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.
TAX RETURNS: Good for everyone
For years we have heard about the House and Senate wanting to see all sorts of documents from the current presidents. With another request from a House chairman asking for President Trump’s tax returns, I believe t…
FUHLED: And loved it
It was nice to find out that I’m not the only dummy in town. You really got me with the April Fool article. I was ready to buy some real estate. It took me a full day to realize that it was a joke. I’M CANCELING MY…
PROJECT: Wrong for Cd'A
Here we go again. Another developer wants to double his property’s zoning to C-34 to double profits, which doubles traffic, doubles congestion, doubles driver aggravation, doubles waiting at lights … UGH!
THAYER: A Rathdrum legend
Recently, there was a small notice that George Thayer of Rathdrum passed away. He was 95. Maybe a lot of people didn’t know that George Thayer gave the city of Rathdrum one of his wells. He should be remembered for…
GOP: Your time is up
Idaho has been a one-party state for way too long. Stop voting for Republicans. Vote for Democrats/Libertarians/Constitutional party, but not Republicans. They’ve become fat and arrogant in their long tenure.
Don't think opt-out was waste of time
Commissioner Bill Brooks was in his element, speaking to the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans about what’s emerging as a favorite hot topic.
CLIMATE: The 10-year trend
Man-made climate change must be a Democrat/liberal talking point. Every flood, drought, forest fire, hurricane, has been caused by evil people destroying our planet and if you don’t believe this or wring your hands…
SOURCES: Warming over, and more
According to Townhall.com, global warming has been canceled. The biggest glacier in Greenland, which had been reducing, is now regrowing.
PIKE: A political casualty
I oppose any removal of northern pike from the southern end of Lake Coeur d’Alene. I have fished this area for more than 60 years and have seen an increase in fishing opportunity with the introduction of pike. They…
LETTERS: Of dogs and Dems
As the snow was melting and I was seeing more and more dog waste in the Shadduck Lane Park where I walk every day with my dog, I started to write a letter to Readers Write. Thankfully, Kay Lynn Sands did a great jo…
70 Years on, NATO is a Strategic Partnership Worth Celebrating
April 4 marks the 70th anniversary of the world’s most successful political-military alliance – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On the heels of the Soviet blockade of Berlin and the West’s airlift, N…
Trump's helter-skelter foreign policy endangers our national security
On March 28, a headline on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website proudly declared, “Secretary Nielsen Signs Historic Regional Compact with Central America to Stem Irregular Migration at the Source, Confr…
But seriously, a little laughter never hurts
April Fuhl made her Coeur d’Alene Press reporting debut nearly two decades ago by disclosing that a money tree, sprouting springtime leaves of fives and tens and twenties, was discovered out on the Rathdrum Prairie…
OPT-OUT: Boondoggle begone
Kootenai County commissioners on March 28 addressed a hot-button topic, the “opt-out” option. This ill-conceived and poorly written piece of legislation was imposed upon the county by two unthinking, “like-minded” …
SHOPKO: A ghost returns
The Coeur d’Alene Press announced Shopko is closing.