By Sandy Compton Reader Contributor I’ve lately confessed to enjoying the writings of Loren Eiseley. If you haven’t gotten one of his books and started reading (with a dictionary handy), I may not be...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you toss a water balloon into a crowd of Idahoans, chances are you’ll hit someone wearing a shirt that has something about “freedom” written on it. Perhaps it’s...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff When I force myself to reflect on the recent election — and American politics in general — I’m reminded of a stressful day I once spent in a German...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It has been an unexpected honor and pleasure to have been invited twice in the past year to travel the 400-plus miles south to Caldwell and present to students...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Being born and raised in Sandpoint, I’ve done a bit of gatekeeping over the years. The term “gatekeeping” began trending a few years ago to describe “When someone takes...
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist When I was young, I had a book, I Have Five Pennies, in which a young boy is sent to the store by his mom for groceries. She gives...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff My intense fear of crashing into the ocean and being eaten by sharks has never stopped me from having a good time on an airplane. All my experiences —...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s a wild time to be alive. In an age when information is so readily available, it takes seconds to answer a question with an online search that might...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Philosophers and science fiction writers preach that humanity is an inherently selfish race. I suppose they’re right, in a way. Hurricane Milton follows on the heels of Helene, destroying...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Does anyone really know what “likeability” means? Of course there’s a dictionary definition, which goes something like, “having qualities that bring about a favorable regard,” but the term’s use...
