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.
PULITZER: Writer coming to Cd'A
War novel. Spy novel. Refugee novel.
VULGARITY: It's an epidemic
I can remember when we were able to go into Coeur d’Alene with the kids and know we would not have to worry about what went on around them. The values of the whole were very close to our own. It’s very sad to say t…
PRESS: Beware AP Trump bias
Is The Press obligated to run AP articles? Does anyone at The Press read them first? The article recently about green cards for immigrants is just the latest in agenda-driven “news” from that source.
SHOLEH: Shines light on goodness
I appreciated Sholeh Patrick’s column of Aug. 20 … well put and ever so true. Thanks for the reminder that our world actually isn’t crumbling around our ears because of our current, rather toxic political climate.
ACE: Buckets of thanks
We offer a big thank you to our local Ace Hardware Store on Hayden Avenue for providing Dalton Elementary with a set of 20 5-gallon buckets for its music room. We truly appreciate Ace Hardware’s commitment to not o…
DISCIPULUS: Keyword for NIC
The NWAC has identified violations of league rules by North Idaho College in regard to the men’s basketball team and the booster club. The league imposed disciplinary sanctions on NIC. The reaction of three well-kn…
PUNISHMENT: Capital is OK
I believe that the letter by Lori Miller, “Murderers: They deserve to die,” has a valid point. I believe the last I heard is that California had 736 on their death row and their governor recently put a hold on any …
TESTS: Scores not good enough
Aug. 20 article “Cd’A scores second in Idaho skills test” makes me wonder what standards the Idaho Reading Indicator use. Sounds like the bar set is far too low considering that in Coeur d’Alene only 61.6% of stude…
PRESIDENT: Vote for compassion
Please vote for Joe Biden for president in 2020. When I saw President Obama put the freedom medal around Joe’s neck on TV, he was so proud and humbled at the same time, he had to turn his head away from the cameras…
STUFF: Have you noticed?
I’ve noticed:
TRUMP: Immigration hypocrite
Send her back!
FOSTER CARE: A little help, please
Did you know that there are not enough foster care homes in Kootenai County? Newborns are being sent home with their drug addicted parents. Leah a social worker at the hospital said they have even sent newborns hom…
Afghanistan heads toward an uncertain and frightening fate
After Osama bin Laden launched his attack against the U.S. on September 11, 2001, we responded with a military operation to destroy him and his terrorist network. We started with an air attack on his bases in Afgha…
INITIATIVE: Leave well enough alone
Rep. Jim Addis says the Idaho Legislature’s effort to make citizens’ initiatives nearly impossible has the purest motives. (Don’t call it “revenge on voters.”) History suggests otherwise.
HOUSING: Trust yourselves, Cd'A
I agree that affordable housing is important.