Opinion
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FETAL: No killing or no funding
A lot of the current media coverage about the sale of fetal tissue obscures the main point which is killing babies in the womb, and incidentally harvesting their body parts. Congress cannot stop or even limit the k…
BIBLE: Just tell the truth
It’s interesting how many different versions of the Bible are “quoted” in various publications. If the same were true of any other book, there would be legal action.
FINANCES: An idea for schools, chamber
Both the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce and the school system are addressing financial concerns. The chamber is struggling to rectify an unwise cash flow situation mostly due to a $21,000 monthly mortgage paymen…
Save forests and support PREPARE
Some people are going to scoff at the suggestion that climate change - a watered-down term for global warming - is rendering our forests increasingly susceptible to catastrophic burns.
FETAL: Another side to the story
Ron Vieselmeyer’s letter was published in the Coeur d’Alene Press Wednesday morning. It is an interesting coincidence that while he was ranting away at Planned Parenthood and demanding that the organization be defu…
FOOD: If it's GMO, label it
On July 23, Idaho’s two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Raul Labrador and Mike Simpson, voted in favor of a bill, H.R. 1599, the DARK (Deny Americans the Right to Know) Act. They voted against most Am…
FLAG: Ode to a floral tribute
For the last several years there has been a floral flag on Fourth Street in front of Coeur d’Alene High School. It was such a lovely sight to see and so appreciated by this military family. It hasn’t been planted f…
JAIL: Let the light shine bright
My husband and I are very glad to see that you are covering the Kootenai County Jail and the scandalous conditions under which it is run. Several years ago, my brother-in-law called me and asked me for some help de…
FUGITIVE: An odd and scary night
On July 31, a law-enforcement helicopter began flying over our neighborhood around 10:30 p.m., shining its spotlight on fields, woods and houses. It would light up several acres at a time or an entire room, by pene…
ENTITLED: Rudeness is killing our country
So the entitled generation is entitled to be as rude as they want. They can do whatever they like, be as loud as they can be, doesn’t matter what time of day or night. A party every night? Sure.
MILLIE: A kind word for cops
I recently lost my keys with car, house, mailbox keys on the chain. I had accidentally left them in my mailbox. Several people saw them hanging from the box. I was beside myself, looking at more than $200 to replac…
FORESTS: A case for management
Bonnie Bogart-Brown’s July 28 My Turn [When Human Management Isn’t Such a Good Thing], reveals a troubling lack of understanding for Idaho’s beautiful forests. She laments “management,” by which she means “excessiv…
Sanctuary for a little sanity
Listen to Mateusz Wolski play his violin, and for a moment or two, presidential politics and other emotional powder kegs are shoved safely to sanity's periphery.
RULINGS: Something seems to be off here
News flash: Federal judge rules Idaho’s anti-dairy spying law violates animal rights activists’ First Amendment rights to expose cruelty to dairy cows. Meanwhile, a federal judge in San Francisco has extended a res…
COLUMN: Rating isn't favorable
Regarding the Dan and Fiona Gressler column of July 25: Dumbest article yet. Typical liberal — push laws that hurt people, then insult them when they dare to speak up.