Thoughts Concerning Quantum Physics
By Philip A. Deutchman Reader Contributor In the Oct. 26 issue of the Reader, there was a column by Suzen Fiskin about the Science of Quantum Happiness. The article discusses “experiments” done by a...
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Emily Articulated: What is a Millennial?
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist What is a Millennial? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as … wait, wrong century. You’ve undoubtedly heard the term Millennial before. Just...
Lunch with the Mayor: Part Five
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor I want to thank everyone who came to the first “Lunch With the Mayor” at Cedar St. Bistro on the last Thursday in October. We had a great...
Democratic state lawmakers: End personal attacks in political discourse
Rep. Mat Erpelding and Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb Reader Contributors Before you know it, news from the statehouse will be in the forefront as the 2018 legislative session kicks off in January. Idaho’s Democrats will be...
Proposed smelter in Newport would be bad for Sandpoint
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Many concerned citizens have contacted me recently regarding the proposed silicon smelter in Newport, Wash. As reported in the Reader on October 12, 192 acres was purchased by...
WSU did the right thing on campus free speech
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist If you’re openly inciting violence, that’s a problem. But other than that, we can’t start doing this filtering of people’s words and what they say. —Jordan Frost, WSU student...
My journey as a Vietnam War protester
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist I watched the Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War” on Spokane’s Channel 7, primarily because it offered two viewings each evening. At end of each episode, there...
Single in Sandpoint: I’m still here…
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist First, I’d like to address the rumor that this column is not running any more; obviously, that is a rumor, as you are reading the column. I’ve written this...
Our sanctuary cities have a sacred history
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Our Sanctuary Cities have a Sacred History By Nick Gier Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not...
Is your heart a black hole?
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink Reader Contributor A solitary friend and I spent a week in a cabin in Covelo, Calif., speaking of astrophysics while I was cross referencing Bill Bryson’s “A Short History Of...
