Pudding mit Generation Z
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I recently introduced my coworkers to the newest Generation Z craze — at least in the German-speaking world — pudding mit gabel or “pudding with a fork.” To host a...
Category: Opinion
Trump’s policies are devastating Idaho farmers
By Lauren Necochea and Sally TooneReader Contributors Family farms built Idaho and grew to feed the world, but they’re being pushed to the breaking point. President Donald Trump promised to fight for America’s farmers,...
Vote ‘yes’ for clean water: Sandpoint’s future depends on it
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor If you live in Sandpoint and want to be able to keep flushing your toilet, then vote “yes” for the wastewater treatment bond on Nov. 4. Built in the 1950s...
Emily Articulated: Conservative whisperer
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I used to think of myself as a “conservative whisperer” — someone who could hold my left-leaning views without spooking, and sometimes even charming, the staunchest of Republicans. Maybe it...
Dumb of the Week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Some very powerful metaphors came across the Dumb Desk this week, as we near the final months of the foul Year of our Lord 2025. First, in an apparent trolling...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Planet Earth is a memory. We now inhabit the Planet of Dumb, where up is down, two plus two is five and gas prices are perpetually at $1.98 per gallon....
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...
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...
