Road Reflections: Fall 2019
By Steve Klatt
Special to the Reader
Overseeing a county road operation has some remarkable resemblance to surviving as a small farm operator. You take stock of the conditions in …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
A history of conflict
By Christine Holbert
Reader Contributor
I recently spent six weeks in Ukraine, visiting family, traveling and promoting the new Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series at the Lviv Book …
Mayor’s Roundtable: An honor to serve
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
It has been an incredible honor and privilege to serve as mayor of Sandpoint.
This is a particularly important time as the city is …
Some thoughts on guns at the Festival
By James Baldree
Reader Contributor
Concerning the “controversy” over guns at the Festival, can we at least agree on a couple of points? Pro-gunners, given today’s realities, if the Festival …
Raising Idaho’s minimum wage is only the beginning. Next, bailout the workers
By Daniel Radford
Reader Contributor
Many people I’ve spoken with lately have been understandably peeved (pissed may be a more apt description) at the government’s “theft” of their wages. However, …
The Mueller Report: A “Short” Form
By Philip A. Deutchman
Reader Contributor
I have read the two-volume, 448-page Mueller Report, entitled, “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election,” by Special Counsel …
Starting high school
By Dinah Rawson
Reader Contributor
I’m starting classes at Sandpoint High School next week and, honestly, I’m terrified. There is so much pressure we face as teenagers — from the …
Point/Counterpoint: Gun rights
Carrying in public places: ‘Better to have it and not need it’
By Steve Wasylko
Reader Contributor
The short answer is “yes,” I would feel safe at the Festival knowing …
Considering a run for public office? Please read
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Contributor
The city of Sandpoint is one of a kind. I would like to say that we have it all here. That wouldn’t necessarily be true, …
Methinks thou dost protest too much
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil,” 1886
The movement, like …
Letters
- What If Chicken Little Was Right…? Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading Ms. Deubendorfer’s article, and look forward to her next, but I take exception to putting words in my mouth. I did not call Mr. Gifford those terms, nor would, as I don’t think of him that way. I was using cynicism to express my frustration at ...
- Medicaid Expansion Needs Your Support… Dear Editor, I got one of those plastic bracelets yesterday. You know, the kind that gets you into fancy events and concerts, except mine granted me entrance to Grandstaff Veterans Hospital in Spokane. See, I’m a veteran (Korea, ’71-’72), and was really sick. I thought I had pneumonia. I decided to make ...
- Thanks to Nick Gier… Dear Editor, I wanted to thank Nick Gier for his article illuminating Gandhi’s profound influence on Martin Luther King. I listened to a lecture given by the presiding Episcopal bishop, Michael Curry, on “Healing a House Divided.” The article made me think others might like to hear it. https://rap.wustl.edu/video/healing-a-house-divided-public-lecture-by-the-most-rev-michael-curry/ King and Gandhi brought factious ...
- Response to Lockwood… Dear Editor, In response to Steve Lockwood’s comments Jan. 23, 2018…“Bonner County zoning codes are up for changes <WITH> the usual opportunities for citizen input. Industrial plants are <NOT> being permitted in many county zones.” Since 2008, there have been more than a dozen amendments making more than 60 text changes ...
- Un-American Sentiments… Dear Editor, There are a lot of decidedly un-American sentiments running amok in the last issue that need to be addressed. In response to Ken Thatcher: You are wrong. We do not need less firepower, we need more. Do you recall the history of the Revolutionary War? Did the British government have ...
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This week in Sandpoint: Sandpoint Lions Club hosts their annual Turkey Bingo, which is the official kickoff fundraiser for Toys for Tots. Enjoy some laughs, and maybe even emerge victorious, at this fun event for all! See all happenings this week, Nov. 18-24:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
November’s Sandpoint in Pictures winner. There is a touching sentiment behind this photo, which captured November’s photo contest prize. And a new contest is in full swing for December, too. Submit a photo, see local pics, and vote at SandpointPictures.com»
