A personal story
By Dorothy Prophet
Reader Contributor
It started when she was 5. It was simple enough, starting with touching non-private parts, tickling and hugging, and moving on from there. Then it …
Tagged: opinion
The Jan. 6 hearings are reminding us what the truth sounds like
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a singular feeling watching the proceedings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. After years …
‘We have met the enemy and he is us’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Remember back in June 2020 when armed militia-types patrolled our downtown to protect us from “vans of Antifa” that were coming from out of the …
The massacre of children
By Adrian Murillo
Reader Contributor
There are some crimes that are so monstrous it hurls you far beyond your fear of the perpetrators or those agitators who urge them on. …
Where have all the mugwumps gone?
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
“The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average …
Two years of COVID
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Two years ago on this day I was out of a job — and, for the first time in my job-hopping life, it was involuntary. …
Wolves in trouble
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
A friend and I hiked up along Johnson Creek in Clark Fork last month, popular for winter recreation, only to find ourselves on the heels …
Short-term gains for long-term losses
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
One of my favorite times to walk around downtown Sandpoint is “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” as Frank Sinatra put it. All …
How the magic ended
By Kristina Kingsland
Reader Contributor
Once upon a time there was a magical land called Bonner County. It had majestic mountain ranges with thousands upon thousands of acres of public …
Solace in Sandpoint
By Sophie Poldermans
Special to the Reader
My brain foggy from lack of sleep, jet lagged, mixed with a jolt of excitement and curiosity, I stared out the window of …
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