Fire season at our doorstep
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Contributor
That June, while we were away in Colorado on wildland fire assignments, it rained five inches in Sandpoint. We returned home one evening, late …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Living on the Cheap:
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Staff
I love a deal. Who doesn’t?
What’s more, I hate wasting food, wasting time, wasting money and wasting resources probably more than anyone you have …
The Great Pretender
By Tim Henney
Reader Humor Contributor
Determination, perseverance, preparation? Nonsense. Knowledge, ambition, experience? A myth. A firm handshake, a shine on your shoes and a smile? Baloney.
Such weary bromides …
Protesting fossil fuels and coal oil trains
By Trapper Dickson, PhD
Reader Contributor
If you think carbon emissions are the only thing to worry about when it comes to fossil fuels, think again. From extraction to consumption, …
A red hot play about a ‘Red Hot Patriot’
By Scout Seley
Reader Intern
If you were a female professional in the 1960s, you didn’t have it easy.
Sexism was more overt, the wage gap was even more spacious …
The benefits of trees
By Dan Eskelson
Reader Columnist
A recent news story brought to light some very interesting studies conducted in metropolitan areas about the benefits of trees. The incidence of violence at …
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-y days: Part 2
By Ted Bowers
Reader Columnist
In the mid 1970’s Sandpoint still had much of its small town flavor. The tourist industry was still in its infancy and the economy was …
Single in Sandpoint
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
This weekend’s forecast: Approximately seven degrees cooler than hell, but with worse traffic. Plan accordingly.
Get out on the water as soon as you …
Moscow’s Christ Church, Neo-Confederates, and tolerance
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Many people have the misconception that those who take issue with Moscow pastor Douglas Wilson’s Christ Church, Logos School, and New St. Andrews College …
What is a conservative?
By Paul Rechnitzer
Reader Contributor
When I first began to vote, the process seemed so simple compared to what is going on these days. You were either a Republican …
Letters
- Follies Article… Dear Editor, The events mentioned in an article written by Mr. Henney in the Easter publication of the Reader about myself were totally fabricated without my permission and have no basis in fact. I find his unsolicited use of my name and the content offensive. I neither cross-dress or use my ...
- College Athletes Need to Support Themselves… Dear Editor, I don’t agree with most of what contributor Nick Gier proposes or believes, but I do agree with him regarding UI athletics. The general budget should not be supporting athletic teams. These athletes (all of them) need to live on a budget like everyone else. They should base their expenditures ...
- Vietnam Vets Articles… Dear Editor, Thank you, Ben Olson, for the excellent interviews with local Vietnam veterans. This is Pulitzer Prize- worthy journalism. I also would like to thank the interviewees for telling their personal stories frankly, honestly, and no doubt reluctantly at times. I was captivated by these stories because I’m the same age ...
- Two Things… Dear Editor, 1. We have become a nation of wussies. We have replaced fear of our shadows with fear of immigrants. We have become such a nation of cowards that we run around like Chicken Little screaming “the immigrants are coming, the immigrants are coming” led by the example of our ...
- A Lot of Good Going on in Schools… Dear Editor, I am the principal at Washington Elementary School. I have a long history with this school district as many do—started in the first grade at Washington Elementary School in 1959 and graduated from SHS in 1971. I have worked in this district twice during my career starting in the ...
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Banff Film Festival, CHAFE150 Registration, the Reader Community Party, and more! See the full list of events in the 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.
