A dark day in our nation’s history
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: This is an opinion article.
As Reader staff members were preparing our first edition of 2021 before press time on Jan. 6, pro-Trump …
Tagged: opinion
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
When I was teaching I used to have a few quotes posted around my classroom, including the title of this piece. I found it in …
‘Welcome to socialism, America’
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
With the passage of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, signed into law by President Trump on March 27, the United States …
The Baloney Detective: The self-made prince
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and he can sleep ’til noon.” — Mark Twain
Alone and against the odds, like Moses …
Taking a shot — Part 1
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink
Reader Contributor
More than 97 guns are owned per 100 people in the United States. Serbia is second, with 58 per 100, and Yemen third with …
I want my America back
By James Richard Johnson
Special to the Reader
I want my America back! I grew up in the Midwest in the 1950s and want back the America that stood for …
Love is a Dog From Hell
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The headline of this article comes from a book by poet and author Charles Bukowski, who lived a bitter, drunken existence periodically punctuated by moments …
Politicizing education
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise
Special to the Reader
The House Education Committee voted recently to reject and remove every word of Idaho’s education standards in math, English and science …
Human rights for all
By Timothy Braatz
Reader Contributor
Black History Month was created to celebrate the achievements of people typically excluded from the telling of U.S. history. In that spirit, here are three …
The Late Night Buddhist: Beer haters gonna hate
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
I was recently in Eichardt’s Pub (no big surprise there) on a Thursday night in January when they had scheduled a special event with Deschutes …
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