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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 …
STORY: Missed a key ingredient
I had such hope seeing Jeff Selle at the central committee meeting this week, listening to Gubernatorial Candidate Senator Russ Fulcher address the committeemen. Last month, you and I discussed how Mr. Selle comple…
GROWTH: Pain in the apartments
Is anyone paying attention to what is happening on the western side of Cd’A? Who is allowing (city or county?) developers to build row after row of apartments, which, in five to 10 years, will have all of the charm…
DOG: All's well that, well, you know
Dear Fern Glass,
DEAR ABBEY: A night to remember
I had the privilege of attending a cabaret-style performance by Abbey Crawford, Thursday evening at the Clark House along the shore of Hayden Lake. The Clark House is a very large and truly magnificent home from el…
IRONWOOD: Look what it is now
Little did I imagine that I would be “back for parts” when we platted the Ironwood area for Idaho Forest Industries several decades ago. The entire area south of the freeway between Lincoln Way and Northwest Boulev…
POEM: Tribute to the Lake City
I am sending you a poem I wrote that was inspired by a visit I made there many years ago. I hope your readers will enjoy it.
WARMING: Globally, it's hot out there
Regarding Cliff Harris’s recent column on the cold U.S. weather. Yes, it was cold here, but does it disprove global warming? Sorry, deniers, it doesn’t. Take a look at the January 2014 global temperature chart. Wor…
TRAPS: It's a statewide problem
We are writing to share our concerns about unmarked traps on public lands in Idaho. We are avid trail runners, who also hike with our respective families year-round in the northern panhandle. Recently, while runnin…
INSURANCE: Do your homework
We hear it everyday, how “the private sector should handle all our insurance needs.” OK, that’s a wonderful sound bite, but what if this same “private sector insurance company” would rather not insure someone or so…
RELIGION: Let freedom rule
The “Freedom from Religion Foundation,” which wants to remove the 10 Commandments monument from Farmin Park in Sandpoint, in their atheistic zeal to remove any mention of God from any phase of community life, has c…
ELECTIONS: Try something new
I have read — for a long time now — about a corporate controlled government, yet I still see the same election results. Corporate controlled R and D “puppets” returned to office. Disillusioned voters either stay ho…
CHOICES: Some aren't so hard
In response to Cecil Kelly’s letter “If I were black” (March 9):
CHILD PORN: Sin is the bottom line
Mary Budd separated the sin of watching child porn from the sin of actively engaging in the act of sex with a child, not by saying they were not both wrong, but by attempting to distinguish the degree of wrong betw…
CHILD PORN: An argument goes awry
Sandy Lewis (Letters, March 19) is absolutely right: “Child porn harms all children, especially the victims used in the movies.”
STATUE: Worthy tribute to region
Thank you, Mr. Dean Haagenson, for recognizing the backbone of our community by commissioning the $50,000 “American Worker” statue, by Terry Lee.