Something is rotten in the state of America
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In the Jan. 22 edition of the Reader, I used my Bouquets and Barb column to wonder about the seemingly incongruous nature of the Republican party since President Donald Trump’s...
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Trampled by the mob
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff When I force myself to reflect on the recent election — and American politics in general — I’m reminded of a stressful day I once spent in a German...
Gov. signs Herndon bill limiting leaseholder rights to regulate weapons on public property
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho Supreme Court justices ruled unanimously in June 2023 that the Festival at Sandpoint had the right to ban firearms on city-owned War Memorial Field during the term of...
A few thoughts … On perspective
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist My brothers and I and our significant others once stood in Grandpa Earl’s east field on a summer night, watching sunset fade away. Hanging in the sky 10 degrees...
Mad About Science: Arquebuses, blunderbusses and muskets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve explored the history of firearms before, but several thousand years is hard to cover in a page. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the...
Uncomfortably numb
By Jerry Luther Reader Contributor We parked close to the City Parking Lot, got our puppets out of the car and quickly became our characters — my wife is in Andorra, the 9-foot-tall Avatar...
Bullseye
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There was a time when what you thought about guns didn’t somehow indicate your opinions on everything from electric cars to the germ theory of disease. There was also...
A few thoughts…
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Darn! It’s already March. November is coming up fast, and I declared my 2020 candidacy for president back when the Trump got elected, but then I got busy… you...
Taking a shot — Part 1
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink Reader Contributor More than 97 guns are owned per 100 people in the United States. Serbia is second, with 58 per 100, and Yemen third with 55 per 100. Last...
Boise gun activist group comes to Sandpoint
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Hot on the heels of its successful legal fund-drive in early September, the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance is headed to Sandpoint as part of its so-called Freedom Tour, which...
