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.
POSTAL: A holiday reminder
Let’s keep the mail a public service for reasonable prices and universal service to all Americans, no matter where they live or work, using no tax dollars, while employing more than 100,000 military veterans.
TRUMP: Face ugly truths
Another wet and warm December thanks to global warming. Which leads me to some Trump ugly truths (he thinks global warming is a hoax and fake news).
REBUTTAL: U.S. center stage
America has never withdrawn from the world stage. Unfortunately, America has been sidelined behind the stage curtains by previous administrations economically, strategically and politically.
COUNTY: Expansion suggestion
Seems like a lot of controversy about the house at 627 Government Way. To use or not to use for expansion of courthouse facilities.
TRUMP: Impeach the elites
I watched and listened to the opinions from the four law professors during the judiciary hearings. I was so very impressed by three of them who felt well-informed, educated and unbiased in their opinion that Trump …
TRUMP: Attacks are malicious
These are all too familiar verbal attacks against Donald Trump: assassination, blow up the White House, take him out of the White House in handcuffs, punch him in the face, hit him with a club, etc. But, perhaps mo…
CRIME: Sometimes it pays
Is it ever OK for your police department to not enforce the law? Apparently the Coeur d’Alene Police Department thinks so.
Christmas for All in 34th year is unlike first 33
For those of you reading the daily stories of local people seeking help from Press Christmas for All, perhaps you’ve seen a difference this year.
CIVILITY: It's alive!
Just the other day, as I entered the doors of a local store and glanced around for an electric cart, I saw that there would be a wait. I am 87 years old and walk with a cane. Those little electric buggies are a gre…
OPINION: The Dangerous World of Vaping
Until recently, tobacco use was on the decline among Idaho’s youth. Vaping––smoking e-cigarettes––reversed this trend, and tobacco use is surging among those m…
SUICIDE: Invest in prevention
Art Macomber’s My Turn on Nov. 29 is asking, “Why do people kill themselves?” There are as many reasons as there are people who do this, some of which Mr. Macomber has listed.
CANCOURSE: Speak up now
“Cancourse” is a privately owned recreational facility on Canfield Mountain. The owner of subject property has been charged with violating Kootenai County Land Use and Development Code for operating a privately own…
LIBRARIES: Dumbing down America
All the commies in town are in an uproar over their progressive books being hidden by a “book bandit” in the Coeur d’Alene library. But the commies in the library itself are also hiding books, and for keeps — that …
Health corridor process offers powerful lesson
For entertainment purposes, it’s a 7.
TRUMP: Worthy of pity
Donald Trump has an enigmatic personality so you can love him, hate him, or in my case, pity him. Why do I pity the president? His silver spoon childhood seems to have failed to instill in him the basic forms of de…