Jail time given in politically charged post-primary fracas
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A parking lot brawl in May between District 1 Senate candidate Dan Rose, former House 1A primary candidate Spencer Hutchings and Clark Fork resident Michael …
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Sagle, Westside fire districts approve successor joint powers agreement
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It has been a season of dramatic change for the Selkirk Fire service. First came calls for a change in the joint powers agreement leadership …
Busting some myths about Portugal’s greatest hero
By Nick Gier
Reader Contributor
About this time last year, I was traveling in Portugal and visited a number of sites in Lisbon. Some of them were dedicated to Vasco …
Women of the Revolution: Soldiers, Spies, and Resisters
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“We possess a spirit that will not be conquered.
Should we be attacked, you will find a race of Amazons in America.”
—Abigail Adams to …
The ‘logic’ of anti-abortion extremism ain’t pretty
By Nick Gier
Reader Staff
“It is absurd to call a fertilized ovum a baby.” —Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain
Only just recently pro-lifers have argued that abortions should be allowed …
Does Mike Pence have the patience of Job?
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“I form the light, and create darkness.
I make peace, and create evil.
I the Lord do all these things.”
—Isaiah 45:7 (KJV)
“God moves …
A short history of religious violence in Sri Lanka
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“The sword is pulled from the scabbard, it is
Not put back unless smeared with blood.”
—from a Sri Lankan Buddhist battle song.
Over the …
A belated Easter message
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Easter was late this year, and the date changes every year according to an astronomical calculation. After much controversy in the early church, it was …
Being ‘woke’: Black Buddhists in America
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every year at this time I write a column about Buddhism. The Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on different days depending on the country. In Japan …
The new American socialists: Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth Warren
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“I believe in markets — markets that work. Markets that have a cop on the beat and have real rules, and everybody follows them.”
—Sen. …
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