Man’s best monster
A history of werewolves By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Werewolves have been a vehicle for cultural fears since time immemorial, and, unlike most monsters, they have no single origin. Almost every culture in the world...
Category: Opinion
Trump and Idaho Republicans insist on making health care unaffordable
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Since Republicans took power, they have been weakening health care in the U.S. The GOP budget bill, largely written by Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo, failed to extend Affordable Care...
Bloody fingers, happy soul
By Ben OlsonReader Staff My first guitar was used more as a prop than an instrument. I convinced my parents to buy it for me when I was in sixth grade. It was a...
Food from afar
Some of the best dishes I’ve eaten in the world By Ben OlsonReader Staff I don’t know what it is about fall, but it sure makes me hungry. This time of year I find...
Harley and Me
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff When women show an interest in nerdiness, it’s constantly challenged. Someone — usually a man, but sometimes another woman with internalized sexism — will give us a pop quiz on...
A Few Thoughts
From the past on television By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist In the face of the media storm of the last few weeks, one of my editors asked me for something written before the internet took...
Mad About Science
Mineral Wool By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Humans are very resourceful creatures. We manage to pull fibers from animals to create textiles for clothing, such as wool from sheep. These textiles are great for clothing...
The Lost Rescue of ’77
When the rock gave way and so did the system By Earl LuncefordReader Contributor In 2017, Fremont Shields and I were developing the first new route on the remote North Face of Gunsight Peak...
Make it make sense
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff A dear friend of mine recently checked in on my mental state — not because of my 45th birthday, which occurred in the past week — but because he described...
Emily Articulated: The process
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist Another birthday came and went this week, and the way I celebrated it seemed to encapsulate everything I hope to carry forward into the year ahead. I was on the...
