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.
Re-entry center not a done deal - or dead, either
More information is needed before Kootenai County can determine if it’s ready and willing to house the 130-bed halfway house — more formally called a re-entry center — for prison inmates transitioning back into soc…
PRESIDENT: Biden comment ironic
Isn’t it ironic, Mr. Mazur, that on the same day you encourage us to vote for Joe Biden because he has compassion (based on him shedding a tear when President Obama pinned Medal of Freedom on him), there appears an…
MEDS: Time to reduce prescription costs
Americans pay the highest brand name drug prices in the world. Congress and the Administration must take action now to lower prescription drug prices, the root cause of this problem.
ALZHEIMER'S: Act now, America
Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t strike just the elderly. The 200,000 Americans currently diagnosed with dementia before age 65 need services like in-home care, transportation and caregiver support.
VOLCANOES: Undersea and under review
Randy Mann jumps to conclusions (Aug. 19) just because he has now read about the large number of undersea volcanoes being discovered and thinks he can explain away ocean warming “at least in part” by their presence…
HISTORY: Homes need protection
I am writing as a concerned citizen in regard to historic buildings and neighborhoods in our lovely Coeur d’Alene. I currently live in a home on Foster Avenue that has been in the family since the 1950s and sits di…
THANKS: JROTC pitch proves popular
I’d like to thank Jessica Mahuron and the League of Women Voters for allowing me the time to present a proposal for a junior ROTC program in our high schools. Thanks too to Devin Weeks and the Coeur d’Alene Press f…
ARTICLE: It's in the Constitution
Ref: Coeur d’Alene Press, Sunday, Aug. 18, Section A, page 7. In the article, “At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Ore., protest,” Gillian Flaccus, the AP writer, referenced President Trump’s statement that “……
CDA: Legal advice lagging
Keith Erickson’s Aug. 18 article on developer Lanzce Douglass’ two River’s Edge “plans” nicely captures the public’s present dilemma — to get meaningful access and views across this “once in forever” riverfront pro…
Don't let slivers give you the shivers
He’s heard it all. What he hasn’t seen he can easily imagine.
NIC: Quality at the heart
This is in regard to the recent sanctions against the North Idaho College men’s basketball program. NIC does not get quality players as a result of housing conditions. Basketball players join the NIC program becaus…
SAMARITANS: Saved in a parking lot
In the recent 100-degree heat, I was staggering about the Costco parking lot with my purchases, vainly seeking my car, when two people who converged on me from different directions but turned out to be a married co…
BIBLE: Solution to problems
Gun rights are as sacred in this country as free thought and free speech. Japan allows NO guns and (naturally) has less shootings than the U.S. In Switzerland, nearly everyone has a gun and children can become mark…
GUNS: The powerful gotta go
It is always embarrassing when someone who proports to know a lot about a subject clearly does not, or worse, selectively ignores relevant facts. Such is clearly the case with Jim Jones’ guest opinion Aug. 21 entit…
BOND: Short on information
As a former educator in the Lakeland School District, I am writing to express an opinion on the Lakeland School District’s upcoming $70.9 million bond election on Aug. 27. I have always supported Lakeland School bo…