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.
Marching toward a season of renewed civility
As we stand on the precipice of the next presidential plebiscite, it’s tempting to indulge in the popular fantasy that we’re on the eve of a great national conversation.
Trump's fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants foreign policy endangers America
The President’s trip to the G-20 meeting in Japan produced some foreign policy blunders that will prove harmful to America’s national security. The problem is that he just wings it without bothering to develop an u…
MURAL: Kudos and criticism
On a recent trip to the Casino, using the Citylink bus service, I discovered that a mural is being painted on the underpass wall that comes under Seltice from the Atlas bike trail that goes around the river. It is …
SAT: Congratulations, CHS
In the Coeur d’Alene Press on June 25, the headline read “Cd’A Charter Academy leads Idaho on SAT.” Congratulations to them! They are a quality school and deserve the recognition for all of their hard work and dedi…
LEVIES: Consolidation would help
There was an article in a local print publication recently that referenced Museum of North Idaho, stating that in 1948, Idaho had 1,000 school districts voted to consolidate into 115 public school districts! Even 1…
ONLINE: A fine education
I was getting bullied at my brick-and-mortar school to the point where I was losing focus in my classes. I enrolled in online school to reclaim the freedom the bullies were trying to take away from me. Little did I…
OPINIONS: Literacy and illegalities
Mrs. S. Williams: Might I suggest that you check the meaning of the word “illiterate” before you make any further illogical statements.
THANKS: Veteran salutes Lloyd's
So many good people in Coeur d’Alene, young and old, have shook my hand and thanked me for my service in Germany during World War II. To the good people at Lloyd’s Automotive on Government Way, I want to give my de…
LETTERS: Tales of the absurd
Ah, the June 23 letters to the editor. Jerry Martin vilifying Joe Lykins for his opinions. Why is it some of these far-right Trump lovers feel the need to tear down their neighbors? Jerry claims it is because of tw…
HITLER: Something to know
Paul from Clarkston, Wash., thinks that people voted for President Trump for the same reason Germans voted for Adolf Hitler. “Because of an improving economy and a strong sense of nationalism.”
Dear Doug: This run's for you
It’s Ironman Day in the Lake City.
Trump's Defiance of Congressional Subpoenas Threatens Rule of Law
President Trump’s defiance of congressional subpoenas— “to fight them all”—represents a profound and unprecedented threat to constitutional government and the rule of law. Trump’s contumacy, if successful, would cr…
Let's build better bridges between generations
Fellow boomers and beyond, a word, please.
BUILDING: Neighbors oppose razing it
An Open Letter to our mayor, City Council and county commissioners:
GROWTH: Those were the days
I have been provoked to respond. I have been snooping around all the Google map photos of Coeur d’Alene, Dalton Gardens, Hayden Lake. My God! Makes one long for Wovoka.