A love letter to Mother Earth
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor Dear Mother Earth, What a year it has been. Last April as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up, many of us went home in isolation from each other and, at...
Category: Opinion
The problem with ‘cancel culture’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Conservative media outlets have been obsessed in recent months with talking about their latest buzzword for the ruin of America: cancel culture. The outrage machine revved up another few...
Emily Articulated: Branded
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff Outside of writing this column, I work with businesses to help establish or rework their outward-facing presence. These collaborations usually center on crafting a new website, reimagining their marketing...
The truth about citizen initiatives
By Luke Mayville Special to the Reader In military terms, a “smoke screen” is a cloud of smoke used to hide the movement of military units such as infantry or tanks. In politics, a...
The Lumberjill: Shy Ronnie, use your chainsaw
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “I want to be her in my next life,” I heard our client say to her husband. She said it about me. I ducked my head and soldiered...
Idaho’s transportation future
By Sen. David Nelson, D-Moscow Reader Contributor Investing in infrastructure is something almost all Idahoans can agree on, yet we haven’t got it down. This might be the year we can make to make the...
Voters must not reward their own suppression
By Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise Reader Contributor The ballot initiative is the voice of the people. It’s the only mechanism for Idahoans to enact a law when legislators won’t listen. This...
The power of words
By K.L. Huntley Reader Contributor Nothing warms the heart more than when someone sincerely tells us they love us — when the cat jumps in your lap and begins to purr or you are...
Madame Wu
By Phil Deutchman Reader Contributor The U.S. Postal Service issued a new, “forever” stamp featuring the portrait of nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. She is not known to the general public, but is famous to...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Recently, several bills have been making headlines across the country and in Idaho. Their wording seems to have a way of skirting around each bill’s purpose, encapsulating their intent...
