The Baloney Detective: The self-made prince
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and he can sleep ’til noon.” — Mark Twain Alone and against the odds, like Moses being abandoned and floated...
Category: Opinion
Taking a shot — Part 1
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink Reader Contributor More than 97 guns are owned per 100 people in the United States. Serbia is second, with 58 per 100, and Yemen third with 55 per 100. Last...
LPOSD stands by levy election validity pending court decision
By Tom Albertson Special to the Reader Teaching and learning is the main focus in Lake Pend Oreille School District (LPOSD). Decisions on personnel, budget, student opportunities, funding and facilities all impact the student...
Happy [bleep] year
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I received a breaking news alert on my phone on Feb. 2, 2020, announcing the fact that the day’s palindromic date (02/02/2020) is the only time such a temporal...
Teacher pay and property taxes
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Special to the Reader As Americans, we have a long history of placing high value on education. Thomas Jefferson spoke and wrote to great lengths about the importance of...
I want my America back
By James Richard Johnson Special to the Reader I want my America back! I grew up in the Midwest in the 1950s and want back the America that stood for what I believed to...
Love is a Dog From Hell
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The headline of this article comes from a book by poet and author Charles Bukowski, who lived a bitter, drunken existence periodically punctuated by moments of brilliance. Love is...
Politicizing education
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise Special to the Reader The House Education Committee voted recently to reject and remove every word of Idaho’s education standards in math, English and science for all K-12 grades....
Human rights for all
By Timothy Braatz Reader Contributor Black History Month was created to celebrate the achievements of people typically excluded from the telling of U.S. history. In that spirit, here are three remarkable historical figures: Isabella...
How to winter
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day and heard a woman say, “I just don’t ever remember a winter being this bad in North...
