Climate Change is a FACT
By Tony Lewis
Reader Contributor
First of all, climate is ALWAYS changing. That is a FACT!
Let’s review a couple of things about climate. There are many variables to it, …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Tragedy of the common sense
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
From a young age we are all inculcated with binary reasoning. An either-or form of logic which typically results in an excluded-middle (no in-between) paradigm, …
A hippie on the Long Island Railroad
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
The following is an unabridged journal of a conversation with my visiting kid brother, the late Christopher Clark Lewis, commuting on the Long Island Railroad …
Demystifying nudism: and other reasons to recreate nude
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
On the swim team I covered myself entirely in a towel and only shimmied out of it before I jumped into the water. I changed …
Scotchman Peaks Wilderness: Why it is important for North Idaho
By Bill Harp
Reader Columnist
If you spend a lot of time looking at geography using satellite and aerial images like I do, you quickly realize that there are very …
Debating climate change in a post-logical era
By Christian Rose
Reader Contributor
It would be nice to have a civil debate with a climate change proponent — old school. But this is proving impossible. So I won’t …
Living Life: Living the last third
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Like many, I have spent years raising children and helping them thrive. After working three jobs, seven days a week for years to help pay …
A different take on the Fourth of July
By Jan Sarchio
Reader Contributor
I can’t be certain about the numbers. It is my gut, more than my calculator, that knows that the trees sing less, that the skies …
Canada at 150: Celebrating its liberal values and achievements
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Americans crossing the far western Canadian-American border pass by the Peace Arch. The inscriptions read: “Children of a Common Mother,” “Brethren Dwelling Together in …
Sex Abuse among Evangelicals worse than for Catholics
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Protestants are going to have to accept the fact that we
have many similarities with our Catholic brothers and sisters
when it comes to how …
Letters
- Age Diversity Important – Vote Yes for Levy&… Dear Editor, One of the many life lessons my parents instilled in me is to value all ages of people who live in our community. This includes learning from my elders, honoring the men and women who serve our country, supporting local business owners, giving a hand up to young families, ...
- Vote for Schools… Dear Editor, I am writing this letter with the hope that you will continue seeing the impact of the Lake Pend Oreille School District levy on the potential future of Sandpoint. Coming from a community member that can more or less be defined by the levy’s contributions, I have realized more ...
- Sunnyside Cedar Grove… Dear Editor, I recently signed a petition urging IDFG to reconsider logging the 52-acre Sunnyside Cedar Grove. Here are my comments: As the authority tasked with protecting and preserving all of Idaho’s wildlife in perpetuity, you have a weighty responsibility. With limited funding and the constraints imposed by human resource needs, conservation ...
- Five Things… Dear Editor, 1. With Trump’s signing of an executive order reinstating the abortion global gag rule, one has to ask, “Will Israel be exempt?” Israel has one of the most liberal abortion programs in the world. According to a 2011 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics report, about 40,000 abortions take place in Israel ...
- Scotchman Peaks… Dear Editor, The January 25 article about the proposed Scotchman Wilderness by Cameron Rasmusson was much better than the ridiculously slanted Daily Stink Bug article on the recent Clark Fork meeting, but still needs help with basic journalism. I am happy to help. Rasmusson states that “several people” opposed the legislation. A ...
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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.
