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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works
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Creationism and evolution
The following comments and analysis are offered as a personal opinion that creationism and evolution should be viewed as complementary to each other. This idea is not intended to be sacrilegious in any sense of the…
Shooting lessons: Washington state v. Gail Gerlach
There are two levels of survival that the armed citizen must contemplate, street and court. A self-defense shooting encounter, or anything else in life for that matter, is like a game of chess. One should try to an…
What's worse than Obamacare? Repealing it
The Affordable Care Act falls far short of meeting its intended goal of lowering health care cost and bringing the uninsured into the health care system. There is no doubt that something needs to be done. But to re…
GOP factions need to come together
The Cd'A Press reported Sunday on the two Republican Parties. It would have been comical if it had not been so sad.
Lend a hand to homeless veterans
Stand Down. What is it? Why should you care? Why am I writing this?
Time to take back local GOP
Republican primary voters: I need your help. I am currently a Kootenai County Republican Central Committeeman. I have worked diligently over the past two years to steer KCRCC back toward what we were elected to do:…
Hop aboard for stagecoach stories
Every Sunday, The Press has an area history lesson researched and written by Kootenai County Historical Preservation Commissioner Syd Albright, and a recent one detailing settlement and stage coaching routes here i…
Celebrating creativity
"Today we are going to draw pictures," announced the teacher. "Oh good," thought the little boy. "I love to draw pictures; I can make cars and trucks and fish and..."
Newspapers and baseball: American institutions evolve
There are few aspects of American life that are the same today as they were 100 years ago. Two of them are newspapers and baseball.
Don't let our veterans down, Idaho delegation
We could use a little help from patriotic Americans.
Getting ready for Diamond Cup 2014
The 2013 Diamond Cup was an awesome family event. The 2014 event promises to be equally so. As evidence of the family nature of the event, I observed three generations of a Spokane family watching the races return …
Food is fuel, food drive kids remind us
Five hundred and six pounds of food, 101 families, 13 students and one food drive.
Women's rights at stake in Hobby Lobby case
Corporations do not pray, worship, participate in sacramental rituals or engage in other religiously-motivated programs or actions. Yet, this week three corporations, including the crafts store Hobby Lobby, were be…
The other side of 'switching sides'
I'd like to respond to the front page article, "Switching Sides," in The Press recently. The article documents the "tough decision" that Dan English felt he was forced to make, switching his political party affilia…
Guns on campus: What's next?
In 2012, a person wielding a crossbow went on the Casper (Wyoming) College campus and murdered his own father, a computer science professor, in front of the class. Previously, I had thought that Casper, which is ab…