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Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Ben Olson / Books / Memories / Opinion / Personal history / Politics / Zach Hagadone

March 19, 2025

‘Hey, Rube’

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

When I was a cub reporter at the Associated Press, stationed in the bowels of the pre-renovation Idaho Capitol, circa 2003, we had a CRT …

Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Books / Movie Reviews / Movies and Theater / Opinion / Soncirey Mitchell

February 26, 2025

The life of the author

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

There are three books by Neil Gaiman on my shelves: Good Omens, American Gods and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. The sight …

Back of the Book / Education / Opinion / Politics / Zach Hagadone

February 20, 2025

In praise of nuanced disagreement

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

Among the many casualties of our present calamitous day is the quality of nuance. Power has a way of flattening the variability of ideas, regardless …

Back of the Book / Ben Olson / Featured / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion / Sports and Outdoors

February 19, 2025

On a powder day…

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

On a powder day, nothing else really matters.

It’s midweek and there are about five inches of fresh snow on the ground. The sun pokes …

Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Books / Opinion / Politics / Soncirey Mitchell

January 29, 2025

The revolution will not be live-streamed

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

Gen-Z has the kind of energy, passion, anger and morality that lights rebellions, and most have dreamed of overthrowing fascist governments since their first time …

Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Featured / Memories / Personal history / Politics / Random Digital Madness / Zach Hagadone

January 25, 2025

The art of the deal(ing) with it all

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

The first time Donald Trump assumed the presidency of the United States, I quit my job as editor of Boise Weekly, we sold our …

Back of the Book / Memories / Personal history / Random Digital Madness / Sandy Compton / Sports and Outdoors

January 15, 2025

A few thoughts… On learning to ski

By Sandy Compton
Reader Staff

Winter has finally arrived, though the frosting on my small forest looks more like December than January. Thankfully, the frosting is much thicker on our …

Ben Olson / Humor / Opinion / Politics

January 9, 2025

So dumb it squeaks

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

I have an itinerant column I trot out every month or so I’ve dubbed “Dumb of the Week,” which highlights the sheer stupidity at work …

Back of the Book / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion / Politics / Zach Hagadone

January 3, 2025

Party pooping

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

The Reader has never published its own endorsements of candidates. The closest we’ve ever come to doing so was actually a dis-endorsement I wrote …

Back of the Book / Health / Local Elections / Memories / Opinion / Personal history / Politics / Soncirey Mitchell

January 1, 2025

New Year’s resolution: Cry more

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

It’s been far too long since I’ve had a good, cathartic cry — one that lets the emotion wash over me so I can process …