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By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
At one point in history, slang was regarded as the vocabulary of disreputable people, with those in high society refraining from such low speech.
Today, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
At one point in history, slang was regarded as the vocabulary of disreputable people, with those in high society refraining from such low speech.
Today, …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
A writer, essayist, poet and professor at the University of Puget Sound, where I earned my English degree, gave an insightful lecture on representation and …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Modern, commodified celebrations of Valentine’s Day are equally loathed and adored by couples, bachelors and bachelorettes alike. Anyone who finds themselves resisting the desire to …
Welcome to the third annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Part of my weekly duties as publisher of the Reader is skimming through old newspaper archives for interesting news stories of the past for the …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
It’s pronounced SON-ser-ray. Yes, it is shocking when people get it right on the first try, and Reader Publisher Ben Olson and Editor-in-Chief Zach Hagadone …
By Bill Harp
Reader Columnist
Editor’s note: Several months ago, intermittent Reader columnist Bill Harp submitted an informative look at net neutrality. This week’s column revisits the issue that affects …
By Bill Harp
Reader Columnist
Countless dangers lurk in the cyber landscape: Public opinion tampering through social media and forums is one of the least understood aspects.
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, …
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