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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.
DEVELOPMENT: Have a plan
I am not anti-growth. In fact, with well-thought-out growth we often see improvement to our communities. I understand why many from other areas would want to live in North Idaho.
HATE SPEECH: Press should apologize
To Mike Patrick,
BLAME: Face real issues
Coming from a family of police officers, it is difficult but necessary to address the issues plaguing our nation. The horrifying footage of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis rightfully added fuel to a fire that’s…
SCHOOL: It’s do, not know
Let me ask you a question. Do you think in the future most jobs will be automated? If that is the case then schools are not preparing for the future. They are only preparing us for the knowledge of the past.
PROTESTS: Tale of two cities
Seeing the front-page article about “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America” caused me to consider what action they are demanding. The local leader said it was a coincidence of this campaign (orange ribbons on…
FREE SPEECH: Defenders AWOL
It’s stunning to consider that not only has the media become an obvious proponent for one side of the political system, but now it’s actually moving away from Freedom of Speech. Consider an event that took place th…
Jobless? OK. But hopeless? No way
Before we pummel your Sunday stomach with some painful statistics, we promise: They’ll be followed by encouragement and a potent suggestion.
GUNS: Locals protecting Cd’A
I have read those many LTE that some of our (how do I say this — less conservative members of our North Idaho society) that seem to have reservations about some of their neighbors exercising their Second Amendment …
GUNS: Stops bad people
Dear Sir, you may have a certain amount of expertise in whatever field you earned your Ph.D., but you Sir are no student of history, firearms, federal law or the Second Amendment.
TRUMP: Lack of compassion
Trump’s tyrannical response to the tragedy of George Floyd’s death shows his usual lack of compassion and caring and, rather, his encouragement of hatred and race divisions, conflict and confrontation. He is an emb…
ABORTION: Sad to read doctor’s letter
In response to Dr. Jon Cutting’s letter on abortion.
PATRIOTS: Let police protect us
To the Armed citizens who heard a rumor and acted on impulse not fact, decided they would turn our town into a vigilantes infested community,
ARMED: No one was intimidated by guns
I’m responding to the two letters that appeared in Sunday’s paper about Sherman Avenue.
BIRDS: Humans causing extinction
The Press carried a news article on Saturday that related how the Trump administration is scaling back laws that protect wild birds that were passed by Congress in 1918. More than 1,000 species are covered under th…
AMERICANS: Fascist or anti-fascist?
If you are not a fascist, you are anti-fascist. Anti-fa means anti-fascist. It is a belief system that fascism is wrong. Anti-fa believers are peacefully protesting against systemic racism. They are not the ones ca…