By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Many countries are shifting from a universal
civil nationalism towards the blood-and-soil, ethnic sort.
—The Economist (11/19/6)
In 1992 Francis Fukuyama published a book …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Not long after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Sandpoint resident Travis Thompson started prepping to attend the inauguration. A self-described conservative associated with …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Someone has written with black spray paint on a retaining wall beside the Highway 200 railroad overpass at the west end of Hope, “TRUMP! SAVE …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
An estimated 80 million people watched Monday night’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Though it started out in a civilized manner, the debate …
By Richard Tofel
For ProPublica
In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Trump’s acceptance speech at the GOP convention was filled with lies and misrepresentations. Yes, it is true that “43 million Americans are on food stamps,” …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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