Opinion
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REDOUBT: Don't tread on them
Regarding the Jan. 27 article by Chris Carlson (The Carlson Chronicles) on the American Redoubt, I imagine British sympathizers made similar comments about our nation’s founders.
Post Falls: Far from paradise
Which Post Falls did your Sunday editorial refer to? Please put away the Pollyanna and the Prozac. Time for some reality from your own news articles.
Post Falls: Good getting better
Thank you for the nice editorial about Post Falls in Sunday’s paper. Appreciate the recognition. I think Jobs Plus, the Chambers and all the cities in our area are doing a good job of adding tools to the tool belt …
PROTEST: Fanatics aren't welcome
This past Saturday Right to Life of Cd’A hosted its annual March and Rally. The organization went through the entire process of paying a fee and coordinating with the city, Idaho Transportation Department and site …
CAROUSEL: Park it at McEuen
The Carousel would fit in real nice at McEuen Park. The “Coney Island” carnival light in McEuen Park is a disaster. It just doesn’t fit with OUR NATURAL BEAUTY. We love the ambiance of our outdoors, pine trees, the…
STUDY: Up in arms over guns
In reference to your editorial and the associated letters such as the letter from Richard L. Varner Jan. 22 concerning “guns” as a health issue, let me offer the following suggestion.
VOLUNTEER: Befriend the lonely
“I have a friend,” the once lonely Mary exclaimed, the smile in her voice obvious as she talked on the phone with me at the Area Agency on Aging. I match volunteers with lonely and isolated seniors in their homes a…
FRACKING: Energy at high price
If you are not familiar with a popular way to obtain natural gas, it’s the process of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Drilling and then injecting fluid into the ground at high pressure to fracture shale rock, w…
Retirees and Idaho a great match
Idaho is a great place to live, work and play.
LANGUAGE: Beware the buzz
The use and the effect of “buzz words” in advertising and in politics is obvious but it never ceases to amaze me how many people are sucked in by them. All Democrats are not liberals. All Republicans are not conser…
CAROUSEL: A modest proposal
Here’s an idea: put the Playland/Foote Carousel where the “lighted bridge” is and put the bridge at the proposed carousel location. If in doubt, put it to a vote of the people.
PRESIDENT: It's a small world
In response to Jo Anne Anglin’s letter to the editor Friday, Jan. 22. I am a Republican and I agree with you 100 percent. “Running for president is not a game show. Our lives depend on a president who can get along…
LETTERS: Kids are being used
If you read the letters to the editor in Friday’s Coeur d’Alene Press (1/22/16) from 7th and 8th grade students of teacher Diane Wandrey’s Lakes Magnet Middle School students, you will read how indoctrination rathe…
CUSTOMER: Applauds good service
Super 1 in Coeur d’Alene is doing a fantastic job in many ways, but especially when it comes to customer satisfaction.
REFUGEES: Cultures don't mix
With the refugees, who are mostly men, coming from war zones and raping women in Europe, why does President Obama want them to come here? Does he have something against women? Is it time for all women in Idaho to g…