Guest Post

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis For the past few months, talk radio has featured fascinating exchanges between Constitutional expert and Law Professor, Robert Natelson, and Mr. Skip Chisholm, a “Voice of the […]

by Mike Mercer, Stevensville Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that everyone has the same level of concern for our well being as humans and go from there. If […]

by Colleen Parker, Stevensville I don’t know if this is how it’s done – to write a letter to the Bitterroot Star, hoping you will publish these words and accolades overdue […]

by Steve Gibson, Mayor and Jenelle Berthoud, Town Clerk, Stevensville The article on the front page of the Bitterroot Star dated Wednesday, August 10, 2022, “Splash pad opens, closes” has a […]

by Susan McCreary, Stevensville It is not hard to catch fish when you use the right bait. I was not expecting to catch fish the first cast out with my letter […]

by Mackenzie Cole, Missoula As someone who grew up in Montana getting into the woods with my family to camp, ride horses, hike, and ski, it has been getting harder every […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton The search of Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago was authorized by a federal judge because of “probable cause” of not only obstruction of justice, but of espionage. […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis “Ignorance lies not in the things you don’t know, but in the things you know that ain’t so.” — Will Rogers Why should we Montanans vote for […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton So … “big government.” Do you mean like we have in the USA? It is made up of about 2.1 million civilians whose job it is to […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville The subject above is a question we hear almost daily.  No matter where you go in Montana or out-of-state, almost every business will be advertising for workers. […]

by Jim Edwards, Helena Have you no shame Ryan Zinke? What happened to you? Where have the Reagan, the Racicot Republicans gone? Why are there Trump flags, he’s not our President […]

by Linda Schmitt, Chair, Ravalli County Democratic, Central Committee FREEDOM! That word is the clarion call of the Republican Party. It is on practically all their parade banners and political signs. It […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor I couldn’t agree more with Sue! The GOP is no longer your same Grand OLD Party. Sue, you and I must accept the responsibility for the compromise […]

by Jeff Lonn, Hamilton On August 1, Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) raised the fire danger level to EXTREME, the highest danger possible, but after one week still had not implemented any […]

by Nancy Oesau, Hamilton Montana people have a right to  privacy! What goes on in a person’s body is no one’s business besides that person and her doctor. What is more […]

by Von Dailey, Florence I was just thinking about the statement “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. And the division I see between people runs extremely deep. Considering the division […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis Republicans don’t support veterans. Witness their vote against the Bill to cover toxic effects of burn pits. Burn pits are used in war scenarios, not in some […]

by Susan McCreary, Stevensville In response to Greg Seltzer’s letter in the Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Bitterroot Star, I agree with him, as it is not my GOP either. A whole […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Can you help me understand why one of the main speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, this month is Vikton Orbán, Prime […]