Back of the Book:
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Clubs have never really been my thing. I’ve always preferred to either do things alone or tell other people what to do. Thus the life …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
The cult of a thousand cuts
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In 1978, more than 900 people committed mass suicide by drinking Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. The people belonged to a group called Peoples Temple Agricultural …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Staff
As the lone female on the crew, the bathroom situation is typically the most challenging for me. While the guys can simply sidle up …
Emily Articulated: 1 Star
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
In my most recent article, I doled out “5-Star” reviews of the people and businesses that make this community great. I applauded the organizations and …
Needs versus wants
By Helen Newton
Reader Contributor
Currently 15 cities in Idaho use taxing authority set up by the state for either resort city taxes or non-property local option taxes or both. …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
North Idaho recently made the national news cycle thanks to the fact that we’re currently rationing health care, operating under “crisis standards of care” …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
I’ve been thinking about my high school English class a lot lately and the care my teacher, Mrs. Auch, took in instructing us on the …
‘Tyranny of the minority’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It seems rarer and rarer that good news comes out of Idaho’s increasingly batty political sphere, but Aug. 23 was undoubtedly a good day for …
Remembering 9/11: 20 years later
Apocalyptic literature
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
My college roommates and I lived together — all 20 or, like me, nearing 21 years old — in a nice house a …
Emily Articulated: Relearned lessons
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I had plans to write another article, to put a different set of words to my thoughts and ideas. I’d filled my customary notebook sheet …
Letters
- The Crutch of Pseudoscience… Dear Editor, The Reader is my favorite local publication. I even read articles there that I might not normally encounter. As a result of such straying, I feel I must comment on the article in the October 26, 2017 issue, entitled “The Heart and Science of Quantum Happiness” by Suzen Fiskin. The ...
- County Natural Resources Plan Should Be Read Thoro… Dear Editor, The county commissioners are currently pondering a 94-page policy statement, dubbed the Natural Resource Plan, that calls for state and federal land management agencies to “coordinate” with the county in nearly all management matters — from forestry and grazing to wildlife and enforcement. Among the dozens and dozens of statements, ...
- Coal Train Derailment… Dear Editor, I concur wholeheartedly with Mr. Golding and Shannon Williamson, Waterkeeper director, that more derailments are imminent and compounded if a second bridge is constructed. The question, concern and overall disdain regarding coal trains is why did the most recent 30-car derailment get swept under the rug and — most ...
- Climate Change… Dear Editor, The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places seals are finding the water too hot according to a report to the Commerce Dept. yesterday from Consulate at Bergen, Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate ...
- Final Understanding… Dear Editor, A friend recently shared two letters from the June 10 Reader on the Paris Climate Agreement (PCA) and asked me to help find common ground between two disparate points of view. Dan McDonald opposed PCA because it holds the U.S. to a higher standard than other nations, and will ...
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Festivus, Skiing with Santa, Hogwire, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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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.
