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OPINION: Just like everyone else, Idaho’s Attorney General must comply with the law
Three years ago, I joined five other former Idaho Attorneys General in describing that important position as “the …
CARBON: Lessons all appreciated
Thank you John Ritterbach, Cliff Harris and Ian Rutherford Plimer, and most of all The Press for educating common people like me about carbon pollution.
EAGLES: Barbecue wings get clipped
We can’t tell you our surprise, last Thursday, as we walked down Sherman Avenue to see the front of the Eagles devoid of barbecues. What we found out was that a couple of neighbors have complained about the smoke a…
VETS: Honor your heroes
On July 23 we were at Costco with my brother-in-law who was visiting from California when a young man age 12-14 approached him, thanking him for his service to our country. I just wanted to thank the mother and fat…
ENERGY: Hot over cold temps
I was at the beach Wednesday having a splendid time. Then, I went out to a restaurant with my family and I noticed that they had the air conditioning on to extreme levels. I felt as though I was a Popsicle in a fre…
VOLUNTEERS: A word of thanks
Many thanks to those of you who volunteer as RSVP friendly visitors to home-bound seniors. And many thanks to the volunteers who recently signed up for a new program to visit lonely seniors in assisted living and n…
GREENS: Gored by Cliff Harris
Cliff, you got everybody in a tizzy! You have disturbed the sacred religion of GORAL! All the minions will now dismantle you with big words like quack and debunked. They all send money five times a day for carbon c…
CALIFORNIA: Good ol' days were nasty
The recent letters in The Press about California the formerly Golden State now the Goldenly Fleeced state brings back fond memories of my 62 years as a resident there.
WATER: Rules apply to all
Pinehurst has a water restriction going on now. On my bike ride, the short route I take, there were three homes with their yard sprinklers going. It was 3 in the afternoon. Do these people think the rules don’t app…
COLUMN: Myth trumps science
Has Cliff Harris heard of the Internet?
TEACHERS: Idaho losing good ones
During the implementing of the NASA program in the 1960s, math and science teachers in Texas, Alabama and California were recruited from public schools with salaries they could not refuse. The schools lost a genera…
CDA: Boaters are voters, too
Time to clean house. The days for over spending and failure to listen to the voting public on issues that affect the quality of life in our city are over. The City Council’s failure to address important issues is a…
MAJ: Thanks for everything
My family and I were deeply saddened to learn of the recent kayaking death of Maj StormoGipson. We knew her to be a compassionate and gracious person.
NATION: Why chaos is near
I would like respond to Bob Hollingsworth’s “My Turn” opinion. Although I am in full agreement with the first paragraph of your letter, I have issues with the rest.
MY TURN: Opinion minus the poison
What a pleasant departure it was to read “My Turn: ‘Sainthood: A Closer Look’” in Friday’s (July 26) Press. A pleasant departure from the vitriolic, uninformed, hate-speech that all too often accompanies a differen…
SEA: Experience it vicariously
Semester at Sea has been a passion of mine since my first Around the World Voyage in 1998.