Emily Articulated: Honorable Harvest
By Emily EricksonReader Staff There’s a cherry tree at the far end of my neighbor’s yard. It stands proudly between the vast lawn and the road, in clear view on my daily drive to...
Category: Opinion
The Coolin wetlands on Priest Lake must be saved
By Ford ElsaesserReader Contributor The lakes, rivers and tributaries of Lake Pend Oreille and Priest Lake are magnificent resources, and many in Idaho consider Priest Lake to be Idaho’s “Crown Jewel.” Priest Lake is...
Should Idaho’s attorney general be a competent lawyer or a politician?
By Jim JonesReader Contributor Because many voters were not clear about what the Idaho attorney general is required to do in office, six former Idaho attorneys general joined together in April 2022 to explain. ...
Death row meals
What would you eat if it was your last meal on Earth? By Ben OlsonReader Staff What a person eats often says a lot about them, but what if they only had one meal...
Wind through a million needles
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Last week, the transition into fall was complete when I lit the first fire in our woodstove at home. After sitting idle for months, this hunk of inert metal came...
Even AI thinks AI is bad for humanity
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff About seven months ago, I reported on my experience with interrogating ChatGPT about its capabilities, parameters and intentions — which it insisted it didn’t have, but I suspect otherwise. As...
The District 1 choice is between culture warriors and true public servants
By Jim JonesReader Contributor As a Republican for most of my adult life, including the eight years I served as Idaho attorney general in the 1980s, I did not always toe the party line...
Herndon doesn’t represent my Republican Party
By George EskridgeReader Contributor Scott Herndon proposes removal of Bonner County Republican Central Committee members for supporting candidates or expressing ideas contrary to “Republican values.” Herndon seeks political loyalty through political coercion. A political...
Emily Articulated: Efficiency, connection
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist What if efficiency sits at one end of a long spectrum — our ability to perform tasks or produce results with the least waste of time, resources or energy? We...
On Green Bay day use closure: Public lands are for the public
By Heidi DormanReader Contributor I read with disbelief in last week’s Reader about the closure of day use at Green Bay by the United States Forest Service. I live in the surrounding neighborhood and...
