Range War and Peace:
By Zach Hagadone Reader Contributor It has been nearly six months since lightning sparked a fire in the sagebrush steppe along the Idaho-Oregon border northwest of Silver City. The so-called Soda Fire was intense,...
Category: Opinion
Taxi Tales:
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior Universal Fact number 784: People love repetition and complete lack of differentiation. People enjoy eating the same foods every day, watching the same commercials over and over...
The Sandpoint roots of an international nonprofit
By Sarah Klintworth Reader Contributor One of the most wonderful aspects of human nature is our ability to respond when we see another human being in need. Anyone who watched TV through the ‘90s...
A human face to the issue:
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor The 8th Annual Conference on Refugees, held at Boise State University on Feb. 8 and 9, was a gathering of approximately 425 people. I attended and planned to return...
Single in Sandpoint: V-Day
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist This weekend is Valentine’s Day. This column is dedicated to the trials and tribulations of being a single person in Sandpoint. I could go on and on about the...
You asked for it… the Laddies of the Day
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Within recent months this esteemed journal has run two features on Sandpoint’s wondrous Ladies Of The Day. Readers responded happily. Well, ladies did. But laddies? Not so much. To...
Taxi Tales: V-Day in Sandpoint
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior It’s February, which means only one thing. It’s time to face the music of that dreaded holiday we all know is coming. Presidents’ Day. That’s right: the...
Republicans still clinging to a mythical Ronald Reagan
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist February 6 is former President Ronald Reagan’s 115th birthday, and the myths about him, many times over refuted, continue to intoxicate the minds of many Americans. The GOP presidential...
Taxi Tales:
I saw you, and now I can’t shake you from my thoughts. There you are, captured in a Craigslist image that does you no justice. You, well, you were smaller than what I’m typically...
How fast does a snowflake fall?
By Jim Payne Reader Contributor How fast do snowflakes fall? Do they come down at 50 miles per hour? Or 20? Or perhaps as slow as 10 mph? Could a person run faster than...
