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TRUMP: Here's what I heard
A gullible Associated Press, after the debate critiqued, “A combative Donald Trump jolted the first Republican debate by warning that if denied the nomination he would go independent. While Trump was bombastic, oth…
LETTERS: All you need to know
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COLUMN: Took a wrong turn
Saturday, Aug. 8 “My Turn” article by Douglas Weir regarding doing away with all traffic controls in the city and country sounds like babble from someone who is texting while driving to the courthouse to pay his la…
Going hungry mustn't be an option
There's no limit to the good things your limited funds could do without ever leaving Kootenai County.
TRUMP: Paper tiger or trojan horse?
He has turned people’s anger toward both parties, because of their disgust with the way politicians run this country. Do I like him? No. His ideas — which are very few now — tap into people’s anger. Hopefully he wi…
FETAL: Recalling Unit 731 research
From the mid-1930s to the end of World War II, the Japanese government had a research program called Unit 731, headed by Lt. Gen. Shiro Ishii. Wonderful gains in medicine would be made by this unit. Blood loss calc…
TRUMP: Gave viewers what they came for
The nine establishment candidates were not in Ms. Megyn Kelly’s sights that debate night. It was one man, Donald Trump. She knew, and so did we; Trump plays for keeps, hands up. And in the women’s world — no, no, n…
COLUMN: Nothing but bad science
I read the article by Jim Pearl that this newspaper felt was worth a third of a page.
CHAMBER: Why funds are needed
In answer to the Letter to the Editor asking for an explanation of why the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce is fundraising for themselves. I have been a small business member of the chamber for many years and have…
REBUTTAL: Take that, conservatives
Thank you, Bonnie Brown, for your great column about management. Mr. Peterson, quit being so serious. She said manage, not get rid of. If fracking is so cost effective, why is Avista asking for a rate increase? May…
CAMP: Volunteers richly rewarded
I had a wonderful experience this summer as a reading volunteer for 7- to 9-year-olds at the 2015 Kids Camp at Fernan Elementary School. It was a six-week program, two mornings a week. There were 60 wonderful kids …
BIBLE: What is and isn't in it
Hi there Shirley:
PRAIRIE: Traffic trouble (sadly) proven
Tuesday’s page A7 precisely describes the Post Falls accident at Prairie and Pleasant View that I positively predicted and even positively stated, and described in my published “letter to the editor” a short week a…
A terrible senior secret
As an adult and a card-carrying member of the human race, you have a responsibility to help those who struggle to help themselves. Children are at the very top of the list, but right behind them are the elderly.
SHREK: Superb local performance
We live in an amazingly talented community. My family and I saw “Shrek the Musical” last weekend at the Kroc Center, and we walked away from the production feeling as if we had watched a Broadway show! The acting, …