Almost at the tipping point
By K.L. HuntleyReader Contributor My much-loved sister and I grew up sharing everything from clothes to friends and faith philosophies. What we did not share in our adult lives was our political views. She...
Tagged: climate change
Mad about Science: Chalicotheriidae
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Multicellular life has had about 1.6 billion years to experiment on Earth. In that time, it has created all manner of weird lifeforms that were, however briefly, perfectly suited to...
Emily Articulated: Coastal
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist The overhead fan hums through my borrowed camper van, mixing with waves riding a Pacific wind. The air is cool and clean and thick with briny humidity. Sand and damp...
The island we call Earth
By Richard SevenichReader Contributor The Iran war (a.k.a. “Operation Epstein Fury”) has served as a very real distraction from other national and international issues. Countering this distraction, I will write about humanity’s extraction of...
‘American never was America to me’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I wrote a snippet titled, “On a more bitter note…” in the June 12 “Junk Drawer,” wherein I argued that members of my generation are doing the best we...
Our oceans are dying
By Finn Helgenberg Reader Contributor In North Idaho, we are feeling the ill effects of the cuts President Donald Trump is making. As Trump downsizes Forest Service personnel, he is also downsizing the protection...
Theory of Unknown Origin: The fog
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The unseasonable weather, preponderance of misinformation and popularity of social media have recently coalesced to produce a dense fog of conspiracy theories — about fog. People have taken to...
Emily Articulated: Winter people
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I remember the feeling of being zipped into my snowsuit, a bright yellow overstuffed sausage with barely contained cheeks spilling over a fleece neck warmer. I liked the coziness...
Mad about Science: Carbon neutral fuel
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. So what happens when you pour $100 worth of fuel into your car’s tank, only for it to be empty in a...
Dumb of the week — extended edition
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Here’s a little tale about a man named Dan. Dan David Foreman III, born Sept. 20, 1953 in the mid-sized town of Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest has a...
