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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 …
ATHEISTS: Don't miss final chapter
In regard to the letter written by Dina Fish under the headline “ATHEISTS: The light is shining,” I would like to comment that you have shed light on only one-half of the story. Yes, God did create us in His image,…
TAXES: Keep the old goose happy
Thank you for your editorial in Sunday’s paper! It seems that politicians in general, national or local, receive a free lobotomy when they are sworn into office. After being elected they just don’t get it.
ELECTION: So much at stake
Perhaps mine is a voice from the “wilderness,” but I feel that voice is better than no voice heard at all. Time is running out on the decision to change the political direction of our great nation. Almost three yea…
GNOSTIC: No, it isn't right
Dina Fish (Sept. 7) seems to have settled into a designer life. “I for one am Gnostic due to the fact that it’s right for me.” Not that it’s right, you understand, but it’s right for ME; right or wrong it’s what ma…
OBAMA: In this together
“It’s you, the American people who give me hope!” President Obama exclaimed in his acceptance speech to run for a second term. PROGRESS has been a theme at the Democratic convention; giving respect to the hard-work…
DEMS: The next civil war
An article in The Press from the Sept. 6 (World/Nation) section heading reads, “Democrats change platform to include God and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.” The embarrassing reversal was compounded by chaos an…
WANTED: One humane cat-catcher
You had a nice article about KHS. But I have a complaint. I went in a year ago to see about getting help with some pregnant cats that had been dropped off at our road three years ago. Well I’m loaded with cats: thr…
CHALLENGE: Be patient, people
I read “Challenged completed,” the story of Nick Maniscalco walking 365 miles in 365 days after surviving a traumatic brain injury in 2008, in Saturday’s Press and a heart-warming story it was.
DEMS: Some expensive wind
A couple of weeks ago we had a hurricane that cost millions of dollars in damage to the gulf coastal area. It was a strong wind and a lot of rain. Now for just a few hundred mils we had the Democratic convention th…
VANISHED: Maybe the owl did it
To whom this may concern: An alarming number of kitties have been reported missing in Hayden neighborhoods over the course of this summer. A very large predatory owl has been seen lurking in tall conifers around my…
RINK: Great way to open
Just a post-script to Brian Walker’s excellent article, “Back on the ice,” that appeared on the front page in this past Sunday’s edition of the Coeur d’Alene Press. The article gave great insight to the emerging sp…
RECYCLE: Why we need more
I couldn’t agree more with Richard Petrovic’s comments on WASTE (Sept. 2). Since moving here from a state where recycling was a “given,” I have been troubled each time I throw newspapers, cans, plastics, etc., in o…
McEUEN: Be better sports
How sad for the people of Coeur d’Alene that our city government has become so polarized and petty. The three council members who will not attend the groundbreaking for McEuen Park are like spoiled children who did…
SENIORS: Reason to be worried
Two armed guards in the Social Security office? Social Security Administration purchasing vast amounts of arms and ammunition? Either we seniors are getting really dangerous or something very nasty is in the wind.
WANTED: 'One Day House' celebrants
Thirty years ago on July 7, the North Idaho Building Contractor’s Association (NIBCA) built a house in a day. In fact, they built the house in 6 hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds! On Sept. 19 they plan to have a 30-y…