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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.
LIBRARY BOOKS: Families should be responsible for what their kids read
Let’s be honest. When library boards roll over and play dead for extremists who demand that books that offend their tastes and religious opinions be pulled from the shelves, library trustees are not being family fr…
DRAG QUEEN: City prosecutor got it wrong
Thank you Bob LaRue for your article calling out Marc Stewart’s wrongful rendition of a “citizen journalist.” As Bob explains, there is a body of evidence to the contrary when Marc stated that there is no proof of …
HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: Needed high school graduation requirement
Right now, Rep. Joe Alfieri and Sen. Ben Toews are bringing an initiative before the education committees of Idaho’s legislature that would add passing a year of the history of Western Civilization to our state’s h…
EDITORIAL: Citizen initiatives in jeopardy — again
Inclusive primary elections would help save citizen-led initiatives
OPINION: Open letter to Idaho GOP chair Dorothy Moon
There is no Resolution, nor is there any statement in the Idaho State Republican Platform opposing the U.S. Constitution Article V. In fact, the 2016/2020 Platform of the National Republican Party in the Governmen…
ABORTION BAN: Distraction from Idaho’s real problems
Senator Chuck Winder thinks the abortion ban is a remedy to the labor shortage in Idaho. Comments like his serve as a distraction from real problems we have in Idaho.
LIBRARY BOOKS: What about the Bible?
I’m intrigued by the letters in the Coeur d’Alene Press on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Several of them express anxiety about naughty library books full of porn that our children might see.
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES: ‘Joe needs to go’
I am in my mid-80s and have heard some great campaign, state of the Union and other presidential speeches. Some will remember “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” by JFK.…
FREEDOM TO VOTE: Not in presidential primary
Writing to Pat Bethke’s letter regarding freedom to vote rather than appoint people. For some positions appointing qualified, responsible people in non-political positions is better than following the Brent Regan a…
HITLER: Quotes nothing to cheer about
The other day a picture popped up on my social media and it got me thinking. It was a photograph of some American soldiers from the second World War II in Germany after one of the big battles that eventually ended …
EDITORIAL: Post Falls loses official, but not voice
Kerri Thoreson's City Council retirement doesn't extend to her column writing
OPINION: Why did your Republican representative vote to defund the police?
In the 2023 legislative session, out of 105 members, 11 Republican house members and nine Republican senators voted against funding the police.
GRATITUDE: And a call for help
Turkeys & More is very grateful for the wonderful community support that enabled 2,000 vulnerable families to receive Thanksgiving birds last year. We were able to pay all of our bills thanks to the gracious donati…
VOTING REMOVAL: ‘Convoluted logic’
I recently read the editorial in The Press where the virtues of the new system set into place at Kootenai Health were extolled. In this system, no longer will the trustees be voted for but rather appointed by an un…
LABELS: Assign with caution
In a recent letter to the editor, Community Library Network chair Rachelle Ottosen accused local community members of using Nazi tactics in promoting a “big lie.” (The irony here is deep and I will return to that.)…