Bless this hunt: The many ways we prepare for a successful elk season
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last Sunday, I found myself at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for the Blessing of the Hunters. I saw the event online, advertised as a …
Tagged: opinion
Finding courage: We need to take back our power
By Jane Hoover
Reader Contributor
Courage comes from the willingness to be vulnerable. I look at people who write editorials and think that they are brave people no matter if …
A history of conflict
By Christine Holbert
Reader Contributor
I recently spent six weeks in Ukraine, visiting family, traveling and promoting the new Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series at the Lviv Book …
Some thoughts on guns at the Festival
By James Baldree
Reader Contributor
Concerning the “controversy” over guns at the Festival, can we at least agree on a couple of points? Pro-gunners, given today’s realities, if the Festival …
Raising Idaho’s minimum wage is only the beginning. Next, bailout the workers
By Daniel Radford
Reader Contributor
Many people I’ve spoken with lately have been understandably peeved (pissed may be a more apt description) at the government’s “theft” of their wages. However, …
Tabletop gaming in the age of laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
When I was growing up, tabletop gaming like “Dungeons & Dragons” was a lot like a trip to Las Vegas: You had a ton of …
The Mueller Report: A “Short” Form
By Philip A. Deutchman
Reader Contributor
I have read the two-volume, 448-page Mueller Report, entitled, “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election,” by Special Counsel …
Point/Counterpoint: Gun rights
Carrying in public places: ‘Better to have it and not need it’
By Steve Wasylko
Reader Contributor
The short answer is “yes,” I would feel safe at the Festival knowing …
Considering a run for public office? Please read
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Contributor
The city of Sandpoint is one of a kind. I would like to say that we have it all here. That wouldn’t necessarily be true, …
Methinks thou dost protest too much
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil,” 1886
The movement, like …
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