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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 …
THANKS: Hero lends a hand
Thank you so much to the man at Capone’s in Post Falls. Not only did he move his vehicle to accommodate my mom and my 90-year-old mother in law, but after lunch my mother in law fell. My mom flagged him down and he…
LIBERALS: Playing blame game
Isn’t it interesting the liberal/progressives and news media are quick to blame all gun owners and the NRA for a few crimes committed by terrorists yet condemn conservatives as anti-American or racists for wanting …
LIBERALS: Stop stupid spending
I keep wondering if the average intelligent liberal voter ever is aware of some of the ridiculous things their elected government spends our money on. Here are a few examples:
SPORTS: Not that Albany
Read with interest the Sports Section “Morning Briefing” Sunday...having grown up in upstate New York, was thrilled to see the PGA now has a tour stop in Albany in early December and better yet Bubba Watson leads b…
THANKS: To our other heroes
We talk about policemen and firemen as being unsung heroes; we tend to forget about some of the other heroes out there. We need to say thank you to the entire Laborers who are working diligently to restore normalcy…
POEM: Help Wanted
Yes they’re tattered and raggy with a month’s show of dirt
LANDS: Opposed to a takeover
I am a retired Forest Ecologist and District Ranger in the U.S. Forest Service and worked in the Moscow Forests over 30 years. I, like most Idahoans, understand that healthy, vibrant forests and lands are good for …
SEPARATION: It's state's job
You don’t get to make up your own facts, either, Mr. Black. None of the Christian sects reformed themselves; they had their temporal powers removed by the state. If the Christians had their way, we would still have…
GUNS: Beware this sneak assault
I just saw that President Obama has come up with a way to shut down gun shows, without Congress. Almost all dealers, at gun shows, have a Federal Firearms License, and so, they do background checks with every gun p…
GUNS: A question of insurance
The gun debate is about to move into the private sector.
OBAMA: Too soft for America
The massacre in California was a horrible event. We keep getting killed and Obama right away, “Oh we have to get rid of the guns.” Has he forgotten how the Nazis in World War II took away all the weapons from the J…
TROUT: In the wrong lake
How is it the Fish and Game has money to stock trout in a private lake (Avondale) when the access is ALL private and could be denied. This lake warms up so much in the summer that the trout will have problems. Seem…
COUNTY: Wrong on refugees
The hopeful feeling I was given by the story in the Spokesman-Review about the 1943 Polish family who took in the 4-year-old Jewish boy in Warsaw at great peril to their family was quickly dashed by the Kootenai Co…
ISIS: Call it what it is
It’s time to stop referring to ISIS as a radical Muslim State. There is no respected Muslim cleric or Muslim organization that endorses their brand of religious extremism. They only pretend to be a religious organi…
BLACK: Not what I wrote
Regarding the Readers Write letter by Esequiel Vasquez on my article published in the Press November 27-28. Perhaps Mr. Vasquez and I can agree on this idea: It is not so much the practice of religion that leads to…