Opinion
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POLICE: Just follow instructions
I, like so may others, have followed the recent police shootings nationwide with great concern. I served as an officer for 32 years on the streets of Phoenix, Ariz. I believe our department was one of the best trai…
PRESS: Biased stories
I read Saturday’s Coeur d’Alene Press paper and am so upset by the bias shown! Three-quarters of one page was devoted to an article by Jeff Horwitz of the Associated Press regarding the authenticity of Trump’s hats…
Fireworks over cemetery policies
The city of Coeur d’Alene made two mistakes in its handling of some visitors on the Fourth of July.
UYLESS: The writer's response
Dear Stan,
PROTESTERS: Make up your minds
The “Black Lives Matter” crew were out in full force the other night in Dallas. They were protesting two incidents of cops killing blacks. The cops in Dallas are more or less protecting the protesters so they can p…
SHOOTINGS: It's racial warfare
There is a rabid new breed of dissidents in the US today. They not only hate and disobey authority figures — they want to kill them. They are anarchists. Armed insurrection is their strategy. This is not really new…
CEMETERY: Right to object
Bethany Mikolas I hope you know most of us in the community stand behind you and that you absolutely do not, in any way, owe anyone an apology. That’s unbelievably ridiculous and horrible. NO ONE should tell you ho…
Let's begin with an honest, painful admission
The late writer and lecturer Lois Mark Stalvey, in her later years, taught a course on racism at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She opened every class with a simple but stunning declaration: “I am a raci…
ALZHEIMER'S: Join the fight
I cared for my mom at my home in St. Maries. As one who attended the recent Alzheimer’s Advocacy Forum in Washington, D.C., it’s encouraging to know we are making progress in the fight against this disease and othe…
RAGE: It's inescapable
About the sheriff’s report road rages article in Friday’s Press.
CEMETERY: Keep it sacred
This letter is written in regard to an article in Thursday’s Press.
BRIDGE: Center badly needed
I would like to comment on the letter to the News-Press on June 30 about the Bridge Community Center. I am one of the lots of people who went to this place, used the facilities. There were so so many programs going…
Our schools need your best counsel
Coeur d’Alene and likely other school districts in North Idaho are facing a quiet crisis.
HILLARY: New legal standard
This week we learned that one must not only commit a crime but that there must also be evidence proving that the crime was done intentionally. FBI director James Comey suggests that no charges be brought against Hi…
RIGHTS: Amendments are equal
In response to the eloquent diatribe written by the Liningers: First, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides equal protections to those American citizens who are members of the LGBTQ community. Here is the…