Opinion
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Have a blast, kick cancer
The question isn't "Has cancer touched your life?" It's "How has cancer touched your life?" The National Cancer Institute website (www.cancer.gov) provides statistics on 37 forms of cancer. The number of types of c…
SAVED: Potential disaster averted
Last Monday evening I sat down to supper and got a piece of meat stuck in my lower throat. I could not get it dislodged so my wife took me to the Spirit Lake Fire Department. We did not want to dial 911 and tie up …
ELECTION: City system is tested
Coeur d’Alene is about to take on a task that all veterans fought to make real. It’s your vote. The one item that has kept us free.
CHILD: Celebrating life with laughter
Sharla Wilson wanted the service for her daughter to be a celebration of Julie’s life. In true Rider family fashion they gave and shared with the rest of us the joy and happiness little Julie brought to their lives…
MEXICO: Time to give a little
Mr. Calderon, president of Mexico, was invited by someone(?) to speak before our Congress. Why? Because, as he has stated, President Obama intends to give amnesty to illegal aliens.
OBAMA: Arizona criticism offensive
I submitted this letter to President Obama on the White House website Thursday:
RAPE: Sentencing is far too lenient
I have just read an article in the Press and I have to ask, “Am I missing something here?”
IB: Listen to business leaders
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is a business organization composed of chairmen, presidents, and senior executives of major American corporations. Their report on US educational needs for the twenty-fi…
JAIL: Problem is long wait times
“Guilty until proven innocent.” That’s why the jail is full but needn’t be. There was an article on Friday, May 14, 2010 on the opinion page headlined, “Jail: There’s more to the story,” and believe me, there is.
AVISTA: Right in seeking payment
So a person can take items or services from a business and as long as they have a firearm and threaten the person trying to do their job, it’s only “perceived” as a threat? Really? Sounds like the police are facili…
AVISTA: Priorities in wrong places
Avista executives pay raises — do they translate into rate increases for the rest of us for natural gas and electricty?
IB: Police presence wasn't the story
I am surprised and disappointed in your front page article “Stakes rising in IB spat.” Rather than addressing what the concern of the parents are you focused on the police presence. The fact that the police were ca…
FEDS: States need to step up
Am I the only one who is livid over the outrageous stupidity, corruption and treason we laughingly refer to as “government?” Many intelligent people write you, but there doesn’t seem to be any real organization to …
IB: Isolationism isn't the answer
The protests over the International Baccalaureate Program are the result of a small group of ideologues who are not Nazis but overly controlling and conservative. This can be seen by Duncan Koler’s characterization…
PEAKS: They need citizens' protection
On the Montana/North Idaho border there are 88,000 acres of wilderness, also known as Scotchman Peaks. None of this land is designated to the animals and nature. If we don't have a designated site for the animals, …