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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.
Church and state: Leave politics outside the church
Wednesday’s front page coverage of Raul Labrador’s political campaign gathering at Candlelight Christian Fellowship is astonishing!
Maybe you can get lucky on Halloween
The only thing scarier than Halloween was my second honeymoon. Grotesque masks, glow-in-the-dark costumes and brain-damaging strobe lights all night long!
MY TURN: Chiropractor shouldn't be writing about epidural steroid shots
I am writing in response to an advertisement I read in your publication on October 11, 2017 by Dr. Wayne M. Fichter Jr.: Do Epidural Corticosteroid Shots Work? In the “advertorial”, he attempted to tackle a very co…
One way to slow attack on free speech rights
Second of two parts
Some colleges flunking First Amendment 101
The principle is simple: Leave others alone to pursue whatever might be their own aspirations, as long as they do not impede the rights and safety of others. It is the personification of America’s Bill of Rights. I…
ESSAY: 'Am I OK?'
Am I OK that during our traditional Route 91 outing with family and friends an epitome of evil decided to go on a shooting rampage killing 59 and injuring more than 500? Am I OK that when the shooting began two of …
Reasons to change county's government
There has been a great deal of discussion on changing the form of county government to five part-time commissioners and a full-time manager. Many people know l…
How to combat our kind of hurricanes
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria have caused total and unprecedented devastation in parts of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean. As Chairman of the Senate Committee …
STEM education: A commitment to Idaho's prosperity
Over the past months, I traveled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an effort to refocus the country’s educational system on STEM (Science, Technolo…
CAMERON: Ahlquist fails GOP committee loyalty test
There’s a phrase in sports that records are made to be broken.
When it comes to Iran, North Korea is listening
On Sept. 19, in a speech before the United Nations, President Trump described Iran as “a depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos,” adding, it funds “terrorists that kill innocent…
Here's the deal with dogs
Anyone who ever said “Dogs are man’s best friend” has never been caught on the smelly side of a doggy poop bag. No matter how cute the dog is, why does their poop have to smell so bad? It makes a dirty diaper smell…
Don't let this happen to you
At 1:50 a.m. on Jan. 29, I was home alone and had to get up to use the bathroom. I tripped, hit a dresser and wall, hurt my head and broke my right clavicle.
Term limits issue shows signs of life
The older I get, the more I like term limits.
Cruise industry: A lighthouse in the storm
Tears, sorrow, pain and destruction cannot be measured from the natural disasters created by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. As the eye of the storm pumme…