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MONUMENTS: A sensible plan
Regarding Confederate monuments, I believe that none should reside on federal property, and no Confederate flags should fly over state institutions. “E Pluribus Unum,” we are pledged to be one nation.
STATUES: Mob mentality rules
The post-Charlotte hysteria of mobs ripping down Confederate statues and attacking them with kicks, spittle and harsh language is redolent of the nocturnal book burnings in Nazi Germany. The same appeal to visceral…
PRESS: Better service needed
This concerns the Coeur d’Alene Press delivery service. I have been getting the paper for more than 40 years. This is the worst service we have ever received. I have called at least three times in the last two week…
FOOD: A healthy endorsement
It was wonderful to see one of Coeur d’Alene’s newer restaurants, Grabbagreen, featured in the North Idaho Business Journal during the last week of July! This fast food restaurant promotes clean eating as an import…
What? Is something going on Monday?
Eclipse, schmeclipse.
HISTORY: Watch your step
ISIS marches into other countries and destroys art, monuments, statues and buildings that offend their beliefs. They are literally erasing history.
THEATER: Don't miss this
I just attended one of the finest performances I have ever seen. The cast of MDQ did a fabulous job both playing their instruments and acting the parts of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins a…
CAROUSEL: Untapped potential
Is there a carousel in town? I drove downtown to see the carousel and all I saw was a yellow building.
VANDALS: Slamming the South
I wonder if Christie, Tony and Norm are celebrating the thugs and vandals who are desecrating the monuments of brave Southern soldiers? How are those vandals any different than ISIS destroying ancient artifacts? Wh…
UNITED: Our salvation
We must be the diversified forest or choke on the sands of an isolated desert. We must be the blended tapestry of fabric, so much more durable and fray resistant, or we’ll shred in the first big blow.
GRAMMY: Words ring true
I am writing in response to the guest column written by Leslie Wilde concerning the state of our nation. I couldn’t agree more. As a Grammy myself, I have been lamenting the actions, tweets, downright lies and bad …
STOP: And think
To the nitwit who is spray painting “Capitalism” on local stop signs: Have you ever heard of Venezuela? Those people are literally starving to death under your preferred economic system. Stop Socialism!
SPEECH: Free for all
I am writing in regard to Our Lady of Disagreement. I am not a Catholic but I can’t help wondering:
THUGS: Look to the left
Bob Fullick, Letters, Aug. 16, is filled with passion for his political beliefs, but might want to rethink his desire to silence anyone of other opinions. He praises his grandparents for fighting to “rid the world …
CRISIS: Neutrality no option
“All men are created equal,” Thomas Jefferson declared in his notice to England to get lost.