By Ben Olson Reader Staff Former Sandpoint mayor, pastor and elder advocate Paul Graves announced recently that he would be leaving Sandpoint. Those lucky enough to have known Graves are eager to point out...
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor As we race closer to Election Day on Nov. 5, let’s pause for a moment and think about bias. We all have biases, particularly when it comes to politics....
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor In spite of what your perception might be of this commentary’s title, I’m not really writing about partisan politics. Sure, a bombshell of partisan politics exploded on Feb. 9...
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor Sometimes, ignorance breeds irony. Irony comes from a Greek word, eirôneia, which means “feigned ignorance.“ One such example may be the “woke” cultural phenomenon. Perhaps many people who think...
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor Hate speech and fear speech are alive and active in North Idaho. They seem to scream a desire to impose their particular mix of far-right politics and religion on...
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor We’re in the middle of Black History Month, whose foundation was laid in 1926. It wasn’t until 1970, however, when students at Kent State University chose January and February...
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor I offer a challenge to readers of the Reader: If you have adult children, grandchildren of voting age, or younger friends of voting age, please take this message seriously. ...
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor While many of us in this region are mesmerized and frustrated by the national political circus called the Presidential Campaign, a few of us struggle to understand what came...
