By Paul Graves Reader Contributor Sometimes, ignorance breeds irony. Irony comes from a Greek word, eirôneia, which means “feigned ignorance.“ One such example may be the “woke” cultural phenomenon. Perhaps many people who think...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Affection can be expressed by holding hands, offering a kind word or leaving a sweet note on the countertop. My personal favorite act of affection is when my boyfriend...
By Toni Kolb Reader Contributor I think back on my fluctuating childhood and smile. The ups and downs — it was a journey of memory making. I remember the seasons of beans and rice...
By David Phillips Reader Contributor Recently, the city of Sandpoint launched Engage Sandpoint, making use of the service SeeClickFix.com. I was intrigued by this, being a long-time software geek and early adopter. I created...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The past week has just been awful in America. A man who killed two people in a Kentucky grocery store last Wednesday allegedly entered a predominantly black church just...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: This is an opinion article written by Reader publisher Ben Olson. When President Donald Trump stood next to Russian President Putin in Helsinki on Monday, he had...
By Pastor Colin Moody Reader Contributor If your mailbox is like mine, it’s chock-full of monthly bills, sales flyers and reminder postcards. Sometimes I’ll see a nice-looking envelope in the stack of mail and...
By Rev. Bob Evans Reader Contributor For those of us who are Christians, Jesus is the archetype of who we are born to be, and also, the one whose own journey to the cross...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer When comedian Aziz Ansari became the latest recipient of a sexual misconduct allegation, it took me a few days before I opened the story. Before reading the anonymous...
By Rep. Mat Erpelding Reader Contributor In 1992, the Idaho House of Representatives passed House Bill 756, creating the Idaho Housing Trust Fund. At the time, a responsible legislature realized that creating pathways to...
