Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist Summer is here, and with it comes many exciting chances to socialize in the great outdoors. Because you are my people and I love you, I have compiled a...
Category: Opinion
Living Life: Building Childhood Memories
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Summer is a wonderful time to build memories for our children that they will carry into adulthood. Ask people about summer, and most have memories of connections with friends...
The crusaders versus the infidels: Moscow’s muscular Christianity
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist After learning that New St. Andrews College now has permission to take over more of downtown Moscow, I thought I would check out its website. I had not done...
My view on Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
By Mike Comola Reader Contributor Scotchman Peaks, wild and remote, looms high above Clark Fork, Idaho and the Clark Fork of the Columbia River. Home to a small population of America’s remaining grizzly bears,...
Point/Counterpoint:
THE GHOST OF RICHARD BUTLER IN THE AGE OF TRUMP By Christian Rose Reader Contributor Recently, some Sandpoint residents woke up on a Sunday morning to find racist fliers had been dropped in their...
Our Mothers; Our Goddesses: Celebrating the Power of the Feminine
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist One night several years ago I had a very vivid dream about my mother. I had invited her to my Moscow home, and she appeared in the front yard...
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...
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...
