Opinion
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IDAHO: Join this nuclear watchdog
Here is a timely, powerful and valuable opportunity for your readers, their families, neighbors and friends to be part of a huge environmental and health-related victory that would affect the quality of life for hu…
CORE: Don't buy the propaganda
Re: Melanie Vander Feer’s Jan. 31 column (“Don’t let them indoctrinate our children”) about education’s Common Core: I am reminded of a line from Ken Follett’s latest novel, The Edge of Eternity: “The greater the i…
EVENT: Deserves broader support
My husband and I had the opportunity to hear the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra, the Coeur d’Alene Youth Orchestra and the St. George’s School Choir from Spokane. It was wonderful! I was surprised to note that th…
GOP: Keep Idaho 'moral'
Thank you Republican lawmakers for standing up to the radical homosexual extremists.
CARTOON: Missed mark by a mile
Last Friday’s political cartoon by M. Wuerker was one of the most disingenuous pieces of political claptrap I have ever seen. Obviously the cartoonist has never been to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), o…
REDMAN: Reader shares his views
Reid Harlocker’s “My Turn” piece on Jan. 28, an “appalled” response to a postcard received from Rep. Eric Redman, R-Spirit Lake, is a most peculiar piece of work.
BURGERS: Bit into generosity
Thank you, anonymous gentleman, for dinner at Moon Time! My wife and I dropped in for one of Moon Time’s delicious Moon Burgers. What a wonderful gesture: Some anonymous gentleman paid for our dinners and left befo…
GOD: Be on HIS side
On Super Bowl Sunday the editor of The Press wrote, “Whose side is God really on?” The editor ends with, “As for God and His favored football flock, don’t be surprised if He doesn’t even watch the game. Could be…sw…
PASTOR: Bible says he's right
Pastor Stuart Bryan was correct with his statement in his My Turn column the other day about perversion. People need to heed God’s laws. Deuteronomy 4.2 is one of the Bible passages right on, very correct — too muc…
OBAMA: Hearing Idaho's sad story
Congressman Raul Labrador thinks President Obama could learn from talking with Idahoans. Labrador’s comments followed the president’s Idaho visit. The venue was Boise State’s Caven-Williams Sports Complex, named fo…
OBAMA: Rally on common ground
In his State of the Union address, I was pleased to hear that President Obama called on members of Congress, and all of us, to work for public policies that are a reflection of our shared values. I support many of …
LYNCH: Coulda, woulda, shoulda
Marshawn would have made the final yard with three tries even if he had been the only Seahawk on the field at the time.
FALCON: Justice must be served
As both a novice falconer and a fanatical cyclist, I’ve looked at the state of Idaho with longing: as a “Mecca” for both sports. It’s hard to think of another area where people are as in touch with nature, the seas…
BIGOTS: Hatred is their currency
Sexual orientation: Your enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to the opposite sex or same sex.
VETS: Here to defend all opinions
When I was looking through the letters to the editor, found in the Jan. 28 Coeur d’Alene Press, I saw one letter in particular where a couple who were “veterans” decided to personally attack Sgt. Christie Wood for …