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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.
Legalized Murder, Inc., is on the horizon
Look out, Idaho. The proponents of legalizing physician assisted suicide are headed this way!
A very taxing process
After fighting what I believed was an unconstitutional federal income tax, six years ago I capitulated, filed returns, and have since then, paid $120,054 in combined state and federal income taxes (including the in…
Ballot watcher impressed by primary election day
I received a wonderful civics lesson on this year's primary election day, May 25. I learned things I couldn't have even imagined in my high school civics class. I had been asked by Thom George, the Kootenai County …
Minnick: America is not too big to fail
We are about to learn that deficits do matter.
Unions: They work
If you live in North Idaho and refuse to drink with Republicans, you may find yourself drinking alone, and everyone knows that's a bad sign. Once after a round of golf and a couple of beers, two of my right-wing fr…
Our flag evokes wide array of responses
June 14, 2010 marks 233 years since the Continental Congress of the fledgling United States approved the official design of our American Flag. It has been 94 years since President Woodrow Wilson officially designat…
Solving the unwanted pet problem
I am writing in response to "PETS: Felony Needed for Abuse," and I am sorry but Ms. Born's statement about the animals at the Kootenai Humane Society is inaccurate.
Consider the cost of a flag
Somewhere in an American city, a silver-haired daddy, now stooped and slow, struggles to raise his red, white and blue flag as he has every morning for more than four decades. He makes the last final tug on the rop…
Politics: Need solutions, not more names
The My Turn column by David Coppom on June 5 that was once again critical of the Democrats had all the current buzzwords and slogans that the Right likes to throw at the president and the Democrats, but he had very…
Far left far from being right
I have had to read your editorial of May 26 over repeatedly to try to make sense out of your board's conclusions, and can only believe that you have not only missed the boat but you all have fallen into Lake Coeur …
Is Rally Right really anarchy?
Like many people I generally ignore the bickering between sides in politics. Political gamesmanship doesn't put bread on my table and besides, those dire predictions each side makes never seem to come to pass anywa…
Fear is an excellent and wise teacher
By LEAH SOUTHWELL/Special to The Press
The case against IB - and a call to action
Drastic times call for drastic measures. I didn't want to but I finally did it and I wonder how many others are thinking about doing it too. After the "Schools of Choice" meeting last week, I removed my child from …
Big Al: A man of his word
It is not often when people in my life actually follow through with their promises and commitments. A year ago, when I was executive director of the local humane society, I went to the NIC Athletics Hall of Fame In…
Census cartoon no laughing matter
What the heck? I don't get Daniel Brannan's cartoon ("Opinion," May 14, 2010) as it addresses the U.S. Census process. I do feel there is an insult intended in there, but I am not sure whom it is directed to - alth…