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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works
There will always be a need to safeguard the gemstone of our community.
It's time for all of us to 'get real'
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If a woman dies in cyberspace but not in the real world, should she be mourned?
Time to move the capital
According to a 2009 Washington Post article, there are 435 congressmen and 100 senators in Washington, D.C., yet there are over 34,000 lobbyists. As most of these lobbyists are paid well over 6 figures to peddle in…
Pitfalls in the draft land code
Kootenai County's draft Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) has major structural and economic problems not found in its technical superscripts and footnotes. I will review the most critical problems, which can and should …
Americans once had much thicker skin
You'd think from the size of the recent headlines World War III had just started! So someone got their feelings hurt again on the playground of life over a comment about the president and a black gun. Well now, isn…
Be nice with the ice, KYRO
If one were to read the latest article in The Press about sled hockey, one would get the impression that Kootenai Youth Recreation Organization is running the Frontier Ice Arena as an all-discipline skating rink (h…
Roe v. Wade anniversary: 40 years of bloodshed
Delusion is reality without truth.
No need to apologize, Mr. Regan
I don't know Brent Regan and have never met the man. That doesn't stop me from feeling sorry while he's under attack by the always righteous thought police though.
Living here is bitc--- ... er, fantastic
Awesome! Cool! Terrific! (Dare I say "Bitchin"!)
Opinion: City's vision is badly out of focus
Dear Mr. Gridley,
What to do about artifacts
The cultural resources staff of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe has called my attention to the story that ran in The Press concerning Dennis Rachunok's prospecting for historic and prehistoric artifacts along the north sho…
Drafting land-use code: What law governs?
The first draft of Kootenai County's Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) is complete. Its 477 pages raise significant concerns. This column discusses the legal power exercised to create it. In subsequent columns, I will d…
Public artifact removal is more like looting
As you know, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's aboriginal territory spanned nearly 4 million acres and for thousands of years the people of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe have centered their lives on Lake Coeur d'Alene and its tr…
Effective education reform will include younger learners
The debate over Idaho education reform has covered a variety of topics considered essential for quality education, except early childhood education. This topic has the potential to give every child equal footing wh…
Idaho, expand Medicaid program
If you had an opportunity to vote for a piece of legislation that could improve the state's economy by creating 16,000 new jobs, save state and county governments approximately $290 million, promote personal respon…
Keep guns away from mentally ill
Why are we attempting to restrict the use of firearms in the hands of mentally competent citizens when it's easier to identify and remove firearms from the mentally ill? Case in point, on the same day Adam Lanza ru…