50 ways to hurt yourself
By Nancy Gerth
Reader Contributor
Something nobody mentions about growing old is that suddenly you can — and do — hurt yourself in new and imaginative ways. This has been …
By Nancy Gerth
Reader Contributor
Something nobody mentions about growing old is that suddenly you can — and do — hurt yourself in new and imaginative ways. This has been …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“Economic justice would require a land where men will not take necessities to give luxuries to the few.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Many conservatives today, …
By Linnis Jellinek
Reader Contributor
VIP is the name, and volunteering is our game. We connect people who want to volunteer with organizations in our community that need them! We …
By Jean Gerth Anderson
Reader Contributor
Next week, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 50 Sandpoint High School students will be presenting posters focused on solutions to climate change, with $1,000 in prize …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there’s one thing I learned after spending 25 days on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s that I have no …
By Debra Townsend
Reader Contributor
It’s that time of year where you’re either making New Year’s resolutions, or you’re rolling your eyes at your friends and family who are making …
By Jeremiah Saint
Reader Contributor
According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, in the year 2017 there were a reported 442,995 children in the foster care …
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“Politics is a pendulum,” Albert Einstein said, “whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.”
To dispel these illusions we must …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For every situation, there is the perfect knot.
Recently, Cadie and I completed a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on a 39-foot sailboat. While I’ll …
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