By Katie Botkin Reader Contributor Natalie Greenfield was 13 years old when Jamin Wight began boarding at her family home. A 24-year-old seminary student, Wight attended Greyfriars Hall, a Moscow-based ministry training program co-founded...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist As we celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s 273rd birthday next week, we need to be reminded about what a controversial figure he was. In the election of 1800 he was called...
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist It is difficult to assess a person’s true worth and motives. There’s no telling if the person asking you out on a date or running for president is a...
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior Somewhere in the dark, dusty abyss that is my closet, there sits a worn box. Inside are toy Chevron cars from years past. These collector cars have...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist For almost a century the American Civil Liberties Union has been in the forefront in protecting the people’s constitutional rights. For this column I will focus on the Sixth...
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist Have you ever been midstream in an important conversation and had that horrible sinking feeling that it’s not going your way? It could be a meeting about a job...
By Reader Staff The March film screening finale, as part of the East Bonner County Library District and The Idaho Mythweaver’s free Native Heritage Film Series, is a provocative and poignant artistic portrait that...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Contributor It was a calculated kind of romance. From day one, I knew what I wanted and I sought out my ends with a single-minded conviction. I studied my...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Sixteen-month-old Matthew was sick again, and his mother, Rita Swan, was worried. The infant had come down with a dangerous fever three times, and three times, Swan had called...
By Drake the Dog Reader Pet Columnist Where am I taking my humans today? Spring is in the air, and it’s time to find some fabric to re-upholster my dog bed. The Missus is...
