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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.
Feds overstep their bounds in demanding voter data
The federal government sent shock waves around the nation over the Fourth of July weekend when it demanded that states turn over a trove of your personal and v…
Patriotic fires burn bright in Cd'A
It’s the one holiday that unites all patriotic Americans across this huge and amazing country. While many of us celebrate with fireworks and barbecues, I hope at the end of the day we all appreciate our veterans wh…
Here's the key to health-care liberty
When we try to contemplate the terrible tragedies that are suffered by the citizens of our republic, along with our global brothers and sisters, the situation seems so overwhelming and so hopeless. It is time to ke…
7 points to ponder on Idaho etiquette
North Idaho is growing rapidly with an influx of residents and businesses from all sectors of the country — particularly California. People are moving here for…
Voters will see through this unsavory switcheroo
It appears Rep. Raul Labrador, despite being a darling of those enamored with the Tea Party wing of the Grand Old Party, missed one of the fundamental principles of the movement encapsulated in the phrase “We don’t…
An urgent message for today's parents
In some of my parent circles I’m known as the “progressive parent,” meaning we don’t necessarily shield our kids from tough things but we prefer to guide them, talk with them, watch shows with them, and answer toug…
Transit Center a 'done deal' thankfully
Brent Regan is wrong to keep opposing a new Kootenai County Public Transit Center ("Why bus Taj Mahal is unwise and unsafe," June 3). Funding for the Riverston…
We must care for our public lands
After reading the June 3 article titled “Bullet Holes and Trash,” I feel compelled to respond and call attention to what is at stake when it comes to public la…
Honoring veterans means honoring Americans' rights
Throughout Idaho and across the country, American citizens on Memorial Day rightly paid tribute to those soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, a demonstration of what President Abraham Lincoln des…
Water lovers, share your splash of blue
Today is one of those amazing days in North Idaho when the air is dry and warm, the sun is shining and everything just sparkles. So I am compelled to get outsi…
Why bus 'Taj Mahal' is unwise and unsafe
Opposition to the Riverstone Mass Transit Hub and Administration Building complex is about fiscal responsibility, service and safety, not hate.
Trump scolds NATO - just as he should
During President Trump’s first visits to other countries, he spent some time in Brussels. There, during a meeting with high-level NATO officials, he took NATO …
Blue North Idaho? Not likely
In business, the Law of Diffusion of Innovation states that, if we took a sample of the population, and we analyzed how comfortable those people were with chan…
'The Walking Man' has a sad story
Marc Stewart wrote a piece in the Saturday, May 6 Local section entitled, “We can’t be too busy to help.”
Free speech must prevail for real learning to work
I wrote in the first installment to this article about the suppression of speech in America: “It is getting worse.”