Guest Op-Eds
From time to time the Coeur d'Alene Press publishes guest opinions as op-eds (opposite the editorial page) in the print edition. These guest op-eds are accepted for consideration from business, government or community organization leaders, current or former elected officials, and Idaho syndicated and Kootenai County local opinion writers we have agreements with. For consideration, submit to [email protected].
OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
OPINION: Republicans for health care
If you are a regular reader of the Coeur d’Alene Press, you are well aware of the divisive politics railing our community. As a long-standing North Idaho Republican, it was this division and subsequent damage to ou…
OPINION: Sen. Len Jordan reflected the values of Idaho’s traditional Republicans
Former U.S. Senator Len Jordan served Idaho with distinction from 1962 through 1972. He was a conservative Republican who brought courage and individualism to …
OPINION: What’s the truth about our libraries?
Library board candidates Plass and Hanley and their political allies are resorting to misinformation about “porn in the libraries.”
OPINION: Five reasons why ranked choice voting is a bad idea
“Reclaim Idaho” — the activist group that successfully pushed the troubled expansion of Medicaid in Idaho, as well as a ballot measure that would have raised i…
OPINION: The KCRCC/IFF: A pig’s tale
The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) and its conjoined twin, the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), remind me of the pigs in George Orwell’s p…
OPINION: RINOs and taxes
I read the April 23 news story written by Bill Buley about the town hall held recently by our North Idaho contingent of legislators. It makes a couple of points that are worth exploring.
OPINION: Politics to potholes
Roads should not be political, but potholes are a sure sign politics has impacted the operation and maintenance of our roads and highways. A political candidate who blindly promises they are running for Highway Dis…
OPINION: Tucker vs. KCRCC Town Hall
Tucker Carlson has suddenly left Fox News. This is upsetting to hear because he was considered by many as a trusted source for conservative information.
OPINION: Don't listen to misinformation about Cd'A school levy
There’s a Greek proverb that says: “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit.”
OPINION: KCRCC requires Nevada astroturf to fight Idaho’s grassroots
People are surprised to learn Idaho candidates and the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee use an out-of-state political strategist to attack other Re…
OPINION: National ideas and local politics
I don’t have any brilliant suggestions for solving gun violence in America, but I do have some observations about the issue and how this issue and many others fuel the rise of the extreme wings of both parties, inc…
OPINION: Bringing facts to the levy discussion
Last month the Coeur d'Alene School District proposed a $25 million perpetual supplemental levy and a $5 million school plant facility levy. Both levy requests…
OPINION: Rotary is nonpolitical, nonreligious with no secret objectives
Some local political activists have made repeated attacks against members of our local Rotary clubs. They assert Rotarians are some sort of cabal with secretive and suspicious intentions. These assertions are blata…
OPINION: Idaho at the epicenter of American Redoubt, white Christian nationalism movement
It’s not often I read a book about our challenging times and find Idaho prominently featured, but that’s how things turned out when I read “Preparing for War: …
OPINION: Don’t be a useful idiot
When any political supporters blindly follow the lead of the authoritarians in charge, and don’t question or understand the reasons, yet still carry out their …