The moment defined us
By Ben OlsonReader Staff History gives us moments; crossroads in the timeline of our lives that force a direction one way or another. The decisions we make when presented with these moments define our...
Category: Opinion
Idaho magic
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Growing up in Sandpoint means learning to identify “Idaho magic” — and I don’t mean admiring the sun-drenched mountains or the sparkles on the snow. For local kids, Idaho magic...
‘Protect our women and girls’
Transphobia is deadly to people and communities By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff On Nov. 19, the Sandpoint City Council and county residents took the future of human rights in our city into their hands. The...
Emily Articulated: Fear, empathy, action
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I’ve been writing this column for a long time, and every time I sit down at my keyboard, I feel the weight, the privilege, of having this platform. But over...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If I had purchased stock in Dumb a few years ago, I’d be swimming in cash like Scrooge McDuck. Let’s see what wouldn’t flush down this week. After inexplicably inviting...
Be my Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro has created the finest Frankenstein adaptation in 200 years By Zach HagadoneReader Staff There’s a reason that the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, has been in continuous...
Sing out in the face of fascism
Historic and modern protest music By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Modern protest music owes its existence to centuries of disenfranchised, disillusioned and oppressed minorities sharing stories that unite and strengthen spirits separated by time, place,...
What now?
We need people who will work for peace and goodwill, without division By Mark ReinerReader Contributor Every paper, including this one, is running one or more articles concerning the split between the right and...
‘Sandpoint is better than its panic’
By Anna BallardReader Contributor I’ve always believed that decency could stand on its own. But lately I’ve been realizing that even decency needs defenders. When we stay quiet, fear fills the space we leave...
Preventable and predictable: Idaho’s budget crisis impacts us all
By Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise, and Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-BoiseReader Contributors Transparency and accountability are hallmarks of healthy budgeting. So, let’s be transparent. Let’s be accountable. Everyone already knows how we got into our...
