By Annette McDonald, Victor I read with amusement a recent letter from a Mr. Frank Novotny of Victor, to which I wish to respond. In my years in this country […]
Dysfunctional system
By Abbe Gail Russell, Stevensville My son Cody has disappeared into the depths of MT DPHHS adult foster care system. I haven’t visited with him since October 2005. He’s 41 […]
Protect NEPA and our National Forests
By Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman “In the last few years, it has become increasingly clear that soon some president and some Congress must face the inevitable task of deciding whether or not […]
Redistricting in Montana critical
By Fred Thomas, Senate Majority Leader, Stevensville As the Districting and Apportionment Commission begins their work, I am encouraged by the leadership of the Commission’s presiding officer – Sheila Stearns. […]
Immigration problem must be resolved
By Jerry Haslip, Victor I just finished reading the Bitterroot Star’s July 31, 2019 Opinion pages. Letters therein written by Messrs. Gibney, Bohn, and Hicks were spot-on, yet polite! Each […]
Sweet but incomplete
By Frank Novotny, Victor That was certainly a sweet letter from Mrs. Thomas, Lights for Liberty. Now, as Paul Harvey might say, here’s the rest of the story. Do you […]
In response once again
By Bill Stroud, Victor I’d like to dispel a myth which is thrown into the Orange Koolaid over at Fox News. “Liberals want open borders.” What does that even mean? […]
A test?
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton The term “moral rectitude” has appeared more than once on this page in the last few weeks. Presumably a person of moral rectitude has high moral […]
An invitation to the Gibneys
By Elliott Oppenheim, MD, JD, LLM Health Law, Florence Chabad of Missoula offers a Rosh HaShannah, year 5780, dinner invitation to Mr. & Mrs. Gibney. You will be our guests. We […]
Food for thought on immigration
By Gary Milner, Corvallis I read Dee Gibney’s July 7th letter regarding undocumented “illegals”. Phrases such as “not good moral character” or “sick and only want to SUCK off the […]
Stop the hate
By Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Thank you to the Bitterroot Star for one of the best Opinion pages published July 24, 2019. A huge thank you to all the opinion writers […]
Understand government policy
By John Gibney, Hamilton In response to Mr. Oppenheim, there was no hate or racism in Ms. Gibney’s letter. What she cited was facts, many from our own Government and Border […]
Another bait and switch
By Judy Hoy, Stevensville Last week President Trump conned the media into talking continuously about what he said to four Congresspersons. Meanwhile, the EPA upon his orders registered for use […]
Gianforte grossly uninformed
By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville Open letter to Rep. Gianforte: First, your positions do NOT support every woman’s right to “REDUCE cases of UNPLANNED pregnancies.” You dismiss pregnancy caused by […]
More on current immigration crisis
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 […]
Immigration success
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 […]
Our huddled masses: E Pluribus unum, one from many
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! […]
Stoners
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 […]
Equality or paranoia?
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 […]
Response to Gibney
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 […]