Opinion
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OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
FIREWORKS: Should be illegal all the time
Kudos to Terry and Connie Montanye for their letter published Aug. 4 concerning your editorial about illegal fireworks. And a high five for publishing your editorial in the first place.
OPEN PRIMARIES: Initiative would implement ranked-choice voting
What does the Open Primary Initiative; Proposition 1 really say? Idaho for Open Primaries is a Trojan horse for Ranked-Choice Voting. Sadly, those pushing this proposition will not admit this. Instead, they told pe…
SOCIALISM: East Germany was an example
I have grown utterly sick and tired of the baseless and repeated use of the word “socialism,” which it is in print here on an almost daily basis, this week the most notable use of that word comes from Mike Hill.
LIBRARIES: Bring back the calendar
I enjoyed Dave Oliveria’s column Sunday walking us back in time to the 2005 fundraising calendar issued by the Coeur d’Alene Library Foundation.
EDITORIAL: Answer the call to rescue libraries
Public hearing is Thursday, 6 p.m. at Hayden library.
REGAN: I stopped reading
Mr. Regan posed three “test questions” in this Aug. 2, OPINION column: Do you believe that Trump called white supremacists in Charlottesville “fine people?”
CHAIRS: Thanks for the help
I wish to thank a gentleman for retrieving our folding chairs that fell out of our truck on July 17 as we were on our way to our great-granddaughter’s T-ball game (ages 4 to 5 years old) heading north on U.S. 95 to…
LIBRARIES: Resist regressive policies
The Community Library Network’s new board majority of Rachelle Ottosen, Tom Hanley and Tim Plass has controlled library policy and the district budget for over a year, and their actions are undermining our communit…
PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE: A tale of two presidents
Reply to J. W. Vance and Dennis Keim Letters in Sunday’s Press on Aug. 4: There couldn’t have been a more opposite view on Biden’s and Trump’s character, values, and performance. I ask myself simply: is our country…
ABORTION: Do more to battle overpopulation
I told a neighbor I wasn’t interested in global warming; I was only interested in overpopulation and pollution. He right away exclaimed; “are you trying to say pollution is causing global warming!”
OLYMPICS: Khelif is a human being
Imagine being born differently. Having a disorder, a difference that you had no choice over. Imagine being a child, knowing you’re different and just wanting to “fit in.”
EDITORIAL: Fairgrounds request is one for the ages
Long-term lease represents a compromise, not commitment into perpetuity
DEMOCRATS: All they talk about is abortion
According to www.npr.org on March 19 there were 1,026,700 legal abortions in the United States in 2023 after the Supreme court overturned RvW, weird? The most in over a decade!
SNYDER LAKE: More articles like this should be published
I just read the Snyder Lake article by Bill Buley. As a lifelong outdoorsman, fellow mature runner, writer and avid reader I was truly impressed at his ability to put a reader there. Out on the trail, legs whacking…
NIC ATHLETICS: Focus should be on education
Athletics at a junior college level is at best of minimal value to the college or the athletes that compete. As you describe so well, it is beyond reason and comprehension to even consider supporting any junior col…