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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 …
SCHOOL LEVIES: Why vote?
I stopped voting a few years ago on levies. Why vote, if they don’t get what they want, they have another vote a month or two later until they get what they want?
PF LEGION FLAGS: Complainers should have appeared in person
As a war veteran and recent visitor to the wonderful Post Falls Legion facility, I was struck by the irony of today’s story about pressure from social media against the legion’s inclusion of the rebel banner in its…
COEUR TERRE: Good news and bad news
Good news, next city council election vote for Dan Gookin and Christie Wood. Bad news, vote the other members out.
COEUR TERRE: Thoughtful development plan appreciated, needed
Do you like to eat in restaurants? Do you like to have your car serviced, or your hair cut, or your children taught by qualified instructors? Do you like it when doctor’s offices, or pharmacists, or banks have folk…
FASCISM: Idaho is in its grip
“Idaho Freedom Foundation?” It should be called the Washington, D.C.-based Fascism Foundation. Idaho is in the grip of fascism funded by the IFF and a D.C. think-tank. Their agenda has nothing to do with freedom.
UKRAINE WAR: It could have been avoided
Whoever was responsible for not allowing Ukraine to join NATO has blood on their hands. Putin would never have invaded and chance a World War III with NATO and all of our allies.
NWCCU: A private nonprofit
Regarding the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The following is an excerpt from NWCCU.org website (emphasis added). The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities is incorporated as a legal…
CARLSON VIDEO: Jan. 6 wasn’t violent insurrection
I watched the Tucker Carlson video the other night that completely changed my understanding of the supposedly violent Jan. 6 insurrection.
NIC: Legal move shows bad actors, intentions
I’m not quite sure how to both sigh heavily AND roll my eyes in print…just assume I am doing both.
BONNER GENERAL: Article had pro-abortion slant
I read with dismay the article by Caroline Lobsinger on the closure of Bonner General’s labor and delivery unit.
CDA SCHOOL LEVY: Failure based on content not Republicans’ campaign
Not hard to follow the sentiments expressed in your March 22 editorial about the revised school levy being brought forward.
PF LEGION FLAGS: History should not be erased
As a lifelong student of history (including majoring in history at NIC), I was saddened to read that the Post Falls American Legion Post 143 removed several of their flags due to social media pressure from nameless…
‘BUZZWORDS’: Sarcasm or serious?
Anti Fascism, KKK, Fascism, Anti community, Fascism, Fascist, Fascism, Fascism, Far right, Authoritarian, Dictatorial, Fascism, Fascism, Racism, Bigotry, Racial purity, Fascism, Fascist, Culture warrior.
BOOKS: Freedom to choose
Banning books shuts out ideas. Celebrate the freedom to choose what we read.
CDA LEVIES: Loss hurts children
I am a fifth-grade student of Coeur d’Alene public schools. As you might already know, both levies did not pass.