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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.
TOURISTS: Abide by protocols
Concerning the article by Mike Patrick in the June Business Journal of North Idaho, the article was to encourage tourists to come and enjoy our beautiful city and recreational opportunities. It had a “damn the torp…
GOVERNOR: He’s wrong; Lt. Gov right
Regarding the Op/Ed in last Friday’s Press by Luke Malek with the headline, Lieutenant governor abdicates her duty to protect Idahoans:
COLUMN: A powerful salute
Dear Justice Jones: Thank you for your column in Monday’s Coeur d’Alene Press! It was especially heartwarming to hear you speak about our wonderful care providers on the front line of today’s battle. Your article g…
ABORTION: Where rights end
Dr. Cutting insincerely argues that we who don’t support the elective murder of unborn children think of “back-alley abortions” as good. The argument of pro-life individuals was never that we want only a few to hap…
Chamber gets it right on Fourth of July
The easy thing to do would have been to simply hang out a big sign:
VACCINES: Make world safer
There is much discussion now about vaccines. There will be a lot of trial and error before the new one is ready and we can’t be hasty.
UN: Pandemic plot thickens
The U.N. has been pressing for one world order for several years, and the pandemic is playing right into their desires. They are responsible for the majority of nations accepting their pandemic views, which is very…
ACLU: Where art thou?
I find it strangely comical that the A.C.L.U. is eerily reticent during this COVID-19 debacle as these petty and imperious dictators who pose themselves as governors slowly erode our constitutional rights and liber…
Sherman experiment worth a try
Foot traffic.
America wins the “Badge of Honor” in the coronavirus sweepstakes
The United States is clearly winning the corona sweepstakes with over 1.7 million confirmed cases as of May 26. Brazil is a distant second with over 380,000 cases, but it is moving up fast. Russia is third with 370…
TRUMP: Our medicine of choice
The president of the United States is taking hydroxychloroquine as a possible preventive for COVID-19. It is his personal choice and it is safe to say that he has access to the best medical minds in this nation and…
COVID: Impact on Cd’A
It would be helpful and interesting to know how many COVID-19 cases there have been in the city of Coeur d’Alene. Is the information being repressed?
WAKES: It’s about the river
This week saw the adoption of Res. 2020-38 adding to the wake restrictions on the county’s waterways. The Commissioners should be thanked for finding a reasonable compromise on this very contentious issue.
ATTACKS: Surrender the tomatoes
Sholeh Patrick was unfairly and outrageously attacked for her article suggesting the possibility of embracing parenthood in a more expansive manner. In the first sentence of the column, Patrick writes, “Before you …
ABORTION: A doctor’s view
A letter in the May 16 Press makes the point that the candidate whom the writer favors scored 97% on his anti-abortion questionnaire. Therefore he deserves your vote. My objections to this recommendation are twofol…