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My Turn
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MY TURN: AI writing and beyond
Last week, I wrote 269 words for the back cover of a book I recently completed. After some edits, I thought it was…
MY TURN: Health care under attack
I am old enough to have been born at a time before vaccines were available publicly. At the age of 2 years old I got whooping cough and was hospitalized for several months because I needed to be on oxygen to breath…
MY TURN: Response to Marmont
This letter is in response to “My Turn” Nov. 9, by Ms. Ethel Steinmetz Marmont.
MY TURN: The poisoning of America
America has spoken: Donald J. Trump won a landslide victory on Nov. 5. However, the whining leftists are doing what they did last time: throwing a hissy fit. The difference this time is that the victory was so stro…
MY TURN: Election report card nets good grades for education
The majority of North Idaho residents support education. It’s an inescapable conclusion after examining the Nov. 5 general election results. Voters made their voices heard in key decisions impacting local education…
MY TURN: A river runs through it
A river runs through Idaho, but in this case, it’s not the Clark Fork River; it’s a river of sorrow. For those of us who truly understand what the election of a convicted felon, Donald Trump, means for average Amer…
MY TURN: CLN violates First Amendment
To the Citizens of Kootenai County: I am writing to bring to your attention a serious violation of the First Amendment by the Community Library Network (CLN) in North Idaho. At their Oct. 17 meeting, Trustee Campbe…
MY TURN: Women’s Gift Alliance looking ahead to another decade of making a difference through philanthropy
As a proud member of the Women’s Gift Alliance (WGA) for 20 years, I am here to tell you that philanthropy does indeed benefit those who give, as much if not more than those who receive. Through the years, WGA has …
MY TURN: Support Coeur d'Alene school nurses
Please vote YES for the school Levy for every child in Coeur d'Alene. I’ve been a school nurse for 18 years in the Coeur d’Alene School District and our students need your YES vote.
MY TURN: NIC enrollment growth happened despite trio
Mike Waggoner’s “My Turn” portrayal of events at North Idaho College while he, Todd Banducci, and Greg “Chaos” McKenzie were on the Board of Trustees is self-congratulatory claptrap. It’s laughably dishonest for an…
MY TURN: Will voters stand up?
Election season is in full swing, and voters know exactly which team they are supporting for president. Having a news cycle injected with an abundance of perso…
MY TURN: Zero is a placeholder
A zero is a placeholder. It has no value, but it does serve an important function. It temporarily occupies the position of another person or thing. Our elected board of trustees at North Idaho College currently con…
MY TURN: Prop 1 fails review
After much arm-waving and bumper sticker arguments, I decided to review the actual text of Proposition 1. To my knowledge, no attorney has offered an analysis for the voter. Based on my reading, it should fail for …
MY TURN: We thought closing Idaho's primaries was a good idea. We were wrong
Since 2012, when the closed primary system was introduced, nearly 300,000 independent voters in Idaho have been blocked from participating in our most importan…
MY TURN: A Renaissance at North Idaho College
I’m writing this as a personal opinion, not as part of my official NIC role. With a conservative majority Board, North Idaho College (NIC) has just emerged fro…