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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 …
WOOD: A leader for Cd'A
I’m supporting Christie Wood for Coeur d’Alene City Council. I’ve known her for a long time and she’s a good lady. She grew up in Hauser and has lived and worked in Coeur d’Alene since 1985.
TRUMP: Here's political potpourri
1. Trump, Giuliani, Barr, Pompeo, oh my.
INMATE: Look it up, folks
I am writing in response to Carol Parr, who attempted to rudely school Michael Murphy with his terminology in his My Turn column printed last Friday. She should have looked up those words she had a problem with bef…
GUNS: A disarming proposal
Paul Oman is a poster boy for what’s wrong with the debate over firearms. Completely devoid of facts, Paul’s letter on Sunday to the Coeur d’Alene Press uses the following terms to describe Americans who would like…
GUNS: Look at the law
I am here today to educate and hopefully help people to understand the Second Amendment.
PLASTICS: Here's the last straw
Of straws & things: Reference finding a suitable replacement for plastic straws comes this from MIT Technology Review:
DENTIST: Has this visitor smiling
On my way to Coeur d’Alene from Puyallup, Wash., to my granddaughter’s wedding two days away, my upper bridge broke in half. Dentists my daughter and I are not. Our friend found a dentist here who would help me, bu…
TRUMP: Cracks in the egg
Trumpty Dumpty sat on his 30-foot wall (which the U.S. military is paying for, not Mexico). Trumpty Dumpty made a dumb call (to Ukraine), which he tried to hide from us all. Then Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. Al…
INTERNET: Out of reach for some
Isn’t it wonderful to live in Coeur d’Alene? Post Falls? Rathdrum? Ah, yes, such a wonderful place to live. Everything is wonderful here. Never mind that when you need to access the internet, it depends on where yo…
'INMATES': Watch your words
This is in reference to the My Turn Column written by Michael Murphy.
OUTDOORS: Tips for adventurers
I enjoyed the Hunting Section in the paper the other day.
PIGEON: Should be our national bird
Poetic justice was deposited on the head of a Democratic state representative in Chicago. The Chicago Transit Authority Irving Park Blue Line station is known locally as the “pigeon poop station.” As Rep. Jaime And…
BUREAUCRACY: Reason for mess at NIC
I watched the YouTube video of the Sept. 25 North Idaho College Board of Trustees monthly meeting and I read the bios of the members. It appears four of the five are career bureaucrats and the fifth is an attorney,…
TAX CUT: Sign us up, please
While I totally agree with everything in the Guest Opinion (Friday, Sept. 27 page A5), I (and I’m sure a lot of other people) would like to know how and what can we do?
JOKES: A real Halloween treat
My wife and I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. When we moved away many, many years ago, we didn’t realize we were leaving behind a tradition that is apparently (at least up until now) only celebrated in parts of Iowa a…