In Fine Fettle: Creating change one cup of coffee at a time
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Health Columnist
“You could stop eating the butter mints on your secretary’s desk each day,” says Kenny. I roll my eyes at him. Really? The butter …
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Single In Sandpoint: See ya later, 2017
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
It’s time to say goodbye to 2017.
Suffice it to say, 2017 had its low points. That being said, we are looking down the barrel …
Virgin and Child: The Christmas Story according to Islam
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Most Christians do not know that Muslims hold Mary and Jesus in utmost esteem. The virgin mother of Jesus is mentioned 34 times in the …
Bordering on Complete Sanity: Slow down and live simply … or else
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
A problem with being a writer is that if you write long enough you begin to repeat yourself. Vonnegut and Heinlein escaped it, but Grisham, …
Point / Counterpoint: The Hi-Test silicone smelter
What’s a breath of clean air worth?
By Matt Nykiel
Reader Contributor
Just like our health, clean air is priceless. It’s worth a lot to know that our kids, grandparents …
Sexual harassment is a complex issue… and it isn’t
By Rachel Castor
Reader Contributor
Sexual harassment: It’s an issue too complex for a 30 second news bite. But I also think the issue is simpler than some of the …
Roy Moore was enshrined as a hero by Old Testament rape law devotees
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
News recently surfaced that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was just endorsed by the Republican National Committee, has ties to Vision Forum, a now-defunct, …
On The Lake: A column about lake issues by the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Columnist
Tuesday marked a huge victory for advocates of clean water — like me. And people that dislike sitting in their cars at blocked at-grade rail …
DiaTribe: Thoughts on the nature of conformity and tribalism
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
If we could take Doc Emmett Brown’s DeLorean back in time — now I’m talking way back, back to the days of our hunter-gatherer ancestors …
The Neanderthals ate their veggies, too
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Sometime after I told a friend that I had become a vegetarian, I saw a new bumper sticker on his truck. It read: “Vegetarian: Old …
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