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Support for Tranel

August 2, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Unhappy without God

August 2, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Not my GOP

July 26, 2022 by Guest Post

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, […]

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Horse apples!

July 26, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Thinking about school safety 

July 26, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Irony

July 26, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

‘Home of the Tyrants … Because of the Compromisers!’

July 20, 2022 by Guest Post

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. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Crossing the line

July 20, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Taxes and levies, oh my!

July 20, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Roe v. Wade

July 20, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Convention of States

July 20, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Culture wars

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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” […]

Filed Under: Opinion

When will it stop?

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Wrong side of history

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

State must protect our freedom

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

No to rabbit killing!

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Convention of States

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Fireworks

July 13, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Time for Convention of States

July 7, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

He knew he would lose

July 7, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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