Emily Articulated: Ordinary miracle
By Emiy EricksonReader Columnist “If you took a very long ruler and stretched it from here to the planet Pluto, one inch of that distance would be you. The rest of the distance would...
Category: Opinion
The road ahead is getting rougher for Idahoans
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor A strong state needs strong infrastructure. Roads and bridges connect workers to jobs, products to markets and communities to opportunity. When infrastructure is neglected, the economy falls behind too. And...
Voting rights were a Republican thing, but with SAVE Act, they’re now in the GOP’s rearview mirror
By Jim JonesIdaho Capital Sun Voting rights in America were a Republican thing for more than 100 years, but the GOP made an about-face on the issue beginning with President Richard Nixon’s “Southern strategy.”...
The price of stewardship
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy GrimmReader Contributor Amid the celebrations surrounding the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, we have a remarkable opportunity to reflect on what has sustained the longest-running constitutional republic in history....
Masters of the Universe reboot is a perfect summertime fantasy adventure
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It might sound goofy or hyperbolic, but Masters of the Universe is probably your best ticket to a good time in the theater this summer. Directed by Travis Knight and...
Emily Articulated: 100 miles
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I was introduced to ultramarathoning by my older sister Britt. She was living in Boulder, Colo., and, per the seeming citywide requirement to be either a professional athlete or in...
The Definition of Squander
By Matt LomeReader Contributor Fewer than two years ago, I bought a home in Sagle in the lovely suburban neighborhood located just to the south of Sandpoint’s iconic Long Bridge. One of the determining...
A 360 view of ‘America 250’
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I’m having a hard time with the “America 250” celebrations for a lot of reasons — mostly related to current conditions — but among them is the name, which suggests...
Tabula rasa?
By Tim HenneyReader Contributor John McPhee of The New Yorker is one of America’s most gifted and celebrated authors, journalists and columnists. Just writing about him makes me nervous, because although he and I...
Minority report: Forgive us our trespasses
By Dave BrittonReader Contributor The Bonner County Republican Central Committee on June 16 held its first meeting since reorganizing after the primary election for the new session. Early in the meeting we took up...
