Gift Guide 2023: Weird and wonderful
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The idea of a “weird gift” might make locals reminisce on the store Zany Zebra — may it rest in peace — which sold such oddities as squirrel underpants...
Category: Random Digital Madness
A holiday vow from a cut-rate Scrooge
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but somehow over the past dozen or so years I turned into a Scrooge on Bob Cratchit wages (which I find online...
Idaho’s unofficial state bird
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Most people probably already know that the turkey is a uniquely North American bird — a fact primarily responsible for its central role in the also uniquely North American...
The Dog Outside the Light
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There is a truism attributed to early-20th century weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of...
Hope, fear and a universe full of Luke Skywalkers
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff This July, the House Oversight Committee’s national security subcommittee heard testimony from multiple military officials alleging the existence of alien life — and, confirming the long-held suspicions of many,...
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By Ben Olson Reader Staff When I brought the Reader back into publication in January 2015 after two and a half years out of print, I was hopeful for our future, but had no...
Disney+ series Ahsoka makes old Star Wars fans feel even older — and that’s good
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s telling that The Washington Post felt compelled to publish a piece Aug. 22 titled, “What you need to watch before Ahsoka series releases.” First, that viewers would “need”...
Greetings from 2023: Send help
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Part of my weekly duties as publisher of the Reader is skimming through old newspaper archives for interesting news stories of the past for the column at left, “Old School...
Random Digital Madness: The Money Problem and the Rise of Cryptocurrency (Part 2)
By Bill Harp Reader Tech Columnist In part one last week, we talked about the money problem and how cryptocurrency, or CC, resolved several problems associated with traditional fiat currency. We also introduced Bitcoin,...
Random Digital Madness: The Money Problem and the Rise of Cryptocurrency (Part 1)
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist Money: It has its problems, and I’m not talking about never having enough of it. First off, paper money has no actual value like gold does. Governments create their...
