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...
Category: Opinion
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...
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...
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...
