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SNAPSHOT: Contrast of CdA, Abu Dhabi
It is difficult to describe how much I miss spring in Idaho. As I head into summer in the Middle East I long for the temperate and lush, cool green of Coeur d’Alene.
TRAGEDY: Students learn from 'accident'
On May 25, we at Post Falls High School felt the experience of losing two of our fellow students in a tragic, alcohol-related accident. Fortunately this was not a real accident, but a mock accident to help convince…
Anonymous and worthless
An Illinois senator used the Internet as a powerful tool to help him get elected to the nation's highest office. Millions of online readers, many of them young Americans who previously felt disenfranchised from the…
WOLVES: Here's what I love most
Thanks for giving Dr. Fischman of NIWA the opportunity to set the record straight on Jim Beers of USFW (retired, thank goodness) article of May 27, “Wolving of America.” I was ready to hide the children, put the do…
WOLVES: Here's what I hate most
First off, I believe there’s a place for wolves in Idaho — but only if their population is effectively managed so other wildlife species aren’t negatively impacted.
OIL SPILL: It's not Obama's fault
Now explain to me why we are all of a sudden blaming our President and it is his problem to clean up this mess of the oil spill and he loses 20 approval points? When in all reality it was done by a huge oil company…
PATRIOTS: It's a full-time job, folks
After reading Richard Burbine’s 05-30-10 Letter to the Editor, it made me realize that we now have a nation chock full of “Holiday Patriots.” What I mean by this is that the only time these people will fly the Amer…
DEMOCRACY: Cripes, we said pledge wrong
To Mr. Martens and all other “civics challenged” individuals, please accept my sincere apology for misstating the nature of our “republican” form of government. (Please note the
RADICALS: Inventing all of their facts
They (the extreme left wing radicals -are there any other kind?) are back at it. I hope no one of you wasted your time searching Jim Arnoldi’s recent letter for facts. In typical liberal fashion he trashes Glenn Be…
DEMOCRACY: It's not a Republic
The letter from Mike Martens in Sunday’s Opinion page only adds to the never ending confusion as to what is a Democracy and what is a Republic? Two forms of government can wisely be remembered that a Democracy requ…
LABRADOR: Better choice than Minnick
In her letter “Unholy alliance turns into ungodly mess” Linda Cook expresses her deep disappointment over Vaughn Ward losing the Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District in Idaho. Nonetheless, I believ…
PYP: Ode to old Hayden Meadows
For the last eight years I have been a very active parent at Hayden Meadows Elementary school. Four years ago when we were told (no, it was not a choice) that we were going to become a PYP/IB school I was skeptica…
Our faire gentleman
You can do anything if you set your mind to it.
OBAMA: Czechmate voters and president
The following is an article from the Czech Republic newspaper Prager Zeitung on April 28, 2010 that zeros in on the really serious problem in this country.
KCFR: Thanks for child safety
Thank you to Jim Lyon of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue for your time and effort helping me get our carseats installed safely! We recently purchased a new car that has the LATCH system, and I was unsure how to use…