Ice Ages: A boy and his dad go ice fishing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Regarding the many forms of fishing, I’ve already made clear my lack of real success or skill. Still, it’s an activity I enjoy. The other week, when we were...
Category: Opinion
An open letter on VA health care
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Dear President Joe Biden, There are more than two parties, let’s face it. There is another major party — something like a C.E.O.cracy. Led by billionaires and hyper-lobbyist-minions, this...
The time is right for the Idaho Working Families Agenda
By Reps. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise, and Colin Nash, D-Boise Reader Contributors Work, family and our children. These are the values embedded in the Idaho Working Families Agenda that House Democrats unveiled this week [Feb....
Conspiracy theories hold us back while we should be ‘spiraling to higher ground’
By Adrian Murillo Reader Contributor While reading Jill Trick’s article on conspiracies [Perspectives, “On conspiracies: truth and relativity,” Feb. 18] I worried where she was going. Then she quoted Alan Watts. It triggered a...
Mayor’s Roundtable:
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint and the region is at a critical moment right now. Idaho continues to be the fastest growing state in the nation and the Panhandle is taking its...
A few thoughts on surviving COVID-19
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I promised myself I would write something light and funny this month. But then, I went to town. I hadn’t been for a while. I’d been pretty much holed...
On conspiracies: truth and relativity
By Jill Trick Reader Contributor I appreciate the Reader including complex topics in your paper. Your article “Down the rabbit hole,” (Feb. 4) addresses some that definitely deserve discussion. I have numerous comments, my...
Intimidation is not democracy — it is mob rule
By Reps. Greg Chaney, R-Caldwell and Brooke Green, D-Boise Reader Contributors Our democracy relies on freedom of expression, including protest. It also depends on an open, productive and civil discourse, where everyone can be heard...
Emily Articulated: Words
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There are a lot of things I’m just really not good at. Cars and their complex mechanics, for example, transform from user manuals and routine maintenance schedules to science-fiction...
Little things mean a lot
By Tim Henney Reader Staff Having suffered through a year of COVID-19 and four years of national anguish and global disgrace, “the little things,” as the old song goes (vocals by Kitty Kallen, circa...
