Single in Sandpoint: 8 Signs The End is Near (the end of summer, that is)
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
There are some of you who may be new to the area. You may be under the notion that the passing of seasons is typically …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
To Heather Scott: (who called me a radical and told me never to phone her again)
By Rachel Castor
Reader Contributor
If calling my representative to ask her not to vote on an anti-immigration bill makes me a radical…
If calling my representative to ask her …
Surviving the mother of all overscheduled weekends … and watering trees
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint, the nominal capitol of the vague state of Montaho, was VERY busy last weekend. Hundreds of folks from as far away as Athol — …
Why I’m tired of my president whining and badmouthing America
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Right off the bat, I’ll say that I have never been a fan of Donald Trump. I never watched his TV show, I never stayed …
Classic liberalism: What your college professor didn’t teach you
By Christian Rose
Reader Contributor
The American left is becoming increasingly insufferable. Eight years of Barack Obama’s stewardship of the fundamental progressive reshaping of our political landscape, cultural identity, and …
Single in Sandpoint: The rise of a queen
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
One of the many creatures residing in my home is a cat. Her name is Maple. She is an orange ball of hell fury. She …
North Korea and the full meaning of ‘I and Thou’
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The sealed border was not just at the 38th parallel, but everywhere,
in each person’s heart, blocking the past and choking off the future…
The myth of a monochrome ‘Western’ civilization
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
If Western civilization is defined by religion and culture,
then Mexico—with its Catholic heritage and historic ties to European
monarchies—is unquestionably an outpost of “the …
Weighing In
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Last week, while GOP senators were scrambling to find enough votes to pass a repeal for the Affordable Care Act (a fight they ultimately lost), …
Making the case for wilderness designation for the Scotchman Peaks
By Carey Chisolm
Reader Contributor
As a recent retiree who moved to North Idaho from the Midwest, I have been interested in the discussion about the wilderness designation of the …
Letters
- Administrator hiring process… Dear Editor, Many years ago, I was working as an Engineering Manager and decided to seek a new job opportunity. I knew that I would have to manage this process carefully as I suspected that had my boss found out what I was up to that I would have been fired ...
- Sandpoint is better than this… Dear Editor, Like many others in our community, I was disgusted and disappointed that someone stooped low enough to send out “robo-calls” using racist and homophobic comments to slander one of our candidates for mayor of Sandpoint. I was also faced with the question of how to respond. I recalled how, in ...
- Candidate fires back… Dear Editor, An opponent of my campaign has been robo-calling residents with a hateful attack. I believe Sandpoint voters are too smart to respond to fear tactics! Mr. Dunkel has assured me that he has nothing to do with the call and I have no reason to doubt him. It appears ...
- Robo call no good… Dear Editor, I just received the “Sandpoint United Against Shelby” robo call and I am suspended between shock, disgust, and laughter. It is racist, sexist, and so juvenile I wouldn’t even expect that behavior if he was running for 6th grade class president. But as I digest what was said, what ...
- Giving thanks… Dear Editor, I’d like to take the time to say and give thanks to the wonderful weekly paper that our community and the area can relish, read and learn from. I want to give thanks and praise to all those at the paper who give us and keep giving us here in ...
Reader in Print
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 the Banff Film Festival, CHAFE150 Registration, the Reader Community Party, 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.
