Opinion
Searching for opinion based articles? Below we'll share opinion news articles on a wide variety of topics.
ANNA: A true inspiration
It is with much sadness that I heard the world lost Anna aka Patty Duke. My sorrow won’t come as a surprise to all who were close to her. It is because of her performance in The Miracle Worker that I dedicated 25 y…
VIETNAM: Lessons for a nation
I want to thank you for your coverage of the Southeast Asia war Tuesday morning. Both Dick Phenneger and Uyless Black have provided the general public with a small dose of reality.
LANDS: How to have more say
There are many reasons why the state of Idaho shouldn’t take over national public lands. The state would lose money, as the University of Idaho Policy Analysis Group study showed. When management costs exceed reven…
CLIMATE: Tired of extremists
I’m getting real tired of the “save the planet” crowd and their self-righteous indignation to anyone who doesn’t subscribe to their particular brand of national suicide. I’m tired of “Earth Day” and the conceit by …
COLUMN: History or propaganda?
I was pretty disgusted by Syd Albright’s feeble attempt to explain why blacks vote Democratic. After a reasonable description of life post Civil War, he goes completely off the rails.
KROC RX: Not for everybody
Reading the stories about Dr. Abate’s medical tactics to get people to exercise the pain out and have group sessions about those in REAL PAIN — physical and mental by exercise. Myself, being one who is, being a per…
POLICE: Greater presence OK
Why do the politically correct progressives get all bent out of shape and start throwing conniption fits at the suggestion of a greater police presence in communities where there is reasonable suspicion of the pres…
Proud to be Purple in N. Idaho
The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the armed forces of the U.S. who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in ac…
ART: Adding to burden
This isn’t making sense. The city of Hayden spent $58,233.46 plus another $24,154.00 for a piece of art in front of Hayden Library. The next day in the Press, libraries in the Community Library Network (Athol, Spir…
ART: Yes to 'Epiphany'
Here’s an epiphany on The Epiphany, the face-like statue near the Hayden Library. It is colorful, intriguing, and brightens its little corner of the world at night. What’s not to like about it?
VOTE: Deny democratic socialism
The educated Progressive Liberal elite; those with the Ivy league degrees, who have thought all this through, are promising you they can bring about a humane, a fair, a collectively redistributed “Utopian” society.…
EASTER: Thank you, Jesus
Jesus, thank you for your sacrifice
RIGHTS: Zone change errors
Another case of money talks and the will of the people walks. Judge Rich Christensen miraculously just found an outdated county zone change ordinance which permits a rich developer and the Silver Hill Land and Catt…
POLICE: Then call someone else
Who the heck are the Liningers to make comparisons between Nazi Germany “Jack booted, goose stepping Gestapo members” and our local police? Anyone who has taken the time to understand the work and dedication shown …
ACCIDENT: And new friends
My husband Lee and I are an elderly couple in Post Falls. He is 81 and I am 75. We had some bushes pulled out and hauled away to make room for a new fence in the yard. On March 18, we were out raking and pulling ro…