Opinion
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Tester's attacks on veteran-run business are shameful
Bridger Aerospace started with four veterans in a barn in Montana. Our next mission became using battlefield techn…
Keeping in touch with Rep. Pat Ingraham
December is a time when days are filled with bazaars, shopping plans, baking, eating, decorating, singing carols, gathering together with friends and families,…
Letter to the Editor: Mayor doesn't vote
Letter to the editor: Meaning of local elections
Local elections hold immense meaning, especially now with the ideologies and philosophies on the proper role of government in our everyday lives polarized between a) obedient compliance and resigned dependency on o…
Rafting the Gorge
I left from Superior Saturday morning on an old blue and white bus and bounced down the frontage road towards Cyr for a daylong raft trip on the Clark Fork Riv…
Letter to the Editor: Fear Monger or legitimate warning ?
Think about it. If a road sign says ‘bridge out ahead’, or one that says ‘railroad crossing’, what are they? They are warnings signs informing us that there is, or that there may be, trouble ahead. They aren’t mean…
Keeping in Touch
Many of you will remember that during our 2009 Legislative session, property reappraisal was an integral part of that session as the Legislature addressed the reappraisal process per the Montana Constitutional requ…
Food for Thought: Secrets of inner strength
Ever notice how some people manage to stay on track despite suffering a serious illness, financial setbacks or other problems that would derail other people?
Issues with federal health care
Federal programs across the board have been huge failures at enormous expense to taxpayers. This Health Care program will be no better.
Food for thought: How to develop your personal negotiation skills
Negotiating skills can help you manage different kinds of life situations, both at work and in your personal relationships. Many family situations require negotiating with others. Deciding which movie to see, pla…
Hill and coal
Thanks to Rick Hill’s letter to the editor, 3/31/11, I see the election year mudslinging is upon us a full nine months early. Thank you Rick Hill for dispensing half truths and lies in the great American tradition …
Religious differences
The Koran tells the people who believe in it to murder everyone who does not believe as they do. That is their religion. And it even tells them to murder members of their own family if they misbehave about follow…
Legislative misconceptions
As we get closer to the end of the 62nd Legislative Session, I would like to clear up some misconceptions about a host of hot-button legislation currently working its way through the process. Alarmists from all sid…
"Sheriff First" bill effects officers
Here is the entire wording for the “Sheriff First” bill that has passed both the Senate and House. Please read with due diligence, it is very short.
Letters to the Editor
The supremacy clause, Article VI paragraph two: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of …
Political year in review
Another April Fool’s Day has passed since Pat and I decided to throw our hats in the ring for the positions of Plains Precinct Committeeman and Committeewoman for the Republican Party and we’ve certainly met many g…