Opinion

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville As I am writing, fires are raging in LA. Years of failure to manage the forests of California finally resulted in disaster. Ask […]

by Bill Jones, Stevensville Wouldn’t it be interesting if the Office of Management and Budget could calculate the fraction of what the multimillionaires have thrown at Trumpism was in comparison […]

by Darin Gaub, Helena I read the recent columns published on January 15th by Rep. Bedey and Sen. Ellsworth and was not surprised concerning their content. Both claimed to provide […]

by Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville Some things just seem right. Like a perfect cast and a big cutthroat sucking in your dry fly. Or, rounding a mountain trail and a 6 […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis  The emotional and nonsensical diatribe from Thomas and Schrumpf, January 15, 2025, “Speak Truth to Power,” is an absolutely perfect example of why Americans elected Trump […]

by Sen. Sue Vinton, SD20, Senate Majority Whip, Senate Ethics Committee Chair By now, everyone reading this has likely heard about the allegations of waste, fraud, and/or abuse of taxpayer […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton Government statistics indicate over the last 50 years the Republican Party has had a steady decline in ethics and morality and a steady increase in cheating […]

by Danny Tomlinson, Hamilton They’ll turn this country upside down, Though their average age is 67. One way or another they figure, They’ll soon be in heaven. Fear the Geriatric Revolution! […]

by Archie L. Thomas &, Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Speaking truth to power is important, and it needs to be acknowledged and supported.   In 2024, the Ravalli county commissioners held hearings on […]

by Richard Parker, Stevensville Mark Snider is outrageously vindictive and hateful. Mark Snider is not as smart as the American voters who voted overwhelmingly for Donald John Trump. Only Lawfare against […]

by Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton I am curious if you members of our Legislature have to have a number of people killed on our highways because of impaired drivers before you are […]

by Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, HD39, Billings Women deserve respect, earn admiration, and expect that the government will hear them, will listen to them, and will protect them in the spaces where […]

by Terry Hansen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli […]

by Daniel Krebs, Hamilton In early December, 2024, the environmental law organization, Earthjustice, drafted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to address the agency’s upcoming decision on delisting […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis On 12/24, Mark Snider dared us to “Fact Check This.” I know this is an Opinion page, but fact checking these lies and innuendo is like shooting […]

by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Decades ago I saw this business slogan. “We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you.” It is funny in […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton “NEW YORK (AP) —Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty […]

by Melora Neaves, Stevensville They say it takes a village, and on December 22, we saw it. I had posted on FB’s Moving Stevensville Forward page about wanting help finding somewhere […]

by Robert DoBell, Superintendent, Lone Rock School I wanted to take some time today to express my sincere gratitude, respect, thanks, support, and prayers that all of you have shown me […]

by Bill LaCroix, Victor Just an observation: Seems the “pro-trapping” letter writers here (as well as far-right, anti-wolf extremist, Jeff Burrows, inscrutably-occupying a powerful seat on a public-lands board) have “come […]