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.
HAYDEN: Public safety question
Thank you Coeur d’Alene Press for publishing the upcoming election ballot in the paper for our review before election day.
DST: Give legislators an earful
‘Tis the season for change; specifically our clocks. It’s also the time of year when people begin to complain about having to change the clocks.
'JUNK MAIL': Let's talk openly
Can you explain why the article “Junk Mail” was on the front page? First that flyer should have simply been thrown in the trash. It is the opinion of a very small group of individuals. The reaction to it must have …
TRUMP: Effective, if not loved
Donald Trump saw a home on fire and heard two kids inside screaming for help. He rushed into the burning structure, located the kids and ran back out with one under each arm. Both kids survived with minor injuries.
BILL: Support patient rights
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House on May 10 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements respecting all Class III devices, including nerv…
'JUNK MAIL': Liberal agenda on display
The front page, in your face, so-called junk mail article and the following opinion piece article a day later are another frightening and obvious reminder of ongoing attacks on freedom of speech by the Hagadone lef…
CONGRESS: Question of priorities
What if the members of Congress spent as much time working on solving the immigration problems, health care and education as they have on the impeachment and getting Trump out of office?
BIDEN: A little history helps
At age 43, Hunter Biden received an age waiver for a direct commission into the U.S. Navy Reserve. He also received a second Navy waiver for a prior drug-related incident.
JIMMY'S: Thanks for everything
With very mixed feelings, my wife and I recently decided that it was time to relinquish our ownership of Jimmy’s Down The Street, the breakfast and lunch diner that we have very successfully owned and operated for …
Don't believe a political word in Facebook ads
Voters, beware.
'JUNK MAIL': Decrying editorial decisions
In just two months, I find myself writing yet another letter of confusion and dismay with the paper’s editing choices.
All American veterans deserve our thanks and respect
My Mom, Eunice Martens Jones, was born just as World War 1 was ending. She grew up in a German-American community south of Eden. Her father was an immigrant from Hamburg, Germany, and her maternal grandmother had i…
Cd'A voters, keep a good thing going
For Coeur d’Alene residents, Tuesday’s election is more than three choices between seven passionate candidates. It’s a referendum on the State of the City by the Lake.
TURNOUT: Two modest proposals
To help address the lack of voter participation in the primary elections, I would like to propose a couple of plans.
HOUSE: Keep government out
If Deborah Akers Mitchell, Cindy Ackley and Mayor Widmyer are so interested in saving the house at 627 N. Government Way, why don’t they, as a partnership, invest their own funds, purchase and renovate the house th…