Changing Your Mind:
By Suzen Fiskin
Reader Columnist
Have you ever been midstream in an important conversation and had that horrible sinking feeling that it’s not going your way? It could be a …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
‘Trudell’ chronicles life of Native American activist
By Reader Staff
The March film screening finale, as part of the East Bonner County Library District and The Idaho Mythweaver’s free Native Heritage Film Series, is a provocative and …
Being and belonging in the West
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Contributor
It was a calculated kind of romance.
From day one, I knew what I wanted and I sought out my ends with a single-minded …
Suffer the Little Children:
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Sixteen-month-old Matthew was sick again, and his mother, Rita Swan, was worried.
The infant had come down with a dangerous fever three times, and three …
The Straight Poop: Sandpoint Upholstery
By Drake the Dog
Reader Pet Columnist
Where am I taking my humans today? Spring is in the air, and it’s time to find some fabric to re-upholster my dog …
America’s largest slave rebellion and the mutilation of Louisiana cane cutters
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“If heads on poles were symbols of control, they were also symbols of the ritual violence that was the constant underlying element of Louisiana society.”…
When we swung and swayed
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
A recent New York Times carried the obituary of former big band vocalist Kitty Kallen. This, in part, is what it said: “Kitty Kallen, her …
What’s really at stake in the Apple encryption debate
By Julia Angwin for ProPublica
The FBI’s much-discussed request to Apple can seem innocuous: Help us extract six weeks of encrypted data from the locked iPhone of Syed Farook, an …
Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn:
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“Sanders would be a GOP dream. America will never go socialist.”
—Bill O’Reilly
The last stop on my month-long trip to Europe last September was …
‘When Marnie Was There’ among upcoming films at Panida
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s hard to imagine a more bittersweet swan song for Studio Ghibli than “When Marnie Was There.”
Founded in 1985, the Japanese animation studio has …
Letters
- Honor, duty, country… Dear Editor, Honor – Duty – Country, these are words were the foundation of John McCain’s life. Where can these three words find a place in the today’s America? Certainly they will not be among the leadership of the Senate, the House of Representatives or the White House. Nor will they ...
- BCHRTF Contact Info… Dear Editor, The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force is quite dismayed that recently an attempt to contact us was not successful. We are taking all precautions so this does not happen in the future. We recognize the importance of being responsive to our community and will make every effort to ...
- Who’s the Real Boogeyman… Dear Editor, The FBI has said that there is no evidence to date that Trump ever met with a Russian figure banned from the United States. Yet, Trump fired Paul Manafort on Aug. 18, 2016, when he heard that a New York Times report revealed that Trump’s campaign chairman was designated to ...
- County Should Cooperate… Dear Editor, Regional 9-1-1 will save money and lives by supporting fast, cooperative emergency responses. Contrary to some comments, conversations on regionalizing 9-1-1 operations were initiated more than two years ago in Bonner County. Unfortunately, progress stalled. According to former Bonner County Technology Director Bill Harp, in 2016 Bonner County won a ...
- In Response… Dear Editor, David Haussler, since you are so interested in science, you may find it interesting that there are receptors in the human brain whose only purpose is to bind with THC, the psychoactive mind altering substance in marijuana. I have a question for you David: Why did your God put these ...
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
