Guest Post

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I appreciate Dan Tomlinson’s erudition and efforts to set me straight on the Sixth Commandment. Most people here in the Bitterroot identify as Christian, so I […]

By Matt Kuntz, J.D., Executive Director, NAMI Montana It’s helpful to be at the same line of work long enough to be able to be proven wrong. I’ve been working […]

By Gary Milner, Corvallis For several years I’ve tried to square Trump and his followers with what Republicans say about core values: fiscally responsibility, family values, belief in the constitution, […]

By Dusty Weber, Hamilton Why should someone who works and cannot afford insurance pay for the insurance of someone else who does not work at all? Continuing to fund Medicaid […]

By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis Dear Ms. Manzella, In support of the wishes of the majority of your constituents, I strongly urge you to vote against HB 552. The Bitterroot Valley […]

By Mel Holloway, Corvallis Considering abortion is a contentious topic, and that ‘late term abortion’ is a politically generated term with no medical validity, it seems appropriate to learn about […]

By Rick Landry, Corvallis In a recent LTE, the dual authors advanced their opinions that there exists “no convincing evidence for global warming” upon a vague, non-sourced allusion to “31,000 scientists” […]

By Dan Tomlinson, Hamilton This in reply to Mary Fahnestock-Thomas’ letter of February 27 in which she gives an all-too-familiar spin on the Sixth Commandment. She notes God’s command “not […]

By Lee Banville, Professor of Journalism, University of Montana The students I teach at the University of Montana often show up with a powerful assumption: If there is some piece […]

By Mark Albrecht, Stevensville Any regular reader of the Star’s letters section is no stranger to political rants from both ends of the spectrum. As these diatribes seem to have […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Have you ever changed your mind because someone argued with you? Me neither. However, despite all the snow it’s time to think about and even to […]

By George R. Greenwood, Colonel USAF, Retired, Stevensville It is a tragedy that Mr. Novotny spent 28 years in the military without comprehending what he was defending.  It is a […]

By Mark Kosterman, Hamilton I am writing because of my deep concern regarding the behavior of the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee during the Cohen Hearing. What I observed […]

By I Serenity, Hamilton In response to the national emergency declaration, Senator Steve Daines wrote: “I believe the President should do what he can to secure our borders. Methamphetamine from […]

By Rep. Sharon Greef, Florence We have arrived at the midway point of the 66th legislative session with a lot accomplished and a minimum of diversions. Getting things done seems […]

By Larry Campbell, Darby Seldom-seen Senator Daines ducked into the debate about bike use in Bitterroot Wilderness Study Areas again, of course at a safe distance from his constituents, with […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville I have to admit a feeling of schadenfreude about the infighting within the Democratic Party over the purported anti-Semitism of its two Muslim freshman congressional representatives, […]

By Rep. Greg Hertz, Montana Speaker of the House As Speaker of the House, it is a goal of mine to have unity within the Republican Caucus and a positive […]

By Tim Peterson, Corvallis People who know me label me as good. I tend to label people I meet as good. I am, we all are, fallible. We all make […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton Designating “Anchor babies” is both illegal and immoral. During the presidential election in 2016, several silly entertainers threatened to move their citizenship to Canada if Donald […]