Vietnam: The New Asian Tiger
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist It was March 24, 2010, and I was at Bangkok’s new international airport, the fifth busiest in Asia. Along with my travel companions, I boarded Air Vietnam flight 830...
Category: Opinion
Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist Love There was a time I believed love was a permanent gesture. Initials carved in the skin of an old oak tree. Over time I understood Most loves turn out...
Why Wilderness?
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor When I was 10 years old, my dad and I took a 10-day adventure along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a canoe route established in northern Maine by that state’s...
From secular dictator to extremist hell-hole
By Christian Rose Reader Columnist It hasn’t even been a full generation since Saddam Hussein was removed from power in April 2003. And unless you’re one of those Americans that has never known the...
Outdoorsmen speak for public lands
By Scott Taylor Reader Contributor For two decades, the world’s largest trade exhibition of outdoor gear manufacturers, the Outdoor Retailer (OR) show, has met twice a year at the Salt Palace Convention Center, bringing...
UI Athletics is $1 Million in the Red; BSU’s Enrollment Boost Fizzles
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist In 1982 I circulated a petition on the University of Idaho campus asking that state appropriated funds not be used for athletics. My main argument was that these funds...
Library services deserve national support
By Jessica Bowman Reader Contributor With the recent political climate, there has been much talk on budget cuts to certain areas covered by federal resources. I am here today to advocate for one program...
Welcoming refugees is a luxury we can’t afford
By John Williams Reader Contributor I have read with some interest recent articles in the Reader concerning refugees and whether they are “welcome” in North Idaho. I offered to write something that would elucidate...
Civil asset forfeiture invites abuses
By Christian Rose Reader Contributor Benjamin Franklin once said, “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.’ A truer statement couldn’t be more applicable today, even...
Some French break the law to help refugees
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “I felt like if I didn’t do anything, I would regret it all my life, and I would feel like a coward.” —French journalist Raphaël Krafft Over treacherous mountain...
