Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Exactly four years ago I was packing up my old silver Subaru, a vehicle I had purchased as soon as I set my heart on moving to the mountains...
Category: Opinion
What would Martin Luther King say?
By Brenda Hammond Special to the Reader What if Martin Luther King was here today — and asked to appear on one of the day-long news channels to comment on the events of Jan....
More than a few thoughts on America past, present and future
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I am ranging through the Great American Trail Series, 10 books edited by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. and published in the 1960s. They each have a different author, including Wallace...
Sticking it to the new year
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff New year, new me — right? Everybody loves a good New Year’s resolution. On second thought, everybody loves the idea of a New Year’s resolution. There’s something so hopeful...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff I finished my first book of 2021. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig had been sitting in my audiobook queue since it came out in August, but slid continuously...
A dark day in our nation’s history
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Publisher’s note: This is an opinion article. As Reader staff members were preparing our first edition of 2021 before press time on Jan. 6, pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C....
It’s not the years in your life…
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Because it’s Latin, the phrase annus horribilis sounds ancient, but it’s not. In scattered use beginning in the 1980s, it didn’t come to prominence until Queen Elizabeth II used...
The year in re- and preview
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Yeesh. Where to begin? First of all, we’re quite aware that making predictions even in less tumultuous times is a fool’s practice. Yet, undaunted, that’s what we did last...
Legislative preview:
By Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay Special to the Reader With the advent of COVID-19 the standard thought process that most legislators use when preparing legislation was interrupted by the sudden realization that there were...
Legislative preview:
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Special to the Reader The New Year is nearly upon us, which brings with it another legislative session here in Idaho. The Legislature will convene on Monday, Jan. 11,...
