Vanderford’s to feature local authors
By Ben Olson Reader Staff What does a lake monster, a psychic, time traveling, murder, Christianity and a Small Town Ho have in common? No idea? They are all subjects of books by local...
Category: Opinion
Sing, sing, sing
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor I have written before about when, with fellow USAF draft dodgers in Georgia and later with jolly collegians in California, we harmonized our way through the early 1950s. Or...
Benghazi: the GOP is beating a dead horse
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist The GOP House Select Committee on Benghazi has interviewed 100 witnesses, spent $7 million of its own funds, and has forced other agencies to spend an additional $13 million....
Vanished: the Disconnection of Reality
By Alexandra Blackwood Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: We had such a positive response to Ms. Blackwood’s first article, “A Cloaked Reality” dealing with teenage depression, we asked her to write another on topics she...
A Cloaked Reality:
By Alexandra Blackwood Reader Contributor Illustration by Nancy Cerra The following article is dedicated primarily to those suffering the affliction of mental illness, and to inform individuals unaware of how these illnesses affect others....
Amateur radio: a fascinating Sandpoint hobby
By Eric Anderson Reader Contributor Some of you may have heard of Amateur Radio, or its other, more common name, “Ham” Radio. The term “Amateur” refers to the fact that the hobbyists do not...
‘It was the best of times’ said Charles Dickens
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor If one is about to salute a decade, as we are about to in Sandpoint, one could do no better than to celebrate the 1950’s. My late mother, Harriet...
A message to Bonner County: Just Vote
By Rick Price Reader Contributor If you don’t vote the Republican ballot in the upcoming primary, you’re missing a chance to pick your leaders. Two weeks ago, Alan Millar wrote about the importance of...
Single in Sandpoint: the Bathroom Blues
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist There has been an issue puzzling me for several weeks now. I try to avoid being sucked in to public discussions about other peoples’ life choices. At least for...
The Buddha on judgement and acceptance
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Siddharta Gautama the Buddha was born in Southern Nepal in 563 or 480 BC, depending which scholar one chooses. Buddhists around the world celebrate his birthday in the months...
