Category: Opinion

Opinion

Read your history to understand the present

By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor

For those disposed to intellectual exploration in a time of national emotional havoc, a recent Reader issue offered a timely recommendation: read, or re-read, William …

A Tale of Two Cities in the Age of Trump

By Christian Rose
Reader Contributor

Acknowledging it may spark riots down on Cedar Street, I should say this straight-away; Donald Trump has already won re-election. Since he’s trademarked the slogan, …

Underpants

By PollyAnna
Reader Staff

It’s cold. And snowy. Wow, Anna, I hear you saying, your powers of observation are downright stunning. You know… I just felt like it needed saying.…

Living Life:

By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist

I am always so impressed by passion of people in the community who want Sandpoint to be a safe place to live, raise children and …

Letters

  • 72 Years of Love Dear Editor, What can I say about the fact that my parents have been together longer and happier than most of us get to live and love on our small planet. I say to myself “Boy I’m grateful—wow this is wonderful, I’m delighted and  blessed.” The fact that they have one ...
  • Imagine Having a Beer…. Dear Editor, Imagine having a beer over the weekend and losing your job.  Imagine taking your medicine to control your seizures, help you through your chemo treatments, treat your PTSD or to relieve your chronic pain and then being arrested, prosecuted and jailed for doing so.  These are very real consequences ...
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