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Manzella and JBS

March 22, 2023 by Guest Post

by Doug Bohn, Victor My first encounter with John Birch Society was billboards along the highway that read “Get US Out Of The League Of Nations.” My father cheered the message, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Does it have to be a blame game?

March 22, 2023 by Guest Post

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton A letter in the Star of 3/1/23 says Republicans have always been the good guys and Democrats the bad. Another blames President Biden for what the writer […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Homelessness

March 22, 2023 by Guest Post

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I would assume that readers have been following the “homeless” problem we are experiencing across our country. Seems that every major city has an increasing problem with […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Ravalli’s power future

March 22, 2023 by Guest Post

by David Leslie, Corvallis This letter had been prompted by several things: first, the growing issues around water in the west. Secondly, as part of Leadership Bitterroot I learned that our […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Good volunteers, bad legislators

March 22, 2023 by Guest Post

by Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville Every day volunteers are giving of their time and talents to create positive outcomes. For the work you do to help people and animals, I thank you […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Finding truth in the midst of the extremes

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Mike Webber, Hamilton I received an engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines in the 1960’s. It was among the most conservative schools in the country. I then went […]

Filed Under: Opinion

My hill to die on

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Terri Lackey, Stevensville If you have been paying attention at all to what is going on in Helena, and you are a conservative, you should be appalled and very concerned […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Invitation

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Debbie Mason, Hamilton I am a member of the Hamilton Senior Center on the corner of 4th St. and Adirondac Ave. in Hamilton. We are a variety of men and […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Oath

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Doug Bohn, Victor “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Who?

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by J. Ward, Lolo Watch our Legislature in action on PBS, Channel 5. See/hear what goes on. It is free, we people pay for it. Ten thousand dollars given to our […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Socialism, finally exposed

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville How refreshing. Mary Fahnestock Thomas’s article extolling the wonders of Socialism was a real eye opener. Her article in the February 15th Bitterroot Star […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Stopping a massacre!

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis  The Founding Fathers knew two things for certain: first, that there would come before us a nightmare of the most grievous kind. That is, a monstrous […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Noncitizen voting conundrum

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Dana Gentry, Corvallis Should noncitizens be allowed to vote? That seems to be the question before us in HB 402. Although it’s a bit vague, it clearly references noncitizens voting […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Response to Knutson

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Bradley Williams, Hamilton Responding to Eric Knutson obsession with granting emergency powers to a Convention of States, this line of thought serves to distract us from the job at hand. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

On guard

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Susan McCreary, Stevensville A recent letter in another newspaper titled “Grand juries will create chaos” written by Marc Racicot, articulates the hidden agenda behind HB 405. This bill proposes an […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Penny-Nickel Plan

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Richard Coleman, Hamilton A penny costs 1.76¢ to produce. The US minted 14.8 billion pennies in 2020. A nickel costs 7.42¢ to produce. The US minted 1.094 billion nickels in […]

Filed Under: Opinion

We the people

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Leslie Kulju, Stevensville The 2021 movie and 4th installment of the series, “God’s Not Dead,” calls attention to the matter of homeschooling and the fight for families to maintain their […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Great paper but…

March 14, 2023 by Guest Post

by Richard Brodowy, Florence I enjoy reading the Bitterroot Star, it’s a great read. I am concerned about some of the letters that get published in the opinion section. Wednesday’s (3/1/23) […]

Filed Under: Opinion

A different point of view

March 8, 2023 by Guest Post

by David Leslie, Corvallis First my conclusion: “We the people” are in the midst of a national conversation about the core questions of ”who we are,” “what we believe” and “what […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Invasion

March 8, 2023 by Guest Post

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I again feel the need to talk about the invasion at our southern border. Several million illegal immigrants have entered our country in the last two years; […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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