Opinion / Editorial

May 19, 2021 midnight

Montana Newspaper Association urges support for local journalism act

Fairness is the goal of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act currently being considered in the United States Congress.

July 14, 2021 midnight

Food for Thought: Is empathy important and should parents be teaching it?

Empathy and concern for other people allow us to appreciate what we have and how we can help others.

July 21, 2021 midnight

Food for Thought: Keeping anger under control

Let’s take a look at what causes people to become angry and how they can respond to stressful situations more productively.

August 4, 2021 midnight

Montana Viewpoint: Rights and responsibilities

But for almost every right, there is a qualifier that is as important as the right itself.

August 18, 2021 midnight

Montana Viewpoint: The enemy is us

The ways we are currently dealing with Covid and global warming may validate that belief sooner than later. It was once commonplace to distinguish humans from other species by saying humans were rational thinkers.

September 8, 2021 midnight

Montana Viewpoint: Keeping it together

A politically divided nation is easy prey to its enemies and a weak partner to its allies.

September 29, 2021 midnight

Montana Viewpoint: The story of Tom Lane

Every once in a while we meet people that come into our lives for a short moment, and as short as it might be, they leave a very long impression.

October 20, 2021 midnight

Montana Viewpoint: Time to put the election to rest

Mike Lindell has had much more success in attracting people to his point of view than he has had in finding evidence to support it.

December 1, 2021 midnight

Montana Viewpoint: Vigilante justice

Can individual Americans, by claiming that they felt their life was in danger become judge, jury, and executioner and not worry unduly about the consequences?

December 1, 2021 midnight

Governor Gianforte: Enforce Montana’s “Bad Actor” Mining Law

As a hunter and angler who’s lived in the Upper Clark Fork River valley between Deer Lodge and Anaconda for more than 30 years, I can attest to the damaging legacy of mining on our waterways.