Opinion
Searching for opinion based articles? Below we'll share opinion news articles on a wide variety of topics.
OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
SCHOOLS: Separate steak from baloney
Shon Hocker, Coeur d’Alene School District superintendent, is back at the trough, literally begging for more of your hard earned tax dollars.
PUTIN: Opinion piece divorced from reality
Having just read the guest opinion piece by Reid Harlocker I can only shake my head in both wonder and dismay. In this case I wonder how folks become so disconnected from fact/reality and yet are so passionate abou…
DAMAGE: It follows elected ‘leaders’
The three Stooges (Trustees Ottosen, Hanley and Plass) who are piloting the Clown Car known as the Community Library Network continue their erratic drive to demolish our wonderful local library system.
PUTIN: A vote for My Turn writer
Reid Harlocker’s My Turn article from Feb. 29 was right on target! Reid, you have hit the nail square on the head.
BORDER: Two visits, one lopsided story
Last week both Trump and Biden went down to the southern border. What a disgraceful debacle on Biden’s part. As expected, he went after Republicans for this crisis which he single-handedly and deliberately created.
PRIMARIES: Open is better for Idaho
We The People. It’s not we the Republicans. Over the last couple decades, the Idaho GOP has spent more time on legislation favoring their party than they have any other issue. You know, the issues actually pertaini…
EDITORIAL: Through it all, Ness has been more
Kootenai Health CEO retires as one of region's finest leaders
2A: Don’t twist the unambiguous
In my time on this Earth (almost 80 years) I have witnessed several factions attempt to twist the clear and unambiguous language of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
FROZEN EMBRYO: Take this telling test
I challenge anyone who claims to believe that a fertilized human egg is the moral equivalent of a baby to consider this…
SCHOOLS: Consider the funding facts
After reading Paul Graham’s letter on schools, I had to respond.
SCHOOLS: Looking for the positive
Behavior problems, such as task refusal, disruption, property destruction, aggression, protestations and others, can result in serious interruptions in any setting — whether in the classroom, at home, in the commun…
BARBIERI: Trying to block will of people
I feel it’s very disgraceful that one of our local representatives, Vito Barbieri, is trying to push through a constitutional amendment to preemptively block any chance that the Idaho Open Primaries Initiative woul…
EDITORIAL: Is it a caucus or a carcass?
Voters will decide tomorrow in Idaho.
OPINION: Republican optimism vs. left wing radical rules
In the dynamic realm of Idaho Republican politics, conservatives confront a critical decision: to embrace President Ronald Reagan's uplifting optimism or to co…
LIBRARIES: End the book wars
Parents deserve to lead their children in reading choices and NO Government body of meddling fanatics with a political, religious or omnipotent sense of righteousness should determine those choices.