Demystifying nudism: and other reasons to recreate nude
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
On the swim team I covered myself entirely in a towel and only shimmied out of it before I jumped into the water. I changed …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Scotchman Peaks Wilderness: Why it is important for North Idaho
By Bill Harp
Reader Columnist
If you spend a lot of time looking at geography using satellite and aerial images like I do, you quickly realize that there are very …
Debating climate change in a post-logical era
By Christian Rose
Reader Contributor
It would be nice to have a civil debate with a climate change proponent — old school. But this is proving impossible. So I won’t …
Living Life: Living the last third
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Like many, I have spent years raising children and helping them thrive. After working three jobs, seven days a week for years to help pay …
A different take on the Fourth of July
By Jan Sarchio
Reader Contributor
I can’t be certain about the numbers. It is my gut, more than my calculator, that knows that the trees sing less, that the skies …
Canada at 150: Celebrating its liberal values and achievements
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Americans crossing the far western Canadian-American border pass by the Peace Arch. The inscriptions read: “Children of a Common Mother,” “Brethren Dwelling Together in …
Sex Abuse among Evangelicals worse than for Catholics
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Protestants are going to have to accept the fact that we
have many similarities with our Catholic brothers and sisters
when it comes to how …
Beliefs and practices of the Christian Identity Movement
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
Back in the day — when Richard Butler of the Aryan Nations, Vincent Bertollini, the “11th Hour Remnant Messenger,” and others, were trying to spread …
Living Life: Volunteerism
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
“You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.”
—Winston Churchill
As the volunteer education and youth …
Gardening with Laurie:
By Laurie Brown
Reader Columnist
Right now you’re probably seeing abundant flowers, but one brilliant orange tends to stick out from the billows of pinks, whites, and purples. Papaver orientale, …
Letters
- Impending lawsuit… Dear Editor, I must inform you of my impending suit against the Reader. My eyeballs strained so hard trying to read the map of the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, (Oct. 8 issue) that they got hernias! Seriously though, for those “older” people that read the Reader, a blown up map ...
- Rebuttal to a rebuttal… Dear Editor, Golly Ben, did I get under your skin? What surprised me most about your rebuttal to my Oct. 15th letter (“Expletive deleted…”) is how you took the low road and made it a personal attack of me. You made it personal Ben, why? Are you that insecure? In fact, ...
- Shelby the best choice… Dear Editor, I am part of a large group of people who live outside of Sandpoint, but consider Sandpoint home. Sandpoint is where we go for our groceries, entertainment, eating out, and where we attend church. We are invested in Sandpoint. What happens in and to Sandpoint is important to us. Sandpoint ...
- Candidate responds… Dear Editor, I found it ironic that Mr. Macdonald criticized my “un-responsiveness” to city residents while at the same criticized my opposition to increased coal and oil rail traffic. Somehow he fails to realize that the coal/oil train issue has repeatedly drawn more public participation than any single issue before council ...
- Negative campaigning… Dear Editor, Its known by every voter and is commonly hated by all, often used as an excuse to not vote by many. It sickens the election like a disease and is highly contagious, spreads faster than wildfire with nearly exact results. You are hard pressed to find a proponent of ...
Community Calendars
This week in Sandpoint. Enjoy an outdoor film (that’s free!) during the Movie in a Park series kicking off this Friday at Lakeview Park. Here’s a look at all events happening this week, July 17-23:
⋅ ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS»
Sandpoint in Pictures
Bold bird. Brent Flint got this shot of an Eastern kingbird with its dragonfly snack near Sand Creek. See more local pics at SandpointPictures.com»