Opinion

By Jim Hamilton, Florence As a gun owner and game hunter I am truly horrified and saddened by the misuse weapons of sport and recreation have experienced in our society […]

By TJ Smith, Billings Meatless Mondays for your school lunch program? Meat grown in a petri dish from a foreign lab? These are questions we need to ask Governor Bullock. […]

By David Welch, Hamilton Fear and ignorance were on full display in recent Bitterroot Star opinion letters. As Republicans across the country attempt to diminish and excuse the full throated […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville Feeling good about characterizing some people as liberals? Read on. Feeling good about our President forcefully acting against immigrant? For the last four years, have you been […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville There have been times when government tried, but failed, to remove from society certain consumer products. The Prohibition era began with the passage of the 18th […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton There is a new movie being promoted that anyone on the left, and those who dislike President Trump, if they have any humanity, should avoid and […]

By Mike Mercer, Stevensville How many fingers am I holding up, oh you can’t see that, sorry; I am holding up three fingers, I swear, prove me wrong. If you […]

By Joe Lamson, Commissioner, Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission, Helena Rather than helping Montana regain a second US House seat, Republican Sen. Fred Thomas has chosen to take partisan political […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I am grateful today, Sunday, August 11th, for Theresa Manzella’s op. ed. about standing on principles in the “Ravalli Republic.” She is upset with the Republicans […]

By Brian Potton Attention all Montana sportsmen and women. If you purchased your 2019 Hunting or Fishing licenses prior to May 1st, you might want to dig them out and […]

By Bob Israel, Stevensville Why does our country have such deep problems – such as the endless increasing drug problem, the violent use of guns, and the recent surge in suicides, […]

By Annette McDonald, Victor I read with amusement a recent letter from a Mr. Frank Novotny of Victor, to which I wish to respond. In my years in this country […]

By Abbe Gail Russell, Stevensville My son Cody has disappeared into the depths of MT DPHHS adult foster care system. I haven’t visited with him since October 2005. He’s 41 […]

By Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman “In the last few years, it has become increasingly clear that soon some president and some Congress must face the inevitable task of deciding whether or not […]

By Fred Thomas, Senate Majority Leader, Stevensville As the Districting and Apportionment Commission begins their work, I am encouraged by the leadership of the Commission’s presiding officer – Sheila Stearns. […]

By Janet Woodburn, Sapphire Community Health, Inc. There is some uncertainty at the root of American health care. Policies change from year to year, from the federal level on down. […]

By Jerry Haslip, Victor I just finished reading the Bitterroot Star’s July 31, 2019 Opinion pages. Letters therein written by Messrs. Gibney, Bohn, and Hicks were spot-on, yet polite! Each […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor That was certainly a sweet letter from Mrs. Thomas, Lights for Liberty. Now, as Paul Harvey might say, here’s the rest of the story. Do you […]

By Bill Stroud, Victor I’d like to dispel a myth which is thrown into the Orange Koolaid over at Fox News. “Liberals want open borders.” What does that even mean? […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton The term “moral rectitude” has appeared more than once on this page in the last few weeks. Presumably a person of moral rectitude has high moral […]