Providence has brought varied ethnic groups together to form America as it is today. There has always been change and resistance to change. In the process, we have let history stand as written; that is, until recently. The city council of New Orleans just voted to remove the statues of …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
The recent “My Turn,” authored by Janet Torline and captioned “Forests threatened by federal proposal,” would have been more accurately captioned “Forests threatened by Kootenai Environmental Alliance.” I lost most of my respect for their organization when they began appealing all thinning and burn recovery projects. Many of their members …
The July 26 Press Editorial suggested "Grace" should be employed to resolve differences created by recently enacted laws. I agree, but there has been a chasm created between those who want Civil Rights and those who want Religious Freedom. Whether it is national, state or local, laws need to be …
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The murder of innocent black people in Charleston was a heinous crime, and the fact that it happened in their church is a moral outrage. It would be well, however, to step back from knee-jerk reactions and review what the Civil War was fought over.
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It is always refreshing and uplifting to watch the National Memorial Day program on television each year. Patriotism and the spirit of God are at their best. It does, however, point to America's need to conduct a reality check on modern warfare. We are facing entirely different aggressors than we …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
In a matter of two or three hours a vile group of black or white thugs destroyed whatever sympathy there may have been for the black people of Ferguson, Mo. My wife and I lived in Ferguson and neighboring Dellwood in 1958. At the time, the population of Ferguson was …
