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.
Short takes -- Brief comments on big issues
With the start of the 2019 legislative session in Idaho and the continual turmoil in Washington, there is an overload of fodder for political commentary. Here are some brief comments on several of the issues swirli…
ABORTION: NY law lament
I find it disturbing that the day after a horrific law is signed in New York, there is not one mention of it in the liberal paper we have. It makes me sick to see the smiling faces of those signing the law giving w…
Why Hunter's case should matter to you
If you’re looking for a poster child in the quest to test judicial fairness in your backyard, Wiley Hunter isn’t a likely suspect.
WATER: Adjudication warning
If you have a groundwater well in Kootenai County, you’re likely aware of the water rights adjudication process that has been underway for several years now. Like most new rules and regulations, the proclaimed inte…
SHUTDOWN: Wanna bet?
Who thinks Donald Trump is opening the government for three weeks just so he can give his State of the Union address?
CIVICS: Lessons sadly lost
You must know that across the country history and civic courses have been revised or eliminated, to follow in line with Jesse Jackson and the likes claiming that teaching these subjects is actually “racism!” They h…
GARAGE: Codify common sense
There comes a time when common sense is the right thing to do. The recent decision by the Coeur d’Alene Planning and Zoning Commission is unacceptable. If there isn’t a category that covers common sense decisions t…
PLOWED: And not pleased
“Hayden officials” have stated in The Press that my property, as shown in a picture in the newspaper, “isn’t even in Hayden.” I most definitely am in the city of Hayden, as our tax bill confirms, and am much furthe…
DRIVER: Rude and reckless
Last week my granddaughter, a driver for under two months, was coming home from Hayden via Prairie to Post Falls. A big truck came up behind her and began tailgating her as she was doing 25 on an icy and snowy road…
SUICIDE: Gun correlation mistaken
I am writing in response to Nick Gier’s article “What’s behind rise of suicide in U.S.” You make a few incorrect assumptions and jump to a conclusion that is all too easy.
NIC vs. Whitcomb: There's more to this story
Few things are exactly as they initially seem.
TRAPPING: No kill traps
To the 2019 Idaho Legislature, the House Resources and Conservation Committee, Fish and Game officials, Ed Schriever, Jonathan Oppenheimer of the Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Trappers Association and Justin Web…
TRUMP: A harsh verdict
How did Trump escape the mandatory six-month jail sentence for using the Presidential Seal on his personal golf course? Trump has had more than 50 scandals in the first two years he’s been in office. Obama admitted…
PRESIDENTS: Tracing the odor
In response to Del Cameron’s “Sniff Test” opinion piece on Jan. 20, I would submit to him that the stench he smells is actually lingering from the administration of Barack Obama. He criticizes President Trump for a…
ARTICLE: Looking for logic
RE: City blows roof off common sense; If your article dated Jan. 22 is correct, what has happened to our logic? If your Planning and Zoning Commission is this critical, what are we the Coeur d’Alene taxpayers subje…