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.
DECEPTIONS: Kings, gods and AI
In 1956, the term Artificial Intelligence was coined. AI is now a reality with mankind’s massive computing power and huge libraries of data. Intelligent machines now substitute for human intelligence.
SHERIFF: Should leave info sources alone
I was appalled recently reading about the sheriff’s visit to our local library and acting the part of judge and jury as to what books should be in the collection. This takes choice away from parents/guardians/teach…
OPEN PRIMARIES: Will strengthen political parties
Here’s a hot take: The open primary initiative will actually strengthen and heal our political parties, not destroy them (regardless of what Scott Herndon and Dorothy Moon may say). Think about it for a minute. We’…
EDITORIAL: Kids and community have no better friends
Midge and Pepper Smock continue to make Cd'A a shining star
HOUSING: Reasons prices have escalated
Mr. Buley’s article described all the statistics detailing why folks here, and in most of the United States, cannot afford a house at today’s housing prices. What was not discussed was why housing prices have escal…
RESPONSE: To David Palmer
As soon as you grow a uterus and are able to actually conceive and give birth then I will care about your opinion.
FENTANYL: Write to your members of Congress
Has anyone, especially our elected officials in the federal government, paid any serious attention at all to the magnitude of the number of American deaths recently attributed to fentanyl laced products being illeg…
DOG PARKS: Post Falls needs them
While playing fetch with my two dogs at the Singing Hills Park, I was approached by Animal Control. Where I was told that I was to leave the park because my dogs were not leashed. It’s impossible to play fetch with…
EDITORIAL: Breathe in another beautiful autumn
It's the season of the witch — the friendly kind, of course
NORRIS: ‘Shocking’ info about sheriff
Sheriff Norris, the article in today’s Press about your having taken library books you find objectionable from the Post Falls library back in April was shocking to say the least. I learned so much about you: that y…
ABORTION: Not ‘her body-her decision’
I don’t often respond to letters to the editor, but today I must make an exception. For some reason, much of civilization continues to talk about a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy based on “her body-her deci…
ENDORSEMENT: Houser for fire commissioner
I am writing to support and endorse Pam Houser for reelection as a commissioner of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue. Pam has represented Sub-District 4 as a fire commissioner for the past eight years, and is current…
NORRIS: Kids can find sexual content on their phones
Sheriff Bob Norris seems to care deeply about our kids, so much so that he’s been taking “troubling” books from our local libraries. I’m certain his intentions are good. He says he would not want his 15-year-old to…
WEAVER: ‘Defiance in the face of tyranny’
In response to Tad Leach’s letter dated Sept. 27, a couple of facts regarding Randy Weaver and Ruby Ridge. The cascade of events actually began when the ATF broke the law by engaging in a three-year entrapment oper…
AQUATIC INVASIVES: Idaho program doesn’t work
The recent discovery of Quagga larvae on the Snake River does not surprise me at all. I frequently travel with my boat, and have experienced firsthand the incompetence of Idaho’s aquatic invasive species program. I…