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 kudos
Dear Mayor and City Council,
TOURISM: Bayview isn't for sale
In response to “Bayview introduces small-town charm to big-league tourists…”
HEALTH CARE: Lack of local service
After calling Idaho Lung, which is contracted with Kootenai Health, the earliest appointment I could arrange in mid-September was four months away (end of January). Having to go out of state, I finally got an appoi…
SHRINERS: Another success story
What a joy to see another Shriners Hospitals for Children success story in Friday’s paper.
Let's empower Idaho's leaders in education
Local entrepreneur Brent Regan opened the door to a healthy discussion about improving public education recently with a three-part series in The Press. His key point was that the tools to learn and the learners the…
EDINGER: Makes his endorsement
Beautiful Coeur d’Alene has been my home since 1955. My lovely wife and I raised our family here and we are fortunate that our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have chosen to live here.
WOOD: A leader for Cd'A
I’m supporting Christie Wood for Coeur d’Alene City Council. I’ve known her for a long time and she’s a good lady. She grew up in Hauser and has lived and worked in Coeur d’Alene since 1985.
TRUMP: Here's political potpourri
1. Trump, Giuliani, Barr, Pompeo, oh my.
INMATE: Look it up, folks
I am writing in response to Carol Parr, who attempted to rudely school Michael Murphy with his terminology in his My Turn column printed last Friday. She should have looked up those words she had a problem with bef…
GUNS: A disarming proposal
Paul Oman is a poster boy for what’s wrong with the debate over firearms. Completely devoid of facts, Paul’s letter on Sunday to the Coeur d’Alene Press uses the following terms to describe Americans who would like…
GUNS: Look at the law
I am here today to educate and hopefully help people to understand the Second Amendment.
PLASTICS: Here's the last straw
Of straws & things: Reference finding a suitable replacement for plastic straws comes this from MIT Technology Review:
Civil case leaves feeling of undone business
Citizens should be excused if they felt a little less elation at this week’s ruling against Lori Isenberg than did key figures at the North Idaho Housing Coalition.
DENTIST: Has this visitor smiling
On my way to Coeur d’Alene from Puyallup, Wash., to my granddaughter’s wedding two days away, my upper bridge broke in half. Dentists my daughter and I are not. Our friend found a dentist here who would help me, bu…
TRUMP: Cracks in the egg
Trumpty Dumpty sat on his 30-foot wall (which the U.S. military is paying for, not Mexico). Trumpty Dumpty made a dumb call (to Ukraine), which he tried to hide from us all. Then Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. Al…