It makes sense, unfortunately
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The first 12 months of Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president have been a bonanza for historians. Comparisons and analogies abound, and the “history repeats itself” cliche is doing...
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Democrat Terri Pickens announces bid for Idaho governor’s office
By Reader Staff Though the 2026 election is about a year away, Boise lawyer and small business owner Terri Pickens announced Nov. 10 that she would seek the office of Idaho governor. Running as...
Emily Articulated: Fantasy, reality
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, was released in 2008 to mass appeal. It nearly instantly hit The New York Times Bestseller list, where it remained for more than 60...
God help America
‘How stupid does this administration think we are?’ By Sylvia HumesReader Contributor OK, what does it take? For a long time I believed that many politicians had no respect for their constituents and, when...
Trump is wading into the Rubicon
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The past two or so weeks have to be among the bizarrest in U.S. living memory. It’s hard to even know where to begin. On May 30, President Donald...
Andor concludes with a pitch-perfect Star Wars story
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Of all the Star Wars properties outside the three big trilogies, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) has always stood out as particularly superb. In my personal ranking,...
An open letter to the fascist regime attempting to take over our country
By Nishelle Gonzales Reader Contributor I have sat back and watched this new administration the last few months with horror and grief. I had a realization today that brings me hope that things will...
Anti-fascist films that hit just right
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Publisher’s note: This article contains spoilers. Perhaps it was Elon Musk’s Hitler salute at President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Maybe it’s the endless waves of authoritarian rhetoric coming from the...
It’s OK to stop this now
By Jim Imholte Reader Contributor I grew up in North Idaho. I attended Southside Elementary from 1973 to 1978, where my principal was Jim Stoicheff, who was also an Idaho senator, elected as a...
Back of the book: Defending the ‘weird’ from the ‘lame’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After a lifetime of being called “weird,” it’s strange to see that word having its cultural day in the sun, though being deployed to such devastating political effect. “Weird”...
