Category: Opinion

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Arts & Culture / History / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion / Politics

6 Dec, 2023

Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

By Barbara Russell
Reader Contributor

Human Rights Day is celebrated worldwide annually on Dec. 10 to commemorate the day the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights …

Health / Opinion / Politics

6 Dec, 2023

GOP leaders double down on imprisoning doctors over emergency abortions

By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise 
Reader Contributor

Maya Angelou famously said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Similarly, when politicians vow to take away …

Arts & Culture / Living Life / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion / Pets & Animals

29 Nov, 2023

Worms on the pavement

By Soncirey Mitchell

Reader Staff

If an advanced civilization of sentient rocks, or perhaps gaseous clouds, came to Earth in their starships, how would they perceive us? Would they recognize …

Arts & Culture / Humor / Music / Opinion

29 Nov, 2023

Anthems or anathema, Christmas music is part of our identity

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

It was the day before Halloween when I heard the first Christmas song of 2023. 

I was thumbing through some costume ideas at a local …

Health / Opinion / Politics

29 Nov, 2023

Idahoans value Medicaid; GOP should follow their lead

Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor

With the holiday season upon us, I’m reminded of the ways in which we care for one another. One of the best ways we …

Opinion

21 Nov, 2023

A Few Thoughts … on Miracles

By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist

We’ve been arguing forever about how we became a species. True, some don’t argue. They just believe one way or another, or accept that they …

Eats & Drinks / Humor / Opinion

21 Nov, 2023

Grateful memories

‘Home’ is a moveable feast
By Zach Hagadone

Images of Thanksgiving — at least the idealized ones — are of tables loaded with food in cozy, home-feeling places that are …

Music / Opinion

21 Nov, 2023

Mike’s Corner: Holidays

By Mike Wagoner
Reader Contributor

You know how certain songs can get stuck in your head … maybe like … “Country Roads Take Me Home.” See … you just sang …

Conservation Corner / Living Life / Opinion / Pets & Animals / Sports and Outdoors

21 Nov, 2023

Voices in the Wilderness

By Deb Hunsicker
Reader Contributor

“There’s some kind of animal down there.” I shift my attention from the bag of trail mix I’m focused on and scan the area my …

Opinion / Politics

21 Nov, 2023

November surprise — Part 2

By Luke Omodt,
County Commissioner Dist. 3
Reader Contributor

On July 26, 2023, Sheriff Daryl Wheeler issued a public release incorrectly stating that the fairgrounds financial activity was to be …

Letters

• Schools Deserve Support… Dear Editor, I am really weary of Dan and Kathy Rose alleging our school administrators are committing fraud by asking the voters to approve a school levy. The bottom line is that schools cost money to operate, and the state of Idaho does not adequately fund our schools. Do we want ...
• Take Scotchman’s Off the Auction Block…… Dear Editor, Now that a Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Bill has been introduced in Congress, the question is raised again, “How will this affect our community?”  Studies have reliably shown an economic benefit to communities located near designated wilderness.  Does this mean large numbers of tourists from all over the world will ...
• Support the Environment… Dear Editor, I indubitably support public lands. I indubitably support wilderness. I indubitably support Greenprint. I indubitably support the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. I grew up in Texas where there is no public land to speak of and developers have cart blanche to make a piecemeal out of the environment, and I tell ...
• For Our Children… Dear Editor, I am the parent of a kindergarten student at Northside Elementary. In five years my youngest will also be there and I will have two kids in the Lake Pend Oreille school district. I am very committed to doing all I can to help my children and their schools ...
• Schools Need Our Support… Dear Editor, My ability to write this letter and thoughtfully read this paper is due, in large part, to the efforts of public school teachers. Not able to afford private schools, I am a public school graduate. I imagine most adults my age (retired, fixed income) have had jobs and careers ...

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