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Columnist Stein: No Strangers In Sandpoint

 (AP file photo)
(AP file photo)

Writing for the American Spectator, conservative columnist/actor Ben Stein writes about his return to Sandpoint after 10 months away, and why he embraces the North Idaho town:

"When we left Los Angeles, everyone was talking about transgender Ms. Jenner. No one here sees it as anything but a freak show. Back in L.A., everyone was wild about gay marriage. No one here sees anything interesting about it. People are to be left alone. It is that simple. Back in Newyorktimesland, there is fear and furor about guns. Here everyone has guns and there is no fear and no furor. Everyone has guns and no one gets shot. That’s the thing about living in a place where there are no strangers and everyone has guns. No strangers. That is huge." More here.

Question: What do you like best about living in North Idaho?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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