Love your neighbor in 2019
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there’s one thing I learned after spending 25 days on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s that I have no …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Volunteerism: Part 1
By Debra Townsend
Reader Contributor
It’s that time of year where you’re either making New Year’s resolutions, or you’re rolling your eyes at your friends and family who are making …
Inside Foster Care
By Jeremiah Saint
Reader Contributor
According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, in the year 2017 there were a reported 442,995 children in the foster care …
Cheerleaders and Critics: American politics and the pendulum effect
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“Politics is a pendulum,” Albert Einstein said, “whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.”
To dispel these illusions we must …
Knot too shabby: Part 1
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For every situation, there is the perfect knot.
Recently, Cadie and I completed a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on a 39-foot sailboat. While I’ll …
‘I don’t dance’
By Brietta Leader
Reader Contributor
“I don’t dance” is a phrase I have heard many times over the years. I used to react with concern or coercion, leaving the conversation …
Walter Mitty? In Sandpoint?
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
Among the most cherished books in my personal library are those by author/artist/humorist James Thurber, one of the lynchpins of the early New Yorker magazine. …
What your 20-something really wants for Christmas
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As a kid, I’d unabashedly produce a Christmas List for my mom each year, sometime in October. Although she is a year-round holiday shopper, my …
Smaller lumps of coal in some Christmas stockings this year
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every mine safety law is written in a miner’s blood.
—Phil Smith, United Mine Workers
Initially, I could not find a connection between the 40-year …
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 ...
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TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Science fun, the Backcountry Film Festival, Insanity Fab, 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.
