Opinion
Searching for opinion based articles? Below we'll share opinion news articles on a wide variety of topics.
OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
You're gonna miss them when they're gone
Innocent insects inspiring nothing but human ire.
JORDAN: Just say no
Stumping on nothing more than aspiring to be the first female governor of our great state, and poorly backing that up by adding a desire in becoming the first Native American governor of our great country are self-…
SCHROEDER: For Idaho House
Coeur d’Alene has a very special young woman candidate running for the state Legislature. Rebecca Schroeder is probably the hardest working candidate I’ve ever encountered. She strongly believes that it is the resp…
HUNTER: An ugly Idahoan
The slaughtered family of baboons pictured in Tuesday’s, Oct. 16 edition disgusts and sickens me. The complete disregard of primate life by Fischer is shocking, and to find out that he was serving as a commissioner…
PROP 1: Deceptive supporters
It should be no surprise that Idaho native tribes are against Prop 1. Moreover, the rhetoric that has been directed toward tribes by those who support Prop 1 is simply misguided.
LEAGUE: Step up, Marines
The Marine Corps League needs a few good men and women. There are many Marines and FMF Corpsman in this area who qualify for membership. Associate membership is available for those interested in joining who don’t q…
FINGER: No big deal
I’m sorry Mr. Kolb, but I had to laugh at your letter. I saw pictures all over the networks, especially the ESPN Networks. I did not see pictures or videos of a frontal view of Mr. Thomas flipping the team off. I s…
The gaming initiative--deja vu all over again
In the immortal words of that baseball great, Yogi Berra, the historical horse-racing initiative, Proposition One, is “deja vu all over again” for me. In 1986, Idaho voters approved an initiative in the general ele…
POEM: Kavanaugh's song
It was the night before confirmation and there was great despair.
FORD: Questions linger
Is any part of Christine Blasey Ford’s story believable?
STURGEON: A fishy estimate
I found Syd Albright’s article on ancient fish of the dinosaur days to be rather fascinating. He said, “Scientists say the white sturgeon goes back 120 million years.”
PRESS: Dogged delivery
Lucy Cerra has just given me an incentive to move to Leisure Park because she would deliver The Press to my doorstep on a daily basis. We used to get it that way until The Press changed their policy last September.…
SPEECH: Don't stifle us
Managing public lands for the benefit of the American people is what Congress funds the National Park Service to do. That includes demonstrators just as much as tourists or hikers. While the park service may be str…
COLLUM: For lieutenant governor
Kristin Collum, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, is truly a great lady, really on top of things. The Republican Party needs to find candidates like her. All they have left is Mary Souza.
ENGLISH: For Idaho Senate
In a time of such intense partisanship, we need a leader. We need someone who is guided by serving the interests of all of us with reason, wisdom, integrity and a strong desire to work for the well-being of our com…