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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 …
GRAPHIC: Scare alcohol users, too
Graphic pictures on tobacco packaging is a good idea, though I doubt it will have much of a deterrent effect on users. My question is, "Why not the same thing for alcohol packaging?"
PIKE: Unhook 'em from game fish list
I live at Hayden Lake. I can see the lake from my house. I am 15 years old and I love to fish in the summer.
WARS: No offense, but we can't win one
Football fans sometimes hold up a small plastic fence with a big "D" on it while simultaneously exhorting their team to play defense to thwart the other team's offense.
RECALL: Effort should begin now
In the dictionary, the word "finagle" is defined as: "To use crafty, deceitful methods to achieve."
CHINA: Footprint in Idaho unwise
I just read this little tidbit on the website freepressers.com, and since this is the first I have heard this subject, I can't furnish anything to substantiate it. I doubt if it just appeared out of thin air, howev…
SHED: Miracle on a playground
What a blessing people can be!
REVERE: What really happened
‘Twas the eighteenth of April in ‘75
HONESTY: Here's a 21-dollar salute
On the morning of June 16, I stopped in at the Safeway market on Neider Avenue. As I hurried through the store to pick up a few items, I accidentally dropped $21 cash out of a larger amount, in my hand. Realizing t…
OBAMA: The flim flam man
Obama is a mirage, a creation of the liberal progressive wing of the Democratic Party. He has no background or experience of any note. His entire campaign, and now presidency, is one of air and slogan. The only rea…
COMMENTS: Read at your own risk
A BIG THANK YOU to Choull.
WIZARD: Play was phenomenal
We have attended many shows at the Summer Theatre, and enjoyed every one. But the June 16 performance of "The Wizard of Oz" was AWESOME. Kudos to the actors, directors, stage hands, anybody connected to the show, f…
DYNASTIES: Ours is coming to end
The historical empires of the world can be classified by different qualities such as; their geographical size, their population size, their military strength and their economic power. All of the empires throughout …
A GIFT: Recipient seeks kind woman
Last Thursday I took two older ladies to lunch at Mulligans. There was a lady sitting in a booth all by herself having lunch. After we had finished eating I asked the waitress to bring our slips so we could pay. Sh…
GATES: Who are you fencing out?
Today I drove around Post Falls and saw a wonderful development north of Seltice. I naturally assumed that anyone living in these houses would have a wonderful view of the prairie for miles. However, when I looked …
LIBERALS: Jesus wasn't one, folks
As I listen to statements, discussions and debates regarding health care reform, medicare reform, raising the debt ceiling, etc., I am reminded of how lazy and selfish a considerable number of Americans are. Those …