Thoughts on the vandalized ‘welcome banner’
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
The banner at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center has generated discussion in the community — especially after it was slashed in two, repaired, and …
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In response to hate mail
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force sends its deepest sympathy to the victims of hate mail received recently by neighbors in our community. We …
What would Martin Luther King say?
By Brenda Hammond
Special to the Reader
What if Martin Luther King was here today — and asked to appear on one of the day-long news channels to comment on …
Laying down the law?
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
Do you know what a “constitutional sheriff” is? And do you know if we have one? It’s important to go back a bit in order …
An American dream
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
“I have a dream … deeply rooted in the American dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning …
‘Knowledge is power’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It was 71 years ago when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by 48 different member countries of the United Nations, marking Dec. …
Working toward civil discourse
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force recently sent a questionnaire to all the candidates for city office, asking their positions on a number of …
Sandpoint mayor: White nationalism gives N. Idaho a black eye, here’s how to fix it
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is no stranger to hate mail — or hateful robocalls, for that matter. Even before he won election in 2015, Rognstad …
Beliefs and practices of the Christian Identity Movement
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
Back in the day — when Richard Butler of the Aryan Nations, Vincent Bertollini, the “11th Hour Remnant Messenger,” and others, were trying to spread …
How one town said ‘no’ : 25 years later
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Brenda Hammond sat in the balcony of the then Sandpoint High School gym in May 1991. She was there to hear members of the …
