The Lumberjill: The only prescription is more cowbell
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, we had a client named Elaine. Once upon an earlier time, she was something of a painterly powerhouse. She was …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Emily Articulated: This is not a Christmas gift
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I love the experience of gift giving. I revel in the days of warm rumination about the people I care about, letting thoughts of their …
An ode to the makers
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Christmas brings to mind the iconic imagery of Santa’s workshop.
It’s been depicted many ways over the years, but the basis remains the same: There …
A ‘contrarian elder’ speaks up against hate speech
By Paul Graves
Reader Contributor
Hate speech and fear speech are alive and active in North Idaho. They seem to scream a desire to impose their particular mix of far-right …
Facts support public access claims at Camp Bay
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The fate of public access to Camp Bay is once again in the hands of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners.
A district judge has …
Mayor’s Roundtable: The Leland Report – Strategies for quality growth
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Last week the Sandpoint City Council reviewed a report from Leland Consulting, a firm that specializes in economic development, strategic growth and public private …
No: The Nazis were not liberals. Stop trying to say they were
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There’s been a curious trend in the letters to the editor I’ve been receiving lately: people trying to claim that the Nazis were “actually” liberals …
How we can honor Human Rights Day all year
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Staff
This year, Human Rights Day will mark the 75th anniversary of the day the United Nations adopted, Saturday, Dec. 20, 1948, the Universal Declaration of …
‘You get the kind of mobility you invest in’
By Molly O’Reilly
Reader Contributor
The Idaho Transportation Department must be delighted that they finally have a Sandpoint administration, appointed and elected, willing to sacrifice community and residents for high-speed …
Emily Articulated: Notes from home
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
In the warm haziness of childhood memory, I remember my dad teaching me how to take down a wall. I gripped the hammer — not …
Letters
- Why Does Idaho Pay For Healthcare Twice…? Dear Editor, Idahoans pay federal taxes that go to other states to help fund their Medicaid expansion programs. Then we pay taxes a second time to fund a program called CHCP. According to the Idaho Press Tribune, “Last year, the Idaho Legislature approved a request for $18 million for the Catastrophic ...
- Me Too… Dear Editor, What was so shocking about my own “me too” story is that I thought I was unique. I was a badass tomboy, hardly victim material, so I thought I was immune to rape. I was a student firefighter living in a fire station at the time. When one of the ...
- Get a Life… Dear Editor, Local gadfly Daniel R. has mounted his paranoid, conspiracy-seeking hobbyhorse again, this time accusing local notables of being socialists/communists. Apparently afraid of libel, he even declined to fully name Mindy Cameron, Jane Fritz, Bob Wynhausen, Chris Bessler and Dylan Benefield. I could spend a good portion of my morning extolling ...
- Regarding Oprah Winfrey for President… Dear Editor, Ben, I am writing with regard to your “Barb” last week in the Reader. First, let me make myself clear. I am NOT advocating Oprah run for President of the United States. However, I believe you need to think this through before making such a strong statement against her ...
- County is Misleading about Scotchman Vote… Dear Editor, I listened to the Jan. 10 KRFY morning program, during which they hosted county commissioner Dan McDonald. The bulk of the discussion was about the Bonner County Natural Resource Plan, to which I listened with interest, but when the discussion moved to the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, I was ...
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
