Letters to the Editor
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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 …
CARTOON: ‘Ignorant comparison’
I have to let you know that I am very disappointed in the ‘cartoon’ in The Press that refers to assault weapons. I feel that it’s an ignorant comparison.
ASSAULT RIFLES: Consider the moral implications
The latest massacre of three children and three adults in Nashville makes me heartsick.
MONUMENT: It’s a joke
Is the “Monument to Peace and Unity” your new April Fools’ joke? Thought so.
MILLER LETTER: I agree, but…
Marvin Miller gives us a great letter of wisdom with which I can heartily agree. Who can’t agree on the Golden Rule for families.
BOOKS v. GUNS: Find your priorities
To all legislators everywhere and to the voters who elected them: Books don’t kill kids. Guns kill kids.
MILLER: Great writing and wisdom
I was so excited to see Marvin George Miller’s article in the Readers Write, titled the ‘Golden Rules.’
COEUR TERRE: Remember the council members’ votes
People of Coeur d’Alene, we all watched how our neighbors’ fear and concern about the impact the Coeur Terre development will have on our neighborhood was completely disregarded by the city, with the exception of t…
WELCOME TO IDAHO: Bring back the sign
After traveling back and forth the last few years, to Washington state, it was always great to come back home to Idaho. The “Welcome to Idaho” sign, as we crossed the border, was like a warm hug.
AP HEADLINE: Showed bias
If you want to know whether The Press is really biased, you need look no farther than Monday’s headline, “New York, City of Trump’s Dreams, Delivers His Comeuppance.” How about you just say, “New York Arraigns Trum…
HITLER: Exploited chaos
The recent sign on display (To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens) outside a local business has indeed caused quite a stir. It matters not whether those were Hitler’s words because his actions spoke much l…
GRAMMAR: Credit belongs to another
Miss LP, Sholeh, bestows me honor…
HITLER QUOTE: Learn from history
Of course it was a newcomer complaining. And The Press took the bait and put it on the front page.
HITLER QUOTE: Reminder to reject ‘demagogues’
Christie Hoium is quoted in Bill Buley’s recent article, “Off Message” as being offended, shocked and bemused by a reader board in front of the restaurant “Breaking Bread.”
HITLER QUOTE: Freedom of Speech?
History, a fascinating subject. Unfortunately, the study of it seems to have been missed by a number of our citizens. Who said “those who forget history, are condemned to repeat it?”
HITLER QUOTE: Another Press ‘hit piece’
Most of my family died in the Holocaust. The only reason I’m alive is because my great-grandfather was let go from a concentration camp. As a Jew, he was given 24 hours to leave Germany.