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.
Pay on display in Cd'A and elsewhere
When you think of the best jobs in town — you know, best pay, best benefits, best work conditions and biggest positive impact on the community — who do you think of?
JORDAN: Look at supporters
I’ve seen some bumper stickers around town showing Paulette Jordan for governor. Do people know that she is really not a Democrat? She’s not even a Progressive Democrat, I’d say she is a Socialist. The day after th…
AMERICA: Where art thou?
Does anyone remember the 1985 television special, “America: You’re Too Young To Die,” aired on a major network? This Life Action production changed the lives of many Americans. A free book, “The Rebirth of America,…
CUSTOMER: Loyalty not rewarded
My mother, Virginia Stanton, will be 95 in September. She has shopped at the Fred Meyer store every week since they opened. Mom has their rewards card and WAS considered a “Best Customer.” I say was because last we…
ADLER: Check his facts
How come the staff writer does not footnote a “guest” opinion like a letter to the editor?
SCHOOL: Keep your promise
To Coeur d’Alene School Board:
We are all Americans--Let's debate instead of demonizing each other
As our nation celebrates its 242nd birthday, all of us living in this great country should remember that we are part of the United States. The brave people who signed the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth o…
SEPARATION: Hypocrisy abounds
A single parent U.S. citizen commits a crime in the U.S. Until he/she has a bail hearing, any minor children are separated from the alleged criminal to an appropriate government agency. If bail is denied, the separ…
IMMIGRANTS: Old laws rule
When I moved to Oklahoma in 1982, “liquor by the drink” had finally become legal. Up to that point, establishments pouring a customer a drink from a booze bottle was illegal. Booze bearing customers brought their o…
DOGS: Losing a good friend
Well, now our popular dog park, Central Bark, has been bought by Grace Bible Church. I do not recall the sale of the park being presented to the public for our input. Instead, it seems to me, the city needed money …
Decision time is here for new school
Patrons of Coeur d’Alene School District, your silence is deafening.
MARRIAGE: You got it, Will
What a good article in last Saturday’s My Turn! Will Goff, you made it so easy to understand what God made marriage to be. If only people would do what the marriage vows say to do there’d be a lot less divorces and…
SERVICE: Red Hen's red herring
Should we be concerned about the food served if we eat out?
BORDER: Humanity caveat
Although President Trump reversed his policy of purposely separating families at the border, his administration still treats attempted border crossing as a crime worse than child abuse.
CARTOON: On the mark
RIGHT ON political cartoon from Creators Syndicate Wednesday, June 20.