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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.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Got 'em on the run
Pres. Trump has recently enforced the Hyde Amendment to overturn Planned Parenthood from using taxpayer funds to pay for abortions. Planned Parenthood stands to lose $60M/year of taxpayers’ dollars. Planned Parenth…
TRUMP: Hitting eject button ruthlessly
Send you back! Send you back! You disagree with Trump, so send you back.
IDAHO: Strengths of past needed now
Ruthie Johnson’s speech at Kathy Sims’ services deserves a response.
GROWTH: There's an answer, you know
“Californication” of Kootenai County. This isn’t from all the Californians moving here. This is because this has already happened there, and I have seen it happen elsewhere.
CARDIAC: Rehab team of all-stars
I would like to give a shout out to the Kootenai Health Cardiac Rehab staff (Claudia, Paul, Debra, Rita, Ashlee and Eddy). These folks really care about helping and educating people like me who have had a heart att…
REBUTTAL: Be careful with comparisons
Oh, my… where do I begin?
HISTORY: Not to be whitewashed
Recently, I read an article about Washington High School in San Francisco. Evidently there is a mural there by a Russian-American artist and a Stanford University professor done in 1936 depicting George Washington …
BIASES: Just watch network TV
I just wanted to voice my agreement with Ralph Ginorio’s My Turn (July 20 Press) except to say that the racial and cultural bias is not limited to film. It is even more prevalent on network television, even the adv…
ZOE: There's no excuse, Bob
I would like to respond to Bob Hunt’s letter on June 28. It was obvious to me in your commentary concerning my granddaughter Zoe O’Brien that it was really about your politics and your bitterness about a whole lot …
SOMALI: Is that a dirty word?
Ilhan Omar entered the U.S. under a legal volunteer agency and attended the University of North Dakota. She is among thousands of Somalis coming here due to the civil war in their country. Quite a community in the …
Employee retention not what it once was
The recent Press story on teacher retention statistics should have contained an asterisk somewhere. A big, fat asterisk.
WOLVES: GOP proposal goes too far
Idaho GOP officials’ consideration to designate Idaho as a “wolf hunter sanctuary state” should be rephrased: “Idaho wolf killing fields unlimited.”
IMMIGRATION: An American embarrassment
America has always been a melting pot of different cultures. Let’s face it, none of us are indigenous except for the American Indians. It’s just that many of our ancestors immigrated during a time when the Statue o…
RACE: Melting pot makes sense
Regarding the future of the WHITE race, a friend recently said to me: “At some point in the near future WHITE people are going to be a minority in this country!”
PARKING FEES: 'Insiders' on notice
Your recent editorial, “Parking Fee Feud Masks Deeper Issues” (Sunday, July 18), reminds me of the divide that continues in this town. The side you chose is the insiders, those who defend and apologize for the city…