Obama, Trump or Putin: Will the real Antichrist please stand up?
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“We just can’t work with him because our base thinks he’s the Antichrist.”
—Barack Obama paraphrasing GOP leaders (8/25/16)
President Putin is the …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“We just can’t work with him because our base thinks he’s the Antichrist.”
—Barack Obama paraphrasing GOP leaders (8/25/16)
President Putin is the …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Many countries are shifting from a universal
civil nationalism towards the blood-and-soil, ethnic sort.
—The Economist (11/19/6)
In 1992 Francis Fukuyama published a book …
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
For those disposed to intellectual exploration in a time of national emotional havoc, a recent Reader issue offered a timely recommendation: read, or re-read, William …
By Christian Rose
Reader Contributor
Acknowledging it may spark riots down on Cedar Street, I should say this straight-away; Donald Trump has already won re-election. Since he’s trademarked the slogan, …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Largely as a result of the DeVos’ lobbying, Michigan tolerates
more low-performing charter schools than just about any other state.
—Stephen Henderson, …
By Zach Hagadone
For Boise Weekly
(used by permission)
Among the stated goals of President-elect Donald Trump has been the renegotiation of, or withdrawal from, a number of international trade …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A schism is forming between Idaho Republicans over whether the party should support its presidential nominee, Donald Trump, following his recent scandals.
Shortly after the …
By Richard Tofel
For ProPublica
In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
According to Sandpoint resident Donald Kass, Donald Trump hasn’t changed a whole lot since he knew him as Donny Trump in grade school.
“He was …
By Ben Olson
with reporting by Cameron Barnes
Reader Staff
U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador spoke to about 30 constituents at Farmin Park in Sandpoint on Monday. The stop in Sandpoint …
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