Free of NIC trustee control and manipulation from the president's office, Fort Sherman Institute became immediately profitable and is a national leader in its field. The program could be buying a lot of test tubes for NIC chemistry classes and paying instructors of English and math. It could also be a flagship program that would separate NIC from everyone else. Instead, it is making David Dose a wealthy man, in part because he continued to lean on Dr. Ketchum for advice/Mike Patrick, Coeur d'Alene Press Editorial Board. More here.

DFO: I've received a coupla inquiries re: this odd editorial in the Coeur d'Alene Press Sunday. Fort Sherman Institute was a colossal flop under the college auspices, sucking more than $800,000 from college coffers. Mebbe the editorial was a means to soft sell Robert Ketchum's defeat at the hands of incumbent Christie Wood. Who knows?

Question: What do you make of this odd editorial?