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DEBT: Efficiency, where art thou?
By July 2015, the federal deficit will approach or exceed $18 trillion. If you assume that the current U.S. population is approximately 320 million people, then our national debt is approximately $56,250 per person…
TRAGEDY: Spell it a-c-c-i-d-e-n-t
In reply to the letter from Dolores Aragon; I would like to remind everyone that that poor young mother had every right to carry a loaded and concealed firearm for her and her family’s (including the 2-year-old) pr…
CHOICES: Dystopia or something better
A utopia is defined as an ideal state or paradise, like heaven. A dystopia is an anti-utopia that is unwanted and scary. It can be regarded as totalitarian, domineering and a controlling form of government which re…
TERROR: Time to repeat history
A quote from the history of General Black Jack Pershing:
Time for this tax to die
Food for thought for the 2015 Idaho Legislature: Eliminate the sales tax on groceries.
GUNS: Fear and the NRA
NRA guru Wayne Lapierre once gave a most eloquent speech (lol), and stated, “The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun!” Well, I’ve been pondering that statement, after the very local t…
UNBROKEN: See rest of the story
On Christmas Day we took our family to see the movie “UNBROKEN.” It was a great movie about the human spirit and the desire to live under the most impossible circumstances including unbearable torture. While I high…
DEER: Sign of a bad hunter
I noticed the article on the front page of the Post Falls Press about the buck deer that had been shot with an arrow and is in distress. This is a terrible thing for the animal to have to endure because of some slo…
VETS: Profiteers should pay
As much as I respect the “Wounded Warriors” organization, they should not be the ones aiding our vets. It should be our past and present presidents and Congress that created, then escalated these wars. It should be…
The LCDC enigma
Because most of you reading this have no idea what Lake City Development Corp. actually is, we're guessing Friday's story about the narrow re-appointment of the board's chairman ranked somewhere behind Gonzaga bask…
GOP: Beware the trade trap
The year 2015 will be great politically with the Republicans firmly in control of both houses of Congress poised to say “No” to big spending and the expansion of big government, right? Well, not exactly.
ECHECKS: Still more questions
I really appreciate Kootenai County Treasurer Malzahn’s response to my echeck convenience fee letter to the editor. Could Treasurer Malzahn answer these questions:
SHOOTING: Lethal force not justified
In response to the Jan. 8 article where Jeanetta Riley was shot to death by officers Michael Valenzuela and Skylar Ziegler, I stand with Jeanetta and Shane Riley…“bring it on.”
LAWSUITS: End the frivolity, folks
Regarding your “slippery slope” article on page A5 on Monday, dateline Des Moines, Iowa: Have we become such a litigious society that none of us dare bear the responsibility of our actions? When I was a youngster g…
LIVESTOCK: Treat more humanely
Idaho’s ag industry generally controls our legislature and our governor’s office. This control has led to the legal sanctioning of animal cruelty across the spectrum (livestock, domestic and wildlife). A tiny minor…