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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.
Late in the session, this bill is suspicious
Redistricting and gerrymandering are topics in the news as we approach the 10-year mark for new census data. The U.S. Census numbers affect the number of U.S. House of Representative seats allocated to states; thus…
Russian aggression demands an American response
The President’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, said it is “incontrovertible” that the Russians intervened in America’s 2016 elections. The President rebuked McMaster for the statement. Daniel Coats, appo…
How about another billionaire president?
Another billionaire appears to be laying the groundwork to run for president in 2020. Only this one intends run as a Democrat and he has hired one of the best in the business to put together the pieces and devise t…
A cure for what ails us
The “Readers Write” page of the Cd’A Press recurrently explodes with hateful language regarding politics.
Integrated approach proposed for high school math
Last fall, the Coeur d’Alene School District assembled an ad hoc committee for secondary mathematics education. The Board of Trustees approved the committee me…
School district math plan doesn't add up
I am a concerned parent who recently served on the Coeur d’Alene School District’s Ad Hoc Math Committee. My Idaho roots, background teaching in Minnesota, and a strong desire to better education for local children…
Urban renewal agency's midtown fiasco
The Coeur d’Alene urban renewal agency — embarrassed by its recent failure to get a developer proposal for taxpayer-bought property it owns in midtown — is now…
'I want them to feel my pain'
School shootings are terrible, senseless tragedies. Each of these now all-too-frequent events is different but seems to share a common, very modern, factor — the social isolation of the perpetrator. They are often …
Smelter would expose residents to pollution
My wife and I live in Blanchard, Idaho. Since November of 2017 we have found ourselves involved in a fight to stop Hi Test Sands, a Canadian company, from building a silicon smelter in Newport, Wash. Hi Test Sands,…
A contrast in visions of better America
I had to send The Press thanks as your editorial was an excellent foil to the nasty, “wrong side of the bed” folks in “Readers Write” of Wednesday, Feb. 21. Re…
Student: Phones are our friends, not foes
Coeur d’Alene School Board,
Rebuttal to sharia's roar
It is becoming increasingly fatiguing to read Sholeh Patrick’s unceasing glorification and defense of the Islamic religion. However, she remains a protected paid writer with no “opinion” caveat mark on her columns …
Investment in early childhood education reduces crime big time
Having served 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1990) and 12 years as a member of the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2016), I have gained a good perspective on crime prevention. Idaho has a fairly effective system…
Government is all about the people
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
Ahlquist: Opponents are running scared
Although the Republican primary election is several months away, it’s starting to feel like April as far as the governor’s race is concerned.