Cyrus the Great versus Trump the Small
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Joining Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s clueless press secretary, 55 percent of white evangelicals believe that God has sent Donald Trump to save the nation. Jerry …
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The controversy over third term abortions
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“There is zero place for politicians to be involved in these very complicated medical decisions.” — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Out of fear that the current …
The rise of the Religious Left in America
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“Jesus, a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew, called us to preach good news to the poor,
the broken, the bruised, and all those who are made to …
Progress on animal rights across the world
By Nick Gier
Reader Contributor
“If a human four-year-old has what it takes for legal personhood, then a chimpanzee should be able to be a legal person, too.” —Harvard …
Martin Luther King was a democratic socialist
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, …
Smaller lumps of coal in some Christmas stockings this year
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every mine safety law is written in a miner’s blood.
—Phil Smith, United Mine Workers
Initially, I could not find a connection between the 40-year …
The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Their minds were numbed by the shock of peace.
—Colonel Thomas Gowenlock, U.S. intelligence officer
At 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the guns …
Psychedelic Drugs and Mystical Experiences
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Not a month goes by that I don’t run across yet another misuse of the word “mystical.” I just finished Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss out on Online Auctions, Purse Parties, Parties, Craft Fairs, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
