Opinion
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FREEDOM: Hang onto it
I enjoyed reading Syd Albright’s essay on “The New World Order” and pondered about how our Founding Fathers would respond to this new philosophy. I’m sure they would say: “We won your freedom. Why would you give it…
SAMUEL: No pity here
Sunday’s editorial basically felt sorry for Eldon Samuel lll. It conveyed hope that the judge would be compassionate and sentence him to a mental health facility. Then after five years there, he’d either get parole…
STATE: Respect baby brother
The heavy hand of state legislators landed on small Idaho towns on Feb. 19, 2016. The same body which vigorously opposes the federal government interfering in what it considers “State Affairs” is not opposed to pas…
BOURQUIN: St. Maries' thanks you
Thank you Bruce Bourquin for The Front Row article on “Lumberjack sons inspired by state champ moms” published on Feb. 19, 2016. It was great for our St. Maries athletes to be featured!
PRESIDENT: Qualifications first
It is interesting to me to note that many politicians express the opinion that Ronald Reagan was the best president during their lifetime, then go on to endorse one of the untried senators. They seem to forget that…
What's your privacy worth?
Local writer and Internet expert Uyless Black focused this week specifically on the Apple vs. FBI argument but asked an even bigger question: What’s our First Amendment-ensured privacy worth compared to our securit…
APPLE: Sick to the core
This Apple ordeal is ridiculous and sickens me.
SB 1338: It's unconstitutional
Senate Bill 1338, brought to us by Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R.-Cottonwood, purports to allow counties to declare federal land a “Catastrophic Public Nuisance.” The proposed legislation then claims to allow a county or i…
Poised on the pinpoint of perfection
At 7:19 Saturday night in Christianson Gymnasium, the chant began to echo.
INSURANCE: Plug the gap, Idaho
The Idaho legislature has a bill before it to expand health insurance to 103,000 mostly working lower income and veteran Idahoans who fall in a coverage gap. SB 1205 is the Healthy Idaho plan drafted as a uniquely …
BUDGET: Don't cut Idaho State Police
I can’t believe the Senate Transportation Committee approved moving funds from the Idaho State Police to overhaul roads.
ELDON: Do what's right
I take exception to the Editorial in the Coeur d’Alene Press on Sunday 2-21-16.
CHARTERS: SB 1248 unnecessary
Currently there is legislation, SB 1248, being decided in Idaho that seemingly has no positive value for education. The bill serves to remove contract rights from charter school teachers — making them one year empl…
EDUCATION: Build that bridge
It takes a community to teach.
BILLS: One good, one bad
I recently read two articles that disturbed me. The first one related to the House State Affairs Committee’s decision to kill the Medicaid gap bill. This decision directly affects 70,000 Idahoans who can not afford…