The Press published a letter to the editor (LTE) Nov. 11 by Ed Young of Rathdrum who wrote, "It is estimated that some 150,000 to 200,000 troops did not receive a ballot. This was a premeditated crime against our military."
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In a previous incarnation, I patronized vertical wine tastings, mostly to benefit charities. Never quite sure what vertical meant I could only guess that an excessive amount of it might lead to a horizontal tasting. Now I have more accurate information.
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The City Council of Sandpoint, by a 4-2 vote, recently ended fluoridation of local water. While one might question whether or not a council vote reflects people's wishes, that power is vested in the council; I don't complain when decisions go my way so I won't complain now. Besides, I …
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In high school, I won an award for an essay I wrote about girls' sports. I don't recall much of it but it dealt in part with girls' basketball rules. In 1956, there were six players on a high school team in Illinois, three forwards (obliged to stay in the …
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Klan literature was widely available where I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, though Des Plaines was not integrated until long after I moved west in 1971. Hate groups are rarely active when they have no one close by to hate so the presence of their literature was a bit …
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An interesting item hit the news recently regarding California State University, Stanislaus. According to the Associated Press, the University Foundation has hired Sarah Palin to speak at a fundraising event; the cheapest tickets are $500. All well and good except the Foundation has refused to disclose the speaker fee, claiming …
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For a decade, I was manager of the Flagstaff (Arizona) Symphony Orchestra. It was composed of faculty and students from Northern Arizona University, public school teachers and local musicians, both amateur and professional, who made their living at something other than music.
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When I undertook responsibility for this column, Mike Patrick, managing editor of The Press, told me I could write about anything I wanted. Today I am going to check the boundaries by commenting on his recent editorial - "Dare to study the other side" - published on Friday, June 25, …
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An Internet story has been circulating. In it, King Arthur, under threat of death, must answer this question: "What do women really want?" Arthur trades Sir Lancelot's hand in marriage to a horribly ugly witch for the answer: "To be in charge of their own lives."
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California State University, Stanislaus, has been an interesting news item the past week or so. The College Foundation engaged Sarah Palin as a fundraising speaker; tickets started at $500, a mite high for students and probably faculty budgets. Both the university and the foundation have refused to release the fee …
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Since this first column is simply a self-introduction, I thought it was OK to steal "I am born" from Charles Dickens' DAVID COPPERFIELD since Dickens is no longer around to sue me. As journalists say, "Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism." Dickens understood that concept well, having worked both …
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