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WONDERING: Play this game
Have you ever noticed…
BROOKS: Heed his warnings
Bill Brooks is a blessing to rescue those of us who have been targeted by fraud. Bill expresses a personal concern for each of us. With his column in The Press, he is alerting many of us to the real world and its d…
FULCHER: Won this vote
A minor miracle occurred in Rathdrum on Tuesday evening. A politician actually wanted to hear from the people!
READER: Trump yes, Press no
Thank you Lori White for your very positive letter about our great president! Such a rare treat in THIS newspaper which is filled with anti-Trump bilge from front to back day after day! I barely can stand to keep m…
Enemies of darkness step forward
Rep. Paul Amador, a Republican state representative from Coeur d’Alene, turned the lights on.
TRUMP: Performance, not polish
Trump. He’s crude, egotistical and lacks the presidential polish the establishment is used to and expects of a POTUS.
BROOKS: Man on a mission
Recently I met a gentleman. The kind you don’t run into very often in today’s world. He has a real passion for helping others. He is what you might call one who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk.
LETTERS: Try this, writers
I read two “garbage” letters about our president recently in The Press. What is going to be fixed by these opinions? NOTHING! It’s just going to feed more hate and division among Americans.
KOREA: Show courage, U.S.
Years ago, then-President Bill Clinton took a victory lap by getting North Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile programs. All it took was liberal appeasement and to create the illusion of success (but it failed…
THANKS: To two fine men
Angels are alive here in Coeur d’Alene. On Jan. 1, my husband and I had parked to shop in a local store. While walking in the parking lot I slipped on ice. I knew something bad happened and I screamed for my husban…
SMELTER: Keep cancer out
I am a citizen of Blanchard and have been working with citizens of Newport, Wash., to stop the construction of a silicon smelter to be owned and operated by Hi Test Sands.
A salute to Denny Burt and all his friends
You ask what makes Coeur d’Alene so darned special.
CONSIDER: Cost of perfection
Coeur d’Alene Press writer Steve Cameron was recently unfairly berated by a reader who would have everyone believe that Steve was insensitive because he questioned the value of increasing the traffic control safegu…
TRUMP: Good news abounds
I read the scathing letter Friday from Betsy Rosenberg regarding our PRESIDENT. Your hatred must be a heavy burden.
GARCIA: Humanitarian failure
I am spiritually saddened by the recent deportation of Jorge Garcia, a 39-year-old landscaper from Detroit who was illegally brought into the U.S. from Mexico when he was 10 years old. Forced to return to Mexico, M…