Emily Articulated: Lessons of the Sorting Hat
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist When things get hard to process in the real world, I often escape to fantasy worlds for respite, coming out on the other side of a magical book, podcast...
Category: Opinion
A few thoughts… on patriotism
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist In the film Night at the Museum II, museum guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) and come-back-to-life Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) lead enlivened historical characters in a battle against evil...
The language of freedom
By Katie Botkin Reader Contributor Would you be shocked if I told you that conservatives and liberals speak different languages, in an almost literal sense? It’s true. There are certain words and phrases each...
Point/counterpoint:
TO REFORM OR NOT By Bill Litsinger Reader Contributor Some might say that the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. The camel in...
Emily Articulated: Gaslighting
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Gaslighting is a subtle, yet powerful series of rhetorical tactics used by people in order to dominate, control and create doubt in the minds of others. In psychology, gaslighting...
Jumping in
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I walked into the water up to my ankles and heard that all-too-familiar voice in my head: “What are you thinking?” The voice is familiar because I’ve heard it...
A rumble of hope
01 Reader Staff When rounding the corner of the Bonner County Courthouse last Tuesday, June 2, to see who was amassing to protest the killing of George Floyd, I said to my colleague Zach...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist The death of George Floyd and the resulting Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the country has prompted me to engage in a great seeking and consuming of educational materials...
On the lake: a column about lake issues by the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper
By Travis Dickson Reader Contributor Hello Sandpoint! My name is Travis Dickson and I am proud to be the new associate director with Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper. Right now you may be asking yourself,...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Update on master planning efforts
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, city business, along with the rest of the economy, had slowed down considerably. As businesses are now opening back up, City...
