A belated Easter message
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Easter was late this year, and the date changes every year according to an astronomical calculation. After much controversy in the early church, it was finally decided that Easter...
Category: Opinion
Why Wilderness?
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor Americans came together 49 years ago to celebrate the first Earth Day. We committed to making our planet a more liveable place. We’ve cleaned up our water. We’ve reduced...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Fire, art, golf and thanks
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor There is a lot to discuss this week at the Roundtable. I will touch on some highlights here and I welcome readers to come join me to dive...
Easter thoughts from local church representatives
What is the most important word for Easter? Love By Bob Evans Reader Contributor It seems the more I digest the mysteries surrounding the declaration of eternal life made by the disciples of the...
My secret obsession: ironing clothes
By Mike Turnlund Reader Contributor This is a weird article to write, because who really cares? I mean, of all the things to be obsessed about. Maybe it’s further evidence of a sheltered life. ...
Responding to ‘Highest Level of Environmental Review’ opinion
By Pierre Bordenave Reader Contributor I rarely comment on, much less respond to, opinion pieces in the newspapers. However, the opinion written by Shannon Williamson in last weeks Reader regarding the proposed BNSF Railway...
Being ‘woke’: Black Buddhists in America
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Every year at this time I write a column about Buddhism. The Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on different days depending on the country. In Japan it is always on...
Point/Counterpoint: SB 1159 & HB 296 — The ‘voter initiative’ bill
Corruption, corruption, corruption By Luke Mayville Reader Contributor Last Friday, the Idaho House of Representatives voted 40-30 to pass Senate Bill 1159, legislation that would essentially revoke our constitutional right to organize citizen ballot...
Poverty
By Alexandra Iosub Reader Contributor I feel like there’s a powerful social taboo in place that makes it difficult for Americans to talk about money in a productive way. At the root of this...
The new American socialists: Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth Warren
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “I believe in markets — markets that work. Markets that have a cop on the beat and have real rules, and everybody follows them.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren Just as...
