To Royce Engstrom, President of The University of Montana: I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your press release on March 22nd wherein you announced closure […]
Choo choo, boo hoo
I’ve been working on the railroad So are the Co. Commissioners, I’m told The Commissioners, Republican all, Want to make a winning call They want to do a railroad […]
Re: Obamacare and taxes
Obamacare may or may not still be the law in 2013, depending on how the Supreme Court rules. There are many myths about Obamacare. One untruth relates to taxes. John […]
Conservation is non-partisan
The latest nonsense from the Tea Party about protection of the environment and all god’s creatures that Noah saved being a communist conspiracy confirms my suspicion that they have […]
Setting Tea Party record straight
The article published on April 3 regarding six questionable candidates running for Democratic Precinct Captains perpetuated some confusion that continues to exist in Ravalli County regarding the Tea Party. […]
Foiled again!
Dang it! As a socialist “environmentalist,” I was most upset to see that our local planning board has discovered our plot for world domination. (Agenda 21 one world plan […]
Obama has communist support
Obama has been endorsed yet again by the Communist Party USA. FYI, the Democratic Party stole the entire CPUSA platform during Bill and Hillary Clinton’s ascendancy and re-branded it […]
Response to Keele
First, I would like to express my gratitude to Van P. Keele for giving me such an excellent opportunity to expose his fallacious, delusional, rambling distortion of political reality in […]
(Not) Affordable Care Act
The discussion by Insurance Commissioner, Monica Lindeen, in the guest column of the March 23 Missoulian supporting the Affordable Care Act caught my attention. As a subscriber to an […]
Obamacare and the Supreme Court
By Gary MacLaren, Representative HD 89 This last week The US Supreme Court heard arguments on four different lawsuits regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ACA. […]
Darby Bread Box collections The Darby Bread Box is collecting the following items for the months of April and May: peanut butter, cereal, canned fruit. The items can be […]
Lifeline Dairy barn destroyed by fire
When the large red barn at Lifeline Dairy burned to the ground last Friday evening around 10:30 pm the flames could be seen for miles around. Jennifer Holmes was […]
DINO (Democrat In Name Only) candidates?
By Michael Howell Democratic Central Committee members are questioning the motivation of several people who filed for Democratic Precinct Captain positions on the last day of election registration. They […]
Railroad deal still in the works
By Michael Howell The effort by local government bodies to shore up a deal between several Ravalli County shippers and Montana Rail Link (MRL) to keep the rail line […]
‘The perfect storm’ for elk decline in HD 250
By Michael Howell On a visit to the Bitterroot Valley last week, Dr. Robert Ream, Chairman of the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, came prepared with a power […]
Floodplain administrator lands job as road department administrator
By Michael Howell Ravalli County Floodplain Administrator Eric Anderson has accepted a job as Ravalli County Road and Bridge Department Administrator. Anderson was hired the day after the commissioners […]
Problem with newspapers
I think we all owe a thank you to the Howells for their willingness to publish controversial letters in the Star newspaper. I am sure they both disagree with most […]
We the people
Our government, national and state legislatures, have a paternalistic attitude toward we the people. They treat us like little children who are incapable of ever making valid decisions about […]
Re: Obama
After reading Hazel A. Smith’s 3/21/2012 letter in the Star, I felt it necessary to comment. Should Obama say that he was the first person to set foot on […]
More Biblical interpretations
“Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15). Thus God states in the 8th commandment that theft is wrong. But what is theft? All can agree that theft is taking something […]