At the Max-ness of Madness
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Look no further than the first lines of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness to get a decent grip on the opening of the fourth season...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Bangers and meh
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Most critics agree that television is currently experiencing a heyday. Where before it was considered a lesser tier to feature films, it’s now common for A-list celebrities to participate...
Mad About Science: Pasta
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Chances are that you’ve probably eaten pasta at some point in your life. Most people consume premade pasta from the grocery store. Dried and pre-packaged pasta saves the consumer...
Hosed by pipes
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Throughout my lifetime in Idaho, I can count on two fingers (especially the middle one) the number of times my pipes have frozen in the winter — and both...
A meditation on the science of musical taste
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Contributor I recently revisited what can only be described as a cinematic and musical masterpiece of the 21st century: the 2003 film School of Rock, starring Jack Black and a...
The Sandpoint Eater: Generational fare
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Call them what you may — miners’ pasty, Cornish pasty, Butte pasty or meat hand pie — no other food evokes stronger food memories for me. I grew...
Lumber Jill: Would you like an order of fries with that Big Mac-hiavellian political/patriarchal edifice stripping you or your rights?
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Senate President Chuck Winder, ostensibly the senior-most adult in the Idaho Legislature’s Romper Room, recently commented that, if it weren’t for abortion, there would be no workforce labor...
Greetings from Boise
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor The 2024 Legislative session started on Jan. 8 with a cautiously optimistic State of the State address by Gov. Brad Little. His proposed budget includes continued support...
Idaho’s budget committee loses integrity
Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Budgets are moral documents,” because they show our real values. Allocating our public dollars demands thoughtful, transparent deliberations. Unfortunately, recent moves by...
Fight or flight
By Diana Dawson Reader Contributor I was 16 when I had my first transformative political experience. It was 1967 and I had been selected as an American Field Service student. I, along with 700...
