Pop punk and profits
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Like most people who can vaguely be categorized as millennials, I did a double-take when I saw the poster advertising When We Were Young Festival — a music event...
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The darkest day, one year later
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Some dark deeds in American history will forever be associated with when they took place: Dec. 7, 1941; Nov. 22, 1963; Sept. 11, 2001. A year ago today, another...
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 extremists in Washington, D.C....
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 a collection of “Zen...
‘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 has just entered a...
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 being abandoned and floated...
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 55 per 100. Last...
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 what I believed to...
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 of brilliance. Love is...
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 for all K-12 grades....
