By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sagle resident Bill Harp is filing an objection with the county prosecutor over his concern that Dan McDonald, who is running for reelection in the Bonner County Commissioners’ office,...
By Bill Harp Reader Tech Columnist In part one last week, we talked about the money problem and how cryptocurrency, or CC, resolved several problems associated with traditional fiat currency. We also introduced Bitcoin,...
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist Money: It has its problems, and I’m not talking about never having enough of it. First off, paper money has no actual value like gold does. Governments create their...
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 everyone who uses the...
By Bill Harp Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: This is the final piece in the American Redoubt series — an essay by guest contributor Bill Harp. We thank all those who contributed and talked with...
By Bill Harp Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: This first article of the American Redoubt series focuses on the preparedness community and self-reliance — a key principle of the Redoubt as proposed by one of...
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, Instagram, Reddit, Tumblr, Google+...
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist Why AR? So, if augmented reality (AR) is not on your technology radar, I would like to change that. A few months ago, one of the county staff asked...
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist If you spend a lot of time looking at geography using satellite and aerial images like I do, you quickly realize that there are very few places in the...
By Bill Harp Reader Tech Columnist As a fan of near-future, dystopian, cyber-tech science fiction, I occasionally find a frightening book that warns how the future could unfold. “The Water Knife,” by Paolo Bacigalupi,...
