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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 …
PRESS: Let us know about events
We have observed that in the Coeur d’Alene Press of events or news, that have happened without notification of the events or happenings. It is nice to write about it, but please let the public know about it first, …
BILLBOARD: Not a good place for one
I appreciate Mr. Connaway’s review of the City Council’s approval of the company’s big digital billboard to Government Way, just south of Neider Avenue.
DEI: Be careful of what we ban
The contradiction of banning DEI (diversity, equality, inclusion). Does banning equality, diversity and inclusion would mean we are for inequality, homogeneity, and elimination? Have you ever been turned down for a…
CDA BASKETBALL: Thanks for the food drive
I want to send a big thank you the CHS Freshman Boys Basketball team and Coach Fagan. The boys stood outside Super 1 Coeur d’Alene for 5 hours in the cold for a food drive for our community pantry.
CITIZEN VOICES: Call your representatives
Sleep well my fellow Americans — not to worry. The richest man in the world will solve all your problems. He already owns X (a leading social network), SpaceX (with multibillion dollar NASA contracts), Starlink (wo…
LETTER RESPONSE: Conservatives welcome anyone
Mr. Fehlman, You are a liberal and I am a conservative. We look at life through a different lens. And the twain shall never meet.
TRUMP TARIFFS: Brace yourself
President Trump announced his massive tariffs. The matter isn’t settled, just paused. Market reaction reflected the fact that these tariffs will: 1) be inflationary to U.S. consumers who will pay his new tax, and 2…
GOP: Party has changed
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” Plato
CLN: Adult-only access room is censorship
I am deeply concerned about the Community Library Network’s decision to create an adult access only room in the Post Falls Library, restricting young readers from books that belong in the Young Adult section and el…
TRUMP: What, me worry?
Within just a few very long weeks into the Trump presidency, 1st, from The Wall Street Journal: “The dumbest trade war in history.”
BIBLE: God raises up nations
In college I wrote a poem, and it goes like this, “Reality, a pause in space, to fill the gap a human race, now watch it all from start to end, a flickering then space again.” The Bible explains such an event. Gene…
EDUCATION: So much for lowering taxes
The Federal Government is planning to shut down the Education Department to save money. Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke says this would impact Idaho schools, but that Idaho property owners would likely pick up more of the tab.
BUDDE: Not true Christianity
Mr. Koch’s recent column is indicative of how a progressive mind can be mired with contradictions. Isn’t one of the progressive battle cries “Separation of Church and State?” Yet Mr. Koch invokes religion into the …
CIVIL RIGHTS POLICIES: Legal and ethical concerns
We, the undersigned, wish to express our support for the Constitution, the rule of law, democracy, and our system of checks and balances. We have observed several actions by the current presidential administration …
TARIFFS: Punishing our friends
Am I hearing correctly? We are taxing goods from our friendly neighbors to the North and South at 25 percent. China, a nation which has been identified as the greatest threat to the USA, will receive a tax rate of …