrary to the thought that public schools were devised to ensure the stability of a republican form of government as espoused by Mr. Regan in his “The Right …