Opinion
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OBAMA: Media gives him a pass
Have you had enough yet? Trillions with a "T" dollars of national debt and more spending the U.S. does not have, and lie after lie from Obama. (Close Guantanamo, cut the deficit, no new taxes... HA HA, get out of I…
SMART: Prepare for life's surprises
I just read two articles that made me think: the couponing story and Mr. Hitchcock's end of the world story.
BUDGET: You can assist state
Amid wars, world turmoil and ominous economic forecasts, we need to do our best to manage our own state affairs in a calm, balanced way. There can be a tendency to plan state budgets primarily to favor business int…
GUNS: A right or a privilege?
Scenario No. 1 - At an outdoor political rally a lone gunman moves through the crowd. He pulls his gun and manages to get off nine rounds of ammunition, killing 4, and wounding 3 before he is subdued. Total 4 dead …
McEUEN: What a waste of money
Mayor Bloem, do you even read the newspaper of the city you govern? Almost daily we have stories of people seeking help to pay their mortgages and their property tax. And of course, we have the destruction of Idaho…
MILITARY: Obama gives in to GOP
If a Navy officer finds his wife involved with enlisted man and complains, the enlisted man will be sent to USS Wasp today. If an enlisted man finds his wife involved with an officer and complains, the enlisted man…
Faire weather is guaranteed
Great news! The forecast for tomorrow is clear and warm, with temperatures around 70 degrees expected. People will be happy and treated well. Nobody will be bored or sullen.
EDUCATION: Cuts will hurt economy
We moved here from the small redwood mountain town of Boulder Creek, Calif., 36 years ago and never looked back. My husband has always worked in Spokane as a machinist because Idaho pays so much less. (On average $…
COLUMN: Offended by sexist remarks
Let's get a couple of things straight, Nils Rosdahl. When the National College Women's basketball players are on the court they are women athletes, not "ladies," and they wear uniforms, not "outfits." You may find …
RISCH: You have job to do
"The search for someone to blame is always successful" - anonymous.
COLUMN: Paper lacking without it
I must say that I was extremely disappointed to find out "The Linotype" by Tim Hunt was canceled. The opinions that Tim wrote about were for me, extremely interesting, and gave me one reason to read your paper. Why…
AVISTA: Raises just rate increases
Bravo Mr. Harris for telling it like it is for so many of us, and doing it so well. Avista takes undeserved extraordinary compensation claiming profits that are nothing more than rate increases. We would all love t…
TUBBS: One for all and all for hill
A while back I posted a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press on My Turn.
BUDGET: Motives murky as ever
I am listening to the headlines as rightly-so-very-concerned politicians try to balance our grossly over-bloated budget. And my question is always, "What is in it for those who WANT to spend us into oblivion? If ou…
JOBS: Press aims at wrong targets
Sad that The Press has bought into the concept that it is the worker, the union employee and specifically the public employee who is the cause of the country's economic problems. In last week's editorial, the publi…