Guest Post

By Doug Bohn, Victor I write in response to the letters that appeared in the July 24, 2019 Bitterroot Star sparked by Dee Gibney’s letter. These letters, apparently aimed not […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton To me, the most interesting aspect of Mr. Oppenheim’s response (July 24th) to Ms. Dee Gibney’s letter, was the personal account of his own family’s immigration […]

By Elliott B. Oppenheim, MD, JD, LLM Health Law, Florence I am terrified. In the upcoming 2020 election, I predict that there will be extensive bloodshed and deaths. Take heed! […]

By David Welch, Hamilton Dee Gibney is a stoner. No, not in the way you are thinking. Even though her periodic rants are muddled and mostly incoherent, they can easily […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton What part of “all men are created equal” do we not understand? Today, because of changing word usage, it clearly means “all human beings are created […]

By Bill Stroud, Victor This is a response to Dee Gibney (Star Letters, 7-17-19). Dee, I just read your LTE from last week. My first thought was, “Wow, that gal […]

By Wade Sikorski, Baker It is nice to know Steve Daines stands. He rushed to defend Donald Trump after Donald Trump tweeted that four “Progressive Democrat Congresswomen,” otherwise known as […]

By TJ Smith, Billings What is the US Climate Alliance? It is a domestic group formed specifically to undermine President Trump’s excellent decision to pull out of the Paris Climate […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton* People with bleeding hearts for illegal immigrants need to have a strong dose of reality. Just because one thinks we should let illegals in doesn’t mean […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton We are far from the detention camps at our southern border, but I am concerned about what is going on there. I believe it is a […]

By Frank Novotny, Captain, U.S. Army, retired, Victor Having just received some e-mails showing Democrat representatives advocating gun confiscation, I think it may behoove citizens to ask the following questions […]

By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD87, House Appropriations Chairman As, once again, black storm clouds build over the mountains and wind whips the trees while brilliant sunlight shines on the green […]

By Skip Kowalski, Stevensville Montanans are fortunate to have great access opportunities to our public lands and waters. For hunters and anglers, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) provides […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville During Round I of the Democrat Debate many of us saw one candidate make a definite breakout. During Round II, many of us a saw one […]

By Melissa Martin, Ph.D, Wheelersberg, Ohio “For the times they are a-changin’” sang Bob Dylan. And the digital age has changed the way information is eaten, swallowed, and digested. We can’t […]

By Linda Habeck, Corvallis It’s another banner year for hoary alyssum along the roadsides, and in fields and pastures. I first started researching hoary alyssum in 2007 when I saw […]

By M.S. Detmers, Hamilton It is strange that my neighbor, who owns an easement road, chooses to violate my Deeded Easement Rights. He blocks the easement with a large trailer, […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville Americans will soon celebrate the birth of our country on July 4, 1776. We should also celebrate July 4, 1863, when our country ‘s continued […]

By Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville It seems that everywhere we go these days we hear various versions of what happened about Russian interference in our election and obstruction of justice. However; […]

By Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman President Teddy Roosevelt saw “conservation as a national duty.” As he said in a 1908 speech, conservation is “the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance […]