The Garden Corner:
By Dan Eskelson Reader Columnist A properly designed windbreak has a profound effect on the physical and economic well-being of both humans and animals. Research has shown that heating costs can be reduced by...
Category: Opinion
Bordering on complete sanity:
By Sandy Compton Reader Staff Has it been hot or is it just me? OK. Damnably hot. Not hellishly hot, yet, but still. A friend pointed out yesterday that if global warming isn’t real,...
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-Y days: Part 3
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In this final article about the “Early” days, I thought I would talk about some of our more memorable jobs with Boles Construction. The Oddfellows remodel: we got the...
Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist I live a life where on any given day I may be privy to a conversation between an “adult” and a troubled adolescent. This simple exposure creates daily opportunities...
Fire season at our doorstep
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Contributor That June, while we were away in Colorado on wildland fire assignments, it rained five inches in Sandpoint. We returned home one evening, late in the month, riding...
Living on the Cheap:
By Susan Drinkard Reader Staff I love a deal. Who doesn’t? What’s more, I hate wasting food, wasting time, wasting money and wasting resources probably more than anyone you have ever met. If anything...
The Great Pretender
By Tim Henney Reader Humor Contributor Determination, perseverance, preparation? Nonsense. Knowledge, ambition, experience? A myth. A firm handshake, a shine on your shoes and a smile? Baloney. Such weary bromides and homilies are for...
Protesting fossil fuels and coal oil trains
By Trapper Dickson, PhD Reader Contributor If you think carbon emissions are the only thing to worry about when it comes to fossil fuels, think again. From extraction to consumption, these dirty energy sources...
A red hot play about a ‘Red Hot Patriot’
By Scout Seley Reader Intern If you were a female professional in the 1960s, you didn’t have it easy. Sexism was more overt, the wage gap was even more spacious and male colleagues used...
The benefits of trees
By Dan Eskelson Reader Columnist A recent news story brought to light some very interesting studies conducted in metropolitan areas about the benefits of trees. The incidence of violence at large housing projects was...
