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...
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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....
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 remarkable historical figures: Isabella...
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 Brewery. The plan was...
Covenants can be a good thing
By James Richard Johnson Reader Contributor When I consider the ecological advantages to trains versus trucks carrying freight across America, I do not find myself opposing a second railroad bridge across the lake near...
An American dream
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor “I have a dream … deeply rooted in the American dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed –...
Our best foot forward
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Several evenings ago my 1957 bride, our visiting and aging (58!) adult daughter, son-in-law and dog Tippy were driving home with cartons of Thai and Japanese takeout from Thai...
How real estate shapes a community
By Raphael Barta Reader Contributor In a prior existence, I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, where I was a vice president for the ski resort development company Intrawest. At the time, Intrawest had just...
Bumpy road: A brief history of the proposed Sagle asphalt plant and what’s happening next
By Cate Huisman Special to the Reader The saga of the proposed asphalt batch plant in Sagle continues. It’s a window into how governments make land use decisions and how citizens can affect the...
Many wild questions
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor Nothing is more wild than our imagination. Blank spots on the map are places to explore; we enter them not knowing what we will find. We need wild places...
