by Mark Snider, Hamilton At a reception for Monica Tranel I learned what a true Montanan really stood for. She was against corporate greed, dark money in politics, policies that destroy […]
Unhappy without God
by Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale Is American unhappiness because of spiritual poverty from lacking that “Old-Time-Religion?” Early Americans had a common culture from Biblical preaching and open, well-used family Bibles which […]
Not my GOP
by Greg Seltzer, Hamilton Let me get this straight. A couple of months before the 2020 election, President Trump declared to his own ego and therefore to the country in general, […]
Horse apples!
by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Well, I’m just surprised and, yes, disappointed in the majority of Montana voters. When I moved away from here with my family about 66 years ago, I […]
Thinking about school safety
by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I’m a truly aged citizen. I’m proud of and love my great grandkids. The recent tragic events in Texas have caused me to pause […]
Irony
by Wade Sikorski, Willard It’s ironic, but does anyone see it? First, the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, letting states ban abortion, then the Supreme Court rules against the EPA […]
‘Home of the Tyrants … Because of the Compromisers!’
by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Terri Lackey, are you okay? These phrases from your letter of July 13th blatantly contradict each other: tyrants do not compromise – that’s what makes them tyrants. […]
Crossing the line
by Kathleen Rhodes, Stevensville When has the line been reached when certain behavior becomes unacceptable? Where does it say that difference of opinion leads to threats and intimidations? Where in civilized […]
Taxes and levies, oh my!
by Joe Petrusaitis, Hamilton The cost of living is way up for all residents of Montana. Now is not the time to pass levies or raise taxes no matter how noble […]
Roe v. Wade
by Dee Gibney, Hamilton I am personally tired of hearing about Roe Vs Wade. To start there was no Roe Vs Wad before 1973, now all of a sudden many think […]
Convention of States
by Helen Sabin, Corvallis Words matter! Do you know the difference? “…I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege […]
Culture wars
by Wanda LaCroix, Missoula Cultural disputes have been weaponized by the wealthy leaders of the party formerly known as “grand.” Freedom lovers naively relied on lofty notions of “precedent” and “privacy” […]
When will it stop?
by Terri Lackey, Stevensville Covid covid covid!! Fear fear fear!! Same thing! Synonymous in meaning! Pre-2020, when the media didn’t control 100% of your mind; every time you had a sniffle, […]
Wrong side of history
by Teresa Larsen, Victor John Schneeberger and G. Greenwood (June 29, 2022 Opinion letters) have again totally missed the point. “Termination of pregnancy” is a euphemism for murder of an unborn […]
State must protect our freedom
by Leslie Maiyo, Corvallis The dismantling of the age old national law of Roe has caused a huge upheaval within our country. The job of the Supreme Court has always been […]
No to rabbit killing!
by Debbie Mason, Hamilton OK… here we go again! Why are you trapping and killing all those cute innocent rabbits? Just how many people want them dead? Probably not many. Everyone […]
Convention of States
by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton COS is an interesting thought. In her letter of July 5th, Helen Sabin recommends that we Montanans start agitating with our legislators to become the 20th […]
Fireworks
by Jim Crews, Stevensville They started again last night terrifying my dogs so badly that one of the adult dogs wet herself and the puppy just shook with terror. I am […]
Time for Convention of States
by Helen Sabin, Corvallis “We the People,” call on our state legislators to file an application for a Convention of States (COS) and join more than 138 million Americans who have […]
He knew he would lose
by Bob Williams, Stevensville There’s abundant taped, and documented, evidence of certain people endeavoring to steal the US 2020 Presidential Election. Trying to steal it from we the people. From what […]