Failure to communicate:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Working with the media is an integral part of being an elected official. At least it used to be. Now, with social media serving as an unchecked medium through...
Category: Opinion
Emily Articulated: A column by and about Millennials
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Act One, Scene One: The Bedroom, Sandpoint, Idaho. Dawn. Emily, a late-20s working-from-home writer, is sleeping in bed. She has wrestled all of the covers to her side of...
A few thoughts on the blessings of retirement
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist The online music retail industry is seeing a surge in sales, thanks in large part to the abundance of free time many are experiencing amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. ...
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor Reader Columnist When I was teaching I used to have a few quotes posted around my classroom, including the title of this piece. I found it in a collection of “Zen...
What kind of commenter are you? Part 2
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We’re back with another look at the commenting styles of people on Facebook. Which category do you fall under? Headline commenter This person usually reads just the headline of...
The Plastic Challenge
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer Reader Contributor I started writing this article in January on a gorgeous beach. I was inspired by the universal paradox of beauty and ugliness; summer and winter; happiness and sadness —...
Earth Day at 50
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor A new, or novel, virus has paused our normal activities with other people. Group events and gatherings are on hold for now. Stay-at-home work feels unusual and awkward for...
Misery loves company
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff I would have attended the “Disobey Idaho” protest, which saw Idahoans by the hundreds — maybe more than a thousand — gather April 17 in Boise and Sandpoint to...
Euthanasia for the forest
By Barry Rosenberg Reader Contributor Some individuals are able to ask their physician whether suicide is a reasonable option to end their pain and suffering. Many of the trees on the 50,000-acre Buckskin Saddle...
Mayor’s Roundtable: We are beating COVID-19
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor I thank all of you who have taken the guidance of the governor and CDC seriously by practicing social distancing, staying home and wearing a protective face covering...
