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Turn men into parrots?

August 31, 2022 by Guest Post

by Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale That’s the black magic of Godless dictatorship-socialism. Pet parrots repeat whatever their masters drum into their ears. Check out David Lightsey’s internet article: “Americans have become […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Christian political ethics upside down

August 31, 2022 by Guest Post

by Mark Snider, Hamilton This headline was published by the conservative magazine, The Dispatch. The following was written by David French, a columnist for the Atlantic Magazine. “The church has formed […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Tiff’s Notes – Back to school in fullness

August 24, 2022 by Guest Post

For my family, the beginning of school always signifies fullness. Our home swells with bags from our back-to-school shopping and we set up organizational systems for the many papers and […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Apology 

August 23, 2022 by Guest Post

by Dominic Farrenkopf, Mayor, City of Hamilton The City of Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department is currently fundraising for a new station that will be located in the City of Hamilton. A […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Re: where have all the workers gone?

August 23, 2022 by Guest Post

by Desirae Coty, Stevensville Jerry, I read your opinion piece and understood your frustration and the need to blame a political party. I have to say, no administration has done anything […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Either/or vs. both/and

August 23, 2022 by Guest Post

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton “You can’t compete with me; I want you to win too.” That meme from Facebook reminds me of that ancient John Denver song that says, “Who’s to […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Get your ducks in a row 

August 23, 2022 by 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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Cry me a river

August 23, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Thank you to library staff

August 23, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Never give up!

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

by Heinz and Krista Ober, Stevensville Our nightmare began July 12. Our German Shepherd “Shelby,” so rattled by construction noise, escaped a fenced yard and ran. Normally obedient, but now skittish […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Splash pad ownership

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Use the right bait

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Media needs to tell truth about climate change

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Trump = traitor

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Will Americans act?

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Beware of sound bites

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Where have all the workers gone?

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support for Tranel

August 17, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Ravalli County Democrats working to protect your freedom

August 10, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Response to Sue McCreary

August 10, 2022 by Guest Post

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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