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POLICE: Show some respect
In regard to the letter “Police grab a shovel” by the Liningers on March 31, why is it so negative? Could you not get your idea over with a non-negative way? We are just people, and we’re prone to open our mouths b…
USPS: In us you trust
The U.S. Postal Service is building a positive America. We do this with postage sales, not your tax dollars. The Constitution provides you with a service with deliveries six, and in some places, seven days a week a…
HILLARY: In a word, thanks
As we sail into new governmental waters, I would like to take a minute to look back and express my gratitude for all the service Hillary Clinton has rendered to our country.
TRUMP: Give him time
Regarding John Strobel’s March 28 letter, “The Presidency So Far”:
You could save a life tomorrow
Glimpses of dazzling sunlight and occasional flashes of natural warmth, rare as they still might be, remind us: Summer is sneaking up.
COLUMN: Cause for concern
Bill Brooks’s column reminds me of the columns we used to write in our junior high newspaper, though we were better writers. Normally I ignore his modern day version of the Salem Witch Trials but I caught sight of …
VICTORY: Doing their jobs
Another way to look at it:
BETRAYED: Freedom Caucus folly
Last November in the general election, my wife and I went to the polls and voted straight Republican, thinking that if enough Republicans were elected, they would correct the abuses of power inflicted by the Obama …
KIDNEY: Donors wanted
It is very compassionate of Mr. Murphy to want to donate a kidney to Miss Witson. There is a huge need for kidney donors. Many people in need never receive one. My son, Bob, is also waiting for a kidney. A donor mu…
TRUMP: A dangerous man
I don’t believe that most people understand the danger that Trump with all his scandals and flip flopping, tweeting, rhetoric has put us in.
CLIMATE: Deeper questions
We hear it over and over, like a protest chant. Some version of “The science is settled, 97 percent of scientists agree that climate change is man’s fault.” But is it? Do 97 percent of ALL scientists agree? Can sci…
TRIBE: A double-standard?
During the CSRBA adjudication hearing March 30 an eyewitness reported that Coeur d’Alene tribal representative Phil Cenera made numerous hand gestures showing his desire to use a gun and shoot several of the attorn…
RECYCLE: Kudos to KEA
Good for KEA getting a glass recycling program launched in Coeur d’Alene. We will all be better off for their efforts in recycling glass. The cities and counties could turn a profit if they contracted with, say, In…
EDUCATION: Leaders needed
On a recent phone call with Governor Otter, he discussed how he and 49 other governors created Common Core. I note that his full support of Common Core (or something better) has yet to take place. Teachers and thei…
Time to eat the grocery tax
Republican legislators want it.