A Few Thoughts…
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Having survived COVID-19 and feeling sort of — but not completely — immune, I recently traveled down Mexico way. I didn’t go into Mexico, except just a tiny bit,...
Category: Opinion
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Once upon a time, in a seemingly far off land, I was a writer. I woke every morning, grabbed my jar of peanut butter and mug of tea,...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Spring updates
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Spring has begun and with it comes a renewed sense of optimism and excitement for change. More people have had COVID-19 shots, myself included, and it has provided...
We gotta get out of this place
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A decade or so ago, on the way home from a backcountry music festival in Montana, I stopped off with two friends at a bar in Clark Fork. We...
Idaho has yet again dropped the ball on education
By Bret Johnson Reader Contributor Idaho House Republicans recently killed a $6 million bill to fund preschool literacy. Idaho has always been leery of Washington, and, based on our track record, education. One of...
Lottery’s golden goose killed in Boise
By David Keyes Reader Contributor The odds were pretty low Idaho would even have a state lottery when in 1983 a legislative committee harpooned the proposal. After all, the Idaho Supreme Court eliminated all...
The unfounded fear of social justice
By Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise Reader Contributor Opposition to “social justice” by the Idaho Legislature, while troubling, is not surprising. If you are in a majority, which has experienced power and advantage, it’s uncomfortable...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist With the world feeling like it’s starting to reopen, and the edges of our confinement slowly peeling back into this newest version of “normalcy,” I’ve noticed a reclamation of...
Off the Record
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I started this column a few years ago to pay tribute to the people and things that influence my work, but that don’t necessarily appear in my stories. Cindy...
Want to find partisan common ground? Eliminate the Patriot Act
By Mark Reiner Reader Contributor There are many articles decrying the chaos of the recent past. Most of them call for a unity based upon real communication, tolerance, and a healthy dose of American...
