Grandiose ideas
By Mark Reiner
Reader Contributor
Government, democracy, religion, Christianity: all grandiose, big, expansive ideas that have moved humanity to form unions, and to kill each other. There are many more …
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Gardenia Center to be sold
By Mark Reiner
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint’s only metaphysical church commonly called The Gardenia Center is going up for sale this March. Until her passing, Marilyn Chambers, the founder of the …
Telling the story of the Gardenia Center
By Mark Reiner
Reader Contributor
Many people, especially newcomers, have no idea what the Gardenia Center is and what it does. Recently, a nice lady thought it was a garden …
Want to find partisan common ground? Eliminate the Patriot Act
By Mark Reiner
Reader Contributor
There are many articles decrying the chaos of the recent past. Most of them call for a unity based upon real communication, tolerance, and a …
Sandpoint and the Roman Empire
By Mark Reiner
Reader Contributor
My wife and I are two of those “back-to-the-land” hippies Ben referenced in one of the earlier “Redoubt” articles.
A large portion of us moved …
A phalanx of voices:
By Melannie Wurm
Reader Contributor
In our modern world of pop rock and Justin Bieber, of repetitive lyrics and commercialization and Spotify, it is easy to forget that music can …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 