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COLUMN: Spotlight on a narrow mind
Mike Ruskovich is using his “My Turn” stint to expose his thinly veiled hate and narrow mind again. Being a school teacher, his contempt for those who might choose to think a little more independently is alarming. …
SHERIFF: Made the right call
Hoorah! Hoorah! Sheriff Wolfinger just went from the bottom to the top of the charts in my opinion. It is better to not teach our youths anything than it is to bring them up in the ways of Satan.
SHERIFF: Unable to do his job
It is apparent that Ben Wolfinger is a bigot, homophobic, and just out and out one sick person. His comments regarding dropping the Scout Charter based on the Idaho sodomy law make me question his character. Obviou…
FINISHERS: They inspire the most
I am writing this letter in regard to the 2013 Coeur d’Alene Marathon. It’s always an awesome community event, and the course is even more spectacular. However, there is one small glitch.
SCOUTS: No place for homosexuality
Where does homosexuality fit into the Boy Scout Oath?
SCOUTS: Wrong targets, Part II
As a mother of two very healthy, successful sons who spent her 40th birthday canoeing the Colorado River with 30 Boy Scouts and a Dutch oven birthday cake cooked over an open fire, I understand the concern of moles…
HOLLYWOOD: Poor guide for a nation
As Hollywood and the entertainment industry goes, so goes the nation. There was a time when the average family consisted of a man, wife and two or more children all with the same surname. Movies ended with the man …
LAWSUIT: Prove 'prompt' response
As a neurologist who worked with Tami Pilgrim in Coeur d’Alene for seven years, I can personally tell you that she is an outstanding nurse who is respected and loved by patients, physicians and the rest of the staf…
SCOUTS: Exodus a strong possibility
Well, the promoters of gay rights won again with the new Boy Scout ordinance accepting openly gay boys as Scouts. How unfair to all the dedicated boys and adults who have devoted time, energy and money over the yea…
MARRIAGE: Here's an oxymoron
The ancient legal code of Rome stated, “marriages are the union of male and female, a sharing of life and the communication of divine and human rights.” Roman society, considered pagan by modern standards, neverthe…
SCOUTS: 'Compelled' to revoke charter
Sheriff Wolfinger claims he is “compelled” to revoke the Sheriff Department’s Boy Scouts charter because of the Boy Scouts’ decision to allow as members young men who identify as gay. (KCSO may drop Boy Scouts char…
BOARD: Big issues ahead
Congratulations to the victors in the Coeur d’Alene school board election, Tom Hearn, Dave Eubanks and Christa Hazel. Let’s hope they honor their pledges to do what is best for our kids. If they don’t we’ll be ther…
ELECTIONS: Back to good manners
The recently concluded trustee elections for School District 271 and Kootenai County Hospital District illustrate several important and interconnected issues.
SCHOOLS: Word is their bond
To those people of SD 271 who were upset over the results of the election last Tuesday, don’t be. Here is what I mean.
POLITICS: It's not a dirty word
Why does the Coeur d’Alene Press find politics so distasteful?