Tabula rasa?
By Tim HenneyReader Contributor John McPhee of The New Yorker is one of America’s most gifted and celebrated authors, journalists and columnists. Just writing about him makes me nervous, because although he and I...
Category: Random Digital Madness
Freddy’s journey into the heart of darkness
By Ben OlsonReader Staff There are billions of soccer fans around the world who live and breathe the sport, but none are as big of a deal in 2026 as Freddy. Posting diligently during...
Dogsmile Adventures returns to the Race to Alaska
By Reader Staff Follow Dogsmile Adventures, a therapeutic sailing nonprofit based on Lake Pend Oreille, as it participates in the 2026 Race to Alaska. The race covers 750 cold-water miles from Port Townsend, Wash.,...
Summit Schweitzer at the annual Race the Wolf
By Reader Staff Enough “fun runs” and easy, paved jaunts — it’s time for a race that tests the strength of your legs and your will. Priest Lake Race’s Race the Wolf returns on...
BuddhAI
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff A robot named Gabi made international headlines in early May when it underwent a public initiation ceremony to become a Buddhist monk. The robot joined the Jogye Order, South Korea’s...
Mad about Science: Humans
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Evolution is a complex and confusing subject. Trying to wrap our heads around how a species can drastically change over thousands of generations is mind-boggling, especially since we can’t see...
Sandemonium pandemonium at the library
By Reader Staff Sandemonium, the perfect Sandpoint-sized comic con, is back Saturday, May 30 for one of two nerdy parties. The celebration of fan culture, science fiction, fantasy, games and everything else that makes...
The pleasure of nonsense
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff In old newspapers — as in from the 1880s through to the 1970s — it wasn’t uncommon to see the nonsense phrase “etaoin shrdlu” taking up a line of text...
Mad about Science: Weird biology
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Time to warm up those thumbs, denizens of Bonner County! Today’s article will be a glance into Earth’s weird evolutionary past — and to get the full picture, you’re going...
The Brat PAC
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Our civilization has persisted with the majority of adults operating at the emotional-intellectual level of bratty 13-year-olds for a long time — and even managed to not only survive them...
