Taxi Tales:
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior I made a wrong turn into a seemingly ordinary driveway. And you’ll never guess what I found at the end of it. OK, this s not a...
Category: Opinion
Landslide victory for Burmese Opposition Party:
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist The Burmese National League for Democracy (NLD) is celebrating a huge election victory. Early results show that the NLD has already won 256 of 299 seats, and it is...
The Sandpoint Eater:
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist For the past six or eight months, I’d tried to plan an annual sojourn to the Davenport Hotel with longtime Missoula friends, Lynda and Helga. Sadly, each trip...
The Ladies of the Day: An encore
By Tim Henney Reader Staff My 1957 bride, Jacquelynn, and I once lived in Logan, Utah, a college town. The university president’s name was Kermit, like the famous frog. The president, however, was tall,...
On being a veteran
By Captain Bill Collier Reader Contributor VJ day was my second birthday. World War Two had ended. The evil Japanese Empire, Italian Fascists and German Nazis were defeated. Every Fourth of July, Flag Day...
Bordering on Complete Sanity: Shuttered
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Once upon a time, my brother F.K. arranged a hike into a mountain lake, which several others fell victim to. Fishing King Compton would—and still will—do anything to catch...
Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist When I was in third grade, I started riding the bus to school. This was was a critical point in my development. It was on this bus ride that...
The Great Train Wreck:
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Even the fierce free-marketeer Margaret Thatcher hesitated to do it. As international rail expert Brendan Martin described it: “She starved British Rail investment, but she refused to privatize it.” ...
The Straight Poop: the quest for dog friendly businesses in North Idaho
By Drake the Dog Reader Staff Where am I taking my humans today? I’m strolling downtown singing along with Pharrell Williams to his paw-stompin’ tune, “Because I’m Happy.” So on this fine afternoon, “come...
Sandpoint Reader supports Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff I don’t know about you, but the natural environment is one of the biggest reasons Ben and I love living in Sandpoint. Even a total desk jockey like me...
