Growing old gracefully
By Dick Sonnichsen Reader Contributor I love that title phrase. If only it were true. Sadly, it isn’t. Not even close. It’s an oxymoron, a myth, a preposterous impossibility, a delusional figment of imagination. It’s...
Category: Opinion
Idaho Conservation League celebrates 50 years
By Brad Smith Reader Contributor The Idaho Conservation League was founded in 1973 to be the voice for conservation in the Idaho Legislature. Conservation activists and local groups from around the state recognized that...
A Few Thoughts… On 58 visits to Nespelem
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Life is full right now. Time seems compressed, but on Saturday, I will take a day to travel to the Colville Reservation to visit a dried-up cemetery. I have...
A message of peace from 1937
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Since J.R.R. Tolkien published his novel The Hobbit on Sept. 21, 1937, the thrilling tale has shaped the hearts and minds of readers across the globe and inspired several...
Let freedom read! 2023 Banned Books Week: Oct. 1 – 7
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff By now our community is far too familiar with the words “banned books.” North Idaho’s libraries are battlegrounds where a few attempt to limit the personal freedom of the...
Banned Books in Review: Brave New World
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has been a topic of censorship ever since it was first published in 1932. The dystopian speculative novel explores societal and political structures where...
Idaho’s U.S. senators put self-interest over service
Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor Idahoans deserve elected officials who do what is best for Idaho and prioritize the people they are elected to represent. Unfortunately, the track records of our longtime Republican...
Mike’s Corner: The illusion of control
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I saw a movie at the old drive-in theater in my hometown when I was in high school… sittin’ in my tired ’54 Chevy… speaker in the window, a...
Emily Articulated: Hard conversations
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist As a lover of long-form content, especially when focused on conversations between interesting people, I frequently find myself listening to the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard and Monica...
The origins of that nostalgic sound
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I grew up 10 miles south of Sandpoint, in a log cabin beside Highway 95 near Westmond. To this day, if I hear the faraway hush of cars driving...
