Is Idaho as corrupt as Washington, D.C.?

As a conservative state legislator from rural Idaho, member of the House Education Committee, supporter of the Idaho Education Network (IEN), and lifelong Republican, I have been carefully watching this issue since…

Tackling the crisis in medicine

"Doctors Tell All" is the title of Meghan O'Rourke's November 2014 article in The Atlantic. The core message of the article is "...the patient-doctor relationship is still the heart of medicine. And it has eroded t…

Shelton: Recalled, but not dismayed

Well, it turns out that there are 40 more folks in the Mica Kidd Island Fire District that want to take the district in a new direction than there are who think the district is headed in the right direction. This o…

U.S.-China deal only continues climate injustice

A glance at the White House website reveals the degree to which the administration is misrepresenting the global warming issue. Under the headline, "A Plan to Fight Climate Change," we are told that "We have a mora…

Applauding the quiet heroes of Cd'A

What would our city look like without them? When going through some family history last week I came across an old scrapbook that was my father's, Orrin Lee. The scrapbook talked about the time when he came to Coeur…

We need better support for our teachers

Teaching is one of the most honorable professions a person could ever occupy. To be a teacher means to be a humble servant to the next generation and beyond. Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a teacher. The …

What's the matter with Idaho?

Making sense of D-Day

I met Harold in the cemetery above Omaha Beach (Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France) on June 5, 1994, one day before the official commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. He was standing alone …

Join me Tuesday to celebrate freedom

On 9/11/1972, I was shot down while flying an Air Force F-4 on a combat mission over North Vietnam. After evading the North Vietnamese for about 28 hours, I was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi.

United we stand with nonprofits

Nonprofit organizations throughout Idaho are coming together this November to celebrate Idaho Nonprofit Awareness Month. The purpose of Idaho Nonprofit Awareness Month is to educate the public about the contributio…

Forget PC ... kick ISIS booty, boys

France and Great Britain have joined the United States in an emerging international military coalition to supply air power to blunt the advance of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). Strange bedfellows at best,…

Airport: Reasons to be skeptical

Having been made privy to the disturbing events at Pappy Boyington Field, it has become necessary to interject a few inputs for consideration of all concerned. Our country is a constitution-based nation, thus it's …

Absolute power rears its ugly head

Please, letter writers to the editor, you can speak to the facts without joining the circus! Case in point: Laura Boro, in the Oct. 17 edition, blaming the governor and his "fire and brimstone" buddy Vieselmeyer fo…

'River-centric' neighborhood key to corridor panel's goal

The summer of the Spokane River Corridor Advisory Committee was a good summer indeed. On Oct. 28, we presented to City Council the formal request from the Natural Open Space Committee (NOSC) for the council to pass…

How you can boost our regional economy

Here in the Idaho Panhandle, we share a common goal. Just like other regions of our great nation, we seek ways to stimulate our local economy with jobs, tax revenue, education and a better way of life.