Use your words (before your genitals)
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...
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Mahatma Gandhi’s profound influence on Martin Luther King
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Christ furnished the spirit and motivation, while Gandhi furnished the method. —Martin Luther King, Jr. I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical...
An Open Letter: To the Bonner County Board of Commissioners in opposition of the Natural Resource Plan
By Kirk Sehlmeyer Reader Contributor Dear Commissioners, My name is Kirk Sehlmeyer, and I live in Bonner County. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments and express my opposition to the proposed Natural...
It’s time to lay a foundation for affordable housing in Idaho
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...
The view from the bench
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer I had a lot of coaches growing up. Between volleyball, basketball, soccer and tennis, I listened to a lot of different advice between the ages of 8 and...
Single In Sandpoint: Aaaah, January…
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist Personally, I have never understood why we start our year in January. I don’t even want to start my car in January, let alone a diet or lifestyle change....
Trump, Israel, and Christian Zionism
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Every grain of sand between the Dead Sea, the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Jew [sic]. —Ed MacAteer, Christian Zionist We don’t care what the...
California Dreamin’: Exploring the weed culture
By Bill Lewis Reader Contributor Several months ago, a medical marijuana company purchased a small, 120-acre town called Nipton, Calif. Nipton is a nearly-deserted mining community north of the Mojave Desert and south of...
When You’re Smiling: Part 1
By Tim Henney Reader Contriabutor It’s difficult to describe how powerful several bulging bookcases of vinyl, long-play records have been in shaping my life. A 1956 Cal-Berkeley co-ed has been central to this feeling...
The False Prohpet Motive: Greed is (not) good for the planet
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor For countless millennia we homo sapiens have maintained our dominion over nature. We’ve penetrated every corner of the globe, cultivating plants and domesticating animals along the way. We’ve developed...
