Mad About Science: Arrows
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
One major technological development shifted humans from being fragile and awkward middling gatherers into apex predators that would go on to dominate the food chain …
Tagged: history
Mad About Science: Camouflage
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Camo is a common sight in North Idaho. Whether it’s covering a giant, lifted truck that’s ironically drawing more attention to itself, or a group …
Libraries are also sacred spaces of the human race
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
“Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it.”
— Mark Twain, on …
From the homestead to the horizon
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In the face of great change, it’s not uncommon to feel helpless. It’s the only constant, after all, along with the passage of time.
As …
Late Tuesday
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It might seem like Mardi Gras is one big party filled with beads, booze and public debauchery, but the origins of this annual event actually …
Emily Articulated: Timeline of a life
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
We knew the house was old as we picked our way across the rubble-strewn floor. Having been informed of its recent demolition, we were granted …
Mad About Science: Cheese
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Delicious curdled milk has been consumed by humans for at least 10,000 years. Some experts argue that cheese has hidden health benefits, though that probably …
No: The Nazis were not liberals. Stop trying to say they were
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There’s been a curious trend in the letters to the editor I’ve been receiving lately: people trying to claim that the Nazis were “actually” liberals …
Looking back
By Erik Daarstad
Reader Contributor
Having grown up during World War II and lived under German occupation for five years, I watched the planes drop the bombs that killed my …
Conservation: From the Timber Wars to collaboration (part II)
By Zach Hagadone
Special to the Reader
This article is part of a series supported by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council and sponsored by Friends of the Scotchman …
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