Sandpoint moments
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It doesn’t matter if you were born and raised in Sandpoint, or just moved here last year — we all have those “Sandpoint moments” that tend to stick with...
Category: Opinion
A Few Thoughts… On Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and world domination
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Questions: Why does halftime at the Super Bowl last 100 years and feature stuff football fans have no interest in? Is it just me, or do others have no...
The will of the people
By Nancy Gerth Reader Contributor On Wednesday last I watched the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee hear testimony on Bill 419, a bill sponsored by the Idaho Freedom Foundation. To my surprise, I...
Let’s listen to local leaders and law enforcement on guns in school
Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor All Idahoans should agree: The safety of our children is paramount. But how we decide to protect them may differ from community to community. When it comes to...
We can still save Trestle Creek and uphold Idaho’s Lake Protection Act
By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor In a remarkable show of unity and determination last year, our community rallied against a proposed expansive marina at the mouth of Trestle Creek on the shores of Lake...
Idiocracy, the documentary
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When Mike Judge’s film Idiocracy was released in 2006, it landed in a different world. This was years before a buffoon named Donald Trump started questioning Barack Obama’s birthplace,...
Medieval eats
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Taste perhaps brings on the strongest evocation of memory, which, if you want to get all woo-woo, makes it the closest we can get to a mode of time...
A warmer melting pot
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As far back as the 18th century, the melting pot metaphor was used to describe the fusion of various cultures, nationalities, religions and ethnic groups into one distinct people....
Protecting our forests is protecting our future
By Chris Bachman Reader Contributor The Biden administration’s December 2023 announcement that it plans to protect old-growth trees from logging — such as those slated for removal in the Yaak’s Black Ram timber sale...
We must stop fentanyl traffickers — House Bill 406 is needed for Idaho
By Idaho Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke Reader Contributor There is a killer in our midst, hiding in plain sight. The dangerous and highly lethal drug fentanyl has made its way into Idaho and is...
