Give thanks for the wild Scotchman Peaks
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
As we gather with family and friends this week and count our blessings, let’s remember to give thanks for the wild landscapes that we live …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
As we gather with family and friends this week and count our blessings, let’s remember to give thanks for the wild landscapes that we live …
By Philip A. Deutchman
Reader Contributor
In the Oct. 26 issue of the Reader, there was a column by Suzen Fiskin about the Science of Quantum Happiness.
The article …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
What is a Millennial? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as … wait, wrong century. You’ve undoubtedly heard the …
By A.C. Woolnough
Reader Columnist
Parkinson’s Disease is a thief. It is insidious. It is sneaky. It is destructive. It sneaks up unsuspected and does its best to diminish one’s …
By Jeremy Grimm
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint has a historic opportunity to make sure the University of Idaho property on North Boyer Avenue remains a community asset that is open and …
By Nick Gier
Reader Contributor
George Will is one of our foremost conservative columnists. Except for some overly artful phrasing, he usually writes well-reasoned and evidence-based articles. His most …
By Jim Ramsey
Reader Contributor
In the wake of catastrophic fires in the West in the summer and fall following the unprecedented storms in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, this …
Rep. Mat Erpelding and Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb
Reader Contributors
Before you know it, news from the statehouse will be in the forefront as the 2018 legislative session kicks off in …
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
One of the top contenders in the rankings for the most pervasive fallacies of our time is the delusion of meritocracy. It becomes perhaps the …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Many concerned citizens have contacted me recently regarding the proposed silicon smelter in Newport, Wash. As reported in the Reader on October 12, 192 …
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