Society vs. boys
By Conor Baranski Reader Staff As a high-school teacher, father of one boy and one girl, and just someone who is curious about society, the statistical decline of young men has intrigued me for...
Category: Opinion
A Few Thoughts… On time, new works and short-lived famous folks
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I’ve not been writing a lot of late — mostly, just this column. The best days of writing are dark and wet, when I’m glad to be inside and...
Big dumb beasts
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Anyone who’s listened to me go on about movies knows of my disdain for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But there’s another “MCU” that I actually do enjoy — probably...
Emily Articulated: Freedom
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It’s Fourth of July week, and I watch familiar scenes unfold like a Wes Anderson film, one whip pan after another. The woman stocking up on cheese in the...
Aquatic invasive weed control in Lake Pend Oreille
By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor When I started working to protect water quality in Lake Pend Oreille in 2009, our community was highly concerned about chemical herbicides being sprayed in the water in attempts...
Saving the libraries
By K.L. Huntley Reader Contributor It is high time for everyone to sit down and quietly come to their senses. Eons ago I wrote a bad song (all of them fall a little flat)...
Republican party bosses double down on extreme agenda
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor “We the People” are the beginning words of the U.S. Constitution. They speak to the guiding principles of our country. Similarly, political parties create platforms to express...
The people’s river
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Pack River begins its life high in the Selkirk Mountains. Starting as melted snow that accumulates in Harrison Lake, it spills down the mountain. The clear alpine freshet...
Still, there is pizza
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff We ate soggy, New York-style pizza at the strip mall after burying Nana. One minute I was scattering rose petals in the rain — a cinematic expression of grief...
Emily Articulated: Bear vs. man
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist “If you were alone in the woods, would you rather encounter a bear or a man?” It was a prompt that started as a street interview on TikTok, but...
