Where has the wisdom gone?

Where has the "wisdom" gone? Being smart, being educated, and being an intellect is just another cold attribute without the warm catalysis of "wisdom."

Bethine Church: first lady of Idaho

That's how I always referred to her over the years, whenever she was in the audience where I was speaking, including those occasions when it was my high privilege to deliver lectures, or moderate panels, at the ann…

Here's an option to Obamacare

It is obvious to me that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is unsustainable and will eventually have to be scrapped. When this happens, there will be a short window of opportunity when Republicans and Democrats w…

Priest recalls Christmas at Guadalcanal

Muslims aren't taking Christ out of Christmas

I'd like to respond to Pat Henkin's letter of Dec. 15, wherein s/he laments the loss of "Christmas" during the holiday season. I support his/her sentiments about the ever-encroaching "Happy Holidays," which is beco…

Here comes a megaload of trouble

On Wednesday, the Coeur d'Alene Press had a story under the headline "Megaloads need special ramp," with a side note that you would accept comments Thursday afternoon. I submit my comments herewith.

How liberals can really make a difference

On Thanksgiving Day I had the misfortune of reading a "My Turn" article published in the Nov. 27, 2013 Press by Jimmy Pappas. The article caught my attention when I read the charge he made about a "cut and slash ag…

Real Republicans will resist Common Core

The column "Why conservatives can support Common Core" (Nov. 20) article is very interesting considering that it was written by two "R.I.N.Os" (Republicans in name only). A Republican asking for more bureaucracy wo…

Affordable Care Act is a good thing

Here we go again. In Karen Parrish Norskog's My Turn article, once again President Obama is a socialist/communist, while the conservative candidate, Mitt Romney, would have been the answer to every prayer had he be…

Inspired by Mandela ... and 'Biko'

The year was 1986. I had never heard of Nelson Mandela, but I was totally transfixed by rock artist Peter Gabriel, a former lead singer of the great British band Genesis. As a freshman in college I had a friend who…

America's line of despair

"There is a line of despair" that crosses the width of our nation, like a tumor, pulsating, spreading, becoming wider and wider, motivated by fear, it grows unabated.

Watch as Obama's web of lies falls apart

"Unanswered Prayers" was the title of a hit song by Garth Brooks in 1990. The lyrics of this song expressed the idea that heartbreak and sadness of a failed relationship may lead to something even better than what …

It's what we do at St. Vincent de Paul

The Friday before Thanksgiving I received a call from a local small business owner. He told me that he had an employee who was in the hospital, and was expected to be there through Thanksgiving, his wife and 3-mont…

Corporate America has broken our political system

Words themselves can be far more telling than the person telling them to us. For example, the words republican, democratic, and capitalistic are commonly used adjectives to describe our country, but they are often …

Poland imparts lessonon education to U.S.

Poland's gains in mathematics and science on the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has made big news in the United States. The impressive achievements by 15-year-old Polish students contrast …