by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Elon Musk is an unelected billionaire immigrant from South Africa and yet he was illegally given recent access to the $6 trillion US Treasury Payment System […]
2nd Amendment case
by Glenn Ferren, St. Regis There is a Second Amendment case in Montana you should pay attention to. The second amendment question in this case, can you use a firearm […]
The Trump Effect
by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis To all those who proudly voted for Trump, a heads-up. Already people in the Valley are losing jobs due to his Executive Orders. Others are already […]
Report from the House
by Rep. David Bedey, HD 86, Hamilton The first three weeks of the legislative session have gone by. As of January 24th, one hundred and fifty three bills have passed […]
Election travesty
by J. Ward, Lolo People that volunteer to work the polls for elections are doing their civic duty – pride in performance. Who wins and who loses an election is […]
Why I won’t keep my pay raise
by Rep. Greg Overstreet, HD-88, Stevensville I wanted to explain to readers a vote I took in the Montana House of Representatives because it shows some trickery that none of […]
Lesson from California
by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville As I am writing, fires are raging in LA. Years of failure to manage the forests of California finally resulted in disaster. Ask […]
Treasury as a campaign fund source?
by Bill Jones, Stevensville Wouldn’t it be interesting if the Office of Management and Budget could calculate the fraction of what the multimillionaires have thrown at Trumpism was in comparison […]
Report from Capitol building
by Darin Gaub, Helena I read the recent columns published on January 15th by Rep. Bedey and Sen. Ellsworth and was not surprised concerning their content. Both claimed to provide […]
Help send youth to outdoor camps
by Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville Some things just seem right. Like a perfect cast and a big cutthroat sucking in your dry fly. Or, rounding a mountain trail and a 6 […]
Truth to power?
by Helen Sabin, Corvallis The emotional and nonsensical diatribe from Thomas and Schrumpf, January 15, 2025, “Speak Truth to Power,” is an absolutely perfect example of why Americans elected Trump […]
Democrats propping up alleged corruption in Legislature
by Sen. Sue Vinton, SD20, Senate Majority Whip, Senate Ethics Committee Chair By now, everyone reading this has likely heard about the allegations of waste, fraud, and/or abuse of taxpayer […]
Fact check challenge
by Mark Snider, Hamilton Government statistics indicate over the last 50 years the Republican Party has had a steady decline in ethics and morality and a steady increase in cheating […]
An Ode to Local Militia
by Danny Tomlinson, Hamilton They’ll turn this country upside down, Though their average age is 67. One way or another they figure, They’ll soon be in heaven. Fear the Geriatric Revolution! […]
Speaking truth to power
by Archie L. Thomas &, Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Speaking truth to power is important, and it needs to be acknowledged and supported. In 2024, the Ravalli county commissioners held hearings on […]
Spewing hate
by Richard Parker, Stevensville Mark Snider is outrageously vindictive and hateful. Mark Snider is not as smart as the American voters who voted overwhelmingly for Donald John Trump. Only Lawfare against […]
Open letter to Montana Legislature
by Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton I am curious if you members of our Legislature have to have a number of people killed on our highways because of impaired drivers before you are […]
Bathroom bill
by Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, HD39, Billings Women deserve respect, earn admiration, and expect that the government will hear them, will listen to them, and will protect them in the spaces where […]
Respect international law
by Terry Hansen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli […]
Grizzly recovery proposal threatens our safety, way of life
by Daniel Krebs, Hamilton In early December, 2024, the environmental law organization, Earthjustice, drafted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to address the agency’s upcoming decision on delisting […]