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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…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Public funds for public schools

Public funds for public education, that was always given. Some legislators want to use those funds for private schools. We shouldn’t be surprised. The move toward vouchers has been promoted for years, most of the t…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Open letter to NIC Trustees

An open letter to Todd Banducci, Greg McKenzie, Mike Waggoner and Art Macomber…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Ranked choice

A consistent theme in the Left's push for power has been their attempts to remake election processes. No-fault absentee voting. "Nonpartisan" redistricting com…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Grassroots politics or 'astroturfing?'

In his recent Jan. 13 Coeur d’Alene Press opinion piece titled “Grassroots Politics,” Kootenai County Republican Central Committee chairman, and self-proclaimed “common sense” man, Brent Regan, brazenly trumpets th…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Obscene materials in libraries

On Jan. 27, the Coeur d'Alene Press published an article about the Jan. 25 Coeur d'Alene Library board meeting where I and other citizens gave public comment about incendiary kids’ books — not just passively includ…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: School levy, taxes and choices

The funding of schools is to the betterment of the community. That is why we as homeowners contribute annually.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
OPINION: Yes, workers can be hurt by a minimum wage hike

Raising the minimum wage is one of the many policy ideas peppered with tradeoffs, but one of the few that have such a direct impact on businesses and employees…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Rampant, uncontrolled growth in Cd'A

Why is the Coeur d'Alene City Council insistent on sacrificing our neighborhood on the "altar of more dwelling units at all cost?"

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
MY TURN: Why does the Post Falls School District need a voter-approved levy?

The Idaho funding system changed in 2006, leaving K-12 public schools with gaps in basic funding. Since the change, Post Falls School District has filled these…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
OPINION: Fraudulent 'Freedom:' The IFF Files, Part 1

The Idaho Freedom Foundation started back in 2009 with the noble intention of helping beleaguered legislators who have little staff and even less time to resea…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
MY TURN: KCRCC to blame for problems at NIC

North Idaho College is in trouble ever since the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee decided to politicize local boards including school boards, city councils and the NIC Board of Trustees.

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
OPINION: Dozens of Idaho high school students say Skaug's rule sets dangerous precedent

As the Idaho Republican Central Committee considers stripping young members of voting powers on the party’s executive board, one Republican legislator has taken his party’s attitude on youth input a step further. L…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
OPINION: Rules, rules, rules!

I want you to know about the rules and what the State GOP, and possibly your county central committees, have been doing. It is important that you know because …

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
MY TURN: Trump — many dare call it treason

Liz Cheney, in her last summation on the various crimes Donald Trump has committed, talked about her great, great, great grandfather fighting to preserve the Union and how three politicians committed treason during…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
OPINION: Evidence is clear — education choice improves outcomes

It’s all about improving outcomes for children. As President of Mountain States Policy Center, I’m proud to announce the launch of "Education Choice Improves O…