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Let’s be honest about U.S./Israel relationship

November 4, 2025 by Guest Post

by Timothy Adams, Stevensville Healthy alliances are built on mutual accountability, transparency, and shared values. Yet for decades, the relationship between the United States and Israel has operated on a […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Call for clear-sighted leadership

November 4, 2025 by Guest Post

by Dr. M. L. Sabin, (Sc.D), Corvallis Congratulations to Tony Hudson, Joan Mell, and all those who worked tirelessly to earn the recent Montana Supreme Court decision on which “political […]

Filed Under: Opinion

My plan to save the Middle East

November 4, 2025 by Guest Post

by Richard Marcus, Stevensville Here’s my simple plan to have peace in the Middle East: CREATE A NEW HOME FOR THE PALESTINIANS!  Modern Israel is 8,470 square miles (smaller than […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Real family values

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Tony L. Hudson, President, Save the American West, Stevensville Across this nation, we are watching something sacred slip quietly away – the will of young people to marry, build […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Losing of minds

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Bill Jones, Stevensville The October 15th letter of Jerry Esmay was not 100% correct. In fact, not even close. He furnished to the readers quite an impressive list of […]

Filed Under: Opinion

FEMA and King Biden

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Patty Franklin, Hamilton If you thought federal overreach couldn’t sink any lower, think again. A bombshell report from DHS dropped just days ago, lays bare a chilling truth: starting […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Hope we can stay on this path

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by John Leary, Stevensville I graduated high school in 1975, a few years after the Vietnam war. I went into logging and even wine grape growing until the economy tanked […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Voting is not enough

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis We are flummoxed. The No Kings rally in Hamilton – over 750 people – brought out old and young and stands in contrast to silence from […]

Filed Under: Opinion

No kings, except the one I want

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville No Kings! If these people really thought about what they are pushing, they would abandon their desire for anyone to be (s)elected President, as it is […]

Filed Under: Opinion

No Kings rallies

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton 750 in Hamilton, 7000 in Missoula, 18,000 in Reno, Nevada (where my wife and I spent the weekend), 15,000 in Boise, Idaho, 7 million nationally and […]

Filed Under: Opinion

‘The last best hope for mankind’?

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Marc Racicot, former Montana Attorney General and Governor The Federal Circuit Court has ruled that many of the President’s tariffs were imposed illegally, and also that the President, unsurprisingly, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

A constituent’s despair

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton To Senator Daines: We are familiar with the “Fall of the Roman Empire.” We are now witnessing the “Fall of the American Experiment.” It seems, Senator, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

King Donnie the First

October 28, 2025 by Guest Post

by Kirk Thompson, Stevensville It has been interesting to hear about the “No Kings” protests locally and nationally. While I share the concerns, the US Constitution provides for a powerful […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Remembering Coach Otto

October 21, 2025 by Guest Post

by Jean Schurman I first met Mike “Otto” Thill in the spring of 1997, just after I began covering sports for the Bitterroot Star. Even then, with all of his […]

Filed Under: Opinion, Sports

Wildfire suppression strategy affecting water flows

October 21, 2025 by Guest Post

by Pat Connell, Forester, former State Senator, Hamilton The Oct. 8 article concerning Lolo Creek gave a good report on efforts being undertaken to parse the use of waters flowing […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Credit where credit is due

October 21, 2025 by Guest Post

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton When I read the recent good news about the planned repaving of Ricketts Road just west of Hamilton, I felt like celebrating. As a 24-year resident […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support our public lands

October 21, 2025 by Guest Post

by Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman Wanting to do something tangible to express my support for our public lands, I walked into a Forest Service office and asked, may I volunteer?  At […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Montana’s nonprofits under threat

October 21, 2025 by Guest Post

by Adam Jespersen, Executive Director, Montana Nonprofit Association  As the federal government shutdown continues, concern across Montana is building. This shutdown means many government offices and services are closed, and […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Open letter to Daines

October 21, 2025 by Guest Post

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton Senator Daines, since Trump took office, his administration has undermined the principle that Congress controls funding. It has withheld funds Congress appropriated, a practice that violates […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Voter’s remorse

October 14, 2025 by Guest Post

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton Many voters who cast their lot with Donald Trump in the recent election are suffering voter’s remorse, a condition caused by actions taken that they now […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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