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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 …
PRINCIPAL: Give him a break
Mr. Smith, I don’t understand the logic of questioning the leadership of a veteran who served admirably in Iraq for not acknowledging Dec. 7, 1941. Chris Sensel sacrificed immeasurably to serve our country. I pe…
DEFUND: How about prosecutors?
Everyone is complaining about “defunding the police” but nobody is talking about defunding the prosecutors. The police do their job with upholding the law. They arrest the person who did the crime and the prosecuto…
OMICRON: Pronounce it correctly
Omicron: short o. Omega: long o.
CHILDREN: Warning to parents
Was waiting in a long line at the post office this a.m. Overheard a man asking many questions of a young attractive girl child, grade, subjects she liked, school and others. Felt very intrusive to me.
SUPPLY: How to fix crisis
The current supply chain crisis should be a wake-up call so it doesn’t happen again.
NIC: The cars are crashing
When I was a kid we used to go to demolition derbies.
CONTEMPT: A personal confession
I heard on the news and read in the papers about former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows being subpoenaed for Contempt of Congress.
DEMS: Crashing the party
We Americans used to fear the Taliban and all the terrorists.
NIC: Liberals are sore losers
Is it not interesting that when the woke liberal NIC trustees lose power they complain about how they are being treated?
COVID: Freedom is a right
To those who refuse to get the COVID vaccine because it’s an experimental drug are completely mistaken.
COVID: Blame the true sources
First off, I am fully vaccinated.
MONSTERS: A modern social construct
In the 1956 sci-fi movie “Forbidden Planet,” Altair-4, a planet in the constellation Aquilae, was once inhabited by an alien race of geniuses, the Krell.
COVID: Choose science, not fear
Stephanie Wolf, rallying outside Kootenai Health, states that the COVID vaccine is “experimental” and a mandate should not be enforced.
RAINBOW SQUAD: Protest not in God’s image
I was heartbroken when I read Madison Hardy’s story on Feb. 1 about the protest at the Post Falls library against the Rainbow Squad, based on “disapproval.”
VACCINATE: Or take responsibility
I have written several letters to The Press about the response (or lack there of) to the COVID-19 virus.