Dissenter of the universe:
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Everybody is ostensibly a “maverick” and a “nonconformist” these days. That is, if you ask them. Light a flame and melt away the cellophane wrapping and you will quickly...
Category: Opinion
Single in Sandpoint: Nostalgia
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist Have you ever wondered what it will be like 60-70 years from now? Will there be a celebration somewhere in America where the whole town is “Lost in the...
Second rail bridge over Lake Pend Oreille should require public comment
By Shannon Williamson, Ph.D and Matt Nykiel Reader Contributors Recent news that BNSF plans to move forward with a second railroad bridge over Lake Pend Oreille has sparked a lot of conversation. The proposal,...
Who is responsible for Cambodia’s ‘Killing Fields?’
By Nick Gier Reader Columnis On the 42nd Anniversary of the Fall of Phnom Penh and the 47th Anniversary of Nixon’s Invasion of Cambodia Pot’s revolution would not have won power without the carpet-bombing...
Maintaining the balance
By Justin Henney Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: The following piece of writing was submitted over a month ago but we have been backlogged with content, so we were unable to run it while the...
Living Life:
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Jeff D. was a 15-year-old who, after being declared emotionally disturbed and mildly mentally disabled, was placed in the custody of the state of Idaho. The problem was, the...
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...
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...
