Opinion
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STATUES: No way to learn
Regarding discussions about Civil War statues, tearing down anything physical does not prevent anyone but the shallowest humans from learning history. Books help; even the internet can help if you are careful.
NEA: Uprising wrong way
There is a big difference between “being respectful of people’s differences” and “compelling a uniformity of thought,” of “teaching, discussing and exposing the dark passages of American history” and tearing it dow…
THANKSGIVING: Feed your neighbors
On Sept. 29, Turkeys & More will have a benefit concert at the Kroc Center to raise money for the Community Action Partnership (CAP) Food Bank’s Thanksgiving distribution fund. Our goal is to serve 1,600 families i…
PRESS: Liberalism abounds
Having recently fled the unbridled madness of California, I’m astonished at the degree to which the CDA Press is infected by liberalism (most recently and shamelessly exhibited in the front-page, above-the-fold top…
TRUMP: A hypocrite's rant
It’s ironic that Donald Trump would demand that NFL owners fire and/or suspend players who kneel during the national anthem. “NFL fans should refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and coun…
COUNTY: Voters have spoken
I read the CdA Press editorial by Mike Patrick on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, with incredulity that during his defense of the county manager position and Dan Green he would feel it necessary to undermine my credibility…
TRUMP: Boycott will matter
I agree with President Trump that we should boycott NFL games where players choose to disrespect our nation’s flag during the national anthem. The owners should not tolerate this. Fire them! If we stop attending th…
DUNCAN: Time to die
I have read two letters in The Press concerning Joseph Duncan. My son, Mark McKenzie, was murdered by Duncan, along with Brenda, Spade, and Dylan Groene. For years now I have been asking questions as to why this mo…
PROTESTS: It's not about you
On NFL protests and our protests on the protests ... can we all agree that individualism has run amok? Why does the West struggle so much with seeing oneself as a fitly joined part of the whole with too much self-i…
TEXAS: Don't mess with it
As I read the letter from Betsy Rosenberg concerning “rednecks” in Texas and neighboring states and their pleas for help after the destructive hurricane Harvey, I was filled with sadness and concern. The letter was…
AIRPORT: Parking risk alert
I parked my car at Spokane Airport on Sept. 2. On Sept. 9 I returned to the airport. When I was taken to economy parking lot by shuttle, I noticed my car was sitting sideways into the adjacent parking place. It had…
LIMITS: Term them out
Regarding Chuck Malloy’s guest opinion on term limits, I wholeheartedly agree. I would like to see an article 5 convention of states to force a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on ALL federal House and…
ACA: Why the rush?
The renewed effort to “repeal and replace” the current health care system shows again how politics “trumps” the national good. The option of simply repealing the ACA ended in 2012. In the last election, more people…
It takes a healthy village
It’s chilling to think where our community would be without Heritage Health.
TIMBER: Memo to enviros
The rain has come and we can once again see the mountains from whence comes our smoke. The environmental foolishness has come home to choke us.