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.
DEMS: Aiming at wrong targets
Despite the fact that communism, socialism and fascism have been the cause of death for millions of innocent people, we currently have a dozen or so candidates, of Democratic persuasion, running in their primary wi…
RIGHTS: S. 1993 is wrong
The Patient Right’s Act, S. 1993, now in Senate committee, will thwart abortion, POLST/Advanced Directives, and Assisted Aid in Dying. It will force hospitals to push advanced technology (Full Code) from conception…
TRUMP: To tweet is sweet
Tweeting — I’ve heard many Democrats and liberals complain about Trump’s tweets. They think he rants, raves, boasts and makes remarks not fitting for a president. They proclaim “Why can’t he be more presidential li…
TRILLION: Darn right it's a lot
I thought Mr. Ray Goddard’s letter on the national debt was interesting — but very alarming. A number of years ago, I found a perspective on just how much a trillian is, and have kept it posted on my wall.
Transit Center just what the community needs
After years of talking and planning, the buses are scheduled to roll today through the new Riverstone Transit Center in Coeur d’Alene.
Young people want a livable planet, why doesn't Trump?
Millions of young people around the globe stepped forward on September 20 to plead with world leaders to leave them an inhabitable planet--a world not plagued by unbearable heat and catastrophic weather. They got a…
CLIMATE: Hop off bandwagon
Weather cycles regularly. “Climate change” activists are demanding government action to prevent disastrous weather changes. Some have a political agenda, some are just politically correct, some join the bandwagon t…
IMPEACHMENT: Don't go there, Dems
An old adage goes, “If you ignore the lessons of history, you are doomed to repeat it.”
EDUCATION: Put parents in control
Brent Regan nailed it! Change in the way we educate our children is long past due. Let the marketplace pick the winners by having educational dollars follow the student. Competition between methods and institutions…
GOOKIN: Wrong on urban renewal
Coeur d’Alene Councilman Dan Gookin has baled a lot of political hay by bashing urban renewal and its local supporters.
Election season head's up for all you voters
Chances are pretty good that you already know who you want to win the 2020 presidential election, and why.
PRESS: Divorce FB comments
Some time last fall I wrote to Editor Mike Patrick about my opinion on The Press’s association with Facebook and the ability of we citizens to contribute comments on the Letters to the Editor online section. It see…
He's right: Technology has changed everything
It’s not easy to recognize when someone with whom you frequently disagree might be on to something.
PRESS: Constitutional kudos
It is important to read the Constitution to our youth of today. I have found that when I ask the youth why these men found it important to have a Constitution, they could not answer.
ABORTION: All are grotesque
The judge in his sentencing remarks said of the former cheerleader who buried her newborn baby in her backyard “she has a grotesque view of life.”