Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I recognize that I have it made during this time of quarantine, especially in comparison to many who aren’t so fortunate. I don’t have children to both care for...
Category: Opinion
The role of public servants in times of crisis
By Butch Horton Special to the Reader In a time of crisis, public servants should be a unifying voice. We need to calm fear and bring people together in support of each other. The...
‘Welcome to socialism, America’
By Jason Welker Reader Contributor With the passage of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, signed into law by President Trump on March 27, the United States has just entered a...
Open letter to Mr. Wheeler and Sheriff Wheeler
By Pierre Bordenave Reader Contributor To Mr. Wheeler: As an individual citizen, I support and vigorously defend your right of free speech and to believe whatever you wish to believe, or choose to...
‘We can coexist peacefully’
By Jane Fritz Reader Contributor We are living in a time of uncertainty. And so are wildlife. Consider the Canada geese at Sandpoint City Beach Park whose future is dire. As if last year’s...
Emily Articulated: Revelations from adversity
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Of the many things supposed about the repercussions of this time in our lives, one idea that particularly struck me is that this virus – and all of its...
Is the coronavirus a ‘hoax’?
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer Reader Contributor I recently read “The Contagion of Fear” by Chuck Baldwin on Idaho District 1 Rep. Heather Scott’s face book page. The article claims coronavirus is a hoax creating panic...
A North Idaho pandemic: Then & Now
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For everyone alive in North Idaho today, the novel coronavirus outbreak is uncharted territory. Across the world, leadership is suspending gatherings, closing schools and encouraging “social distancing” — in...
In Italy, they bang on pots and pans to show solidarity. Let’s do the same here in Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The human spirit is a resilient, powerful thing. As more and more of us are coming to grips with what may be a long period of uncertainty and economic...
A few thoughts…
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Darn! It’s already March. November is coming up fast, and I declared my 2020 candidacy for president back when the Trump got elected, but then I got busy… you...
