Today, I saw four more contingents of fire fighters arriving in the Bitterroot. God bless them and keep them safe. Two of the Hot Shot transports were from communities […]
Opinion
Jesus v. Trump
How would GOP Evangelicals vote if Jesus ran against Donald Trump in the next primary? Imagine the debate! JC: I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those […]
Montana fly fishing industry needs action on climate change
Even though some politicians in Washington want to keep disagreeing with the science, the effects of climate change in Montana can be seen far and wide. Whether it is the […]
Time to raise tobacco tax
By Lyndsay Stover, Hamilton Whether or not you use tobacco, you are paying for it. Every year, each household in Montana spends $791 in taxes due to smoking. What’s […]
Good grief, Mr. Greef!
The July 26 edition of this newspaper carried a letter from Representative Ed Greef that favored trading the town park for a smaller acreage by the bridge. His letter also […]
Alternative to sales tax
My wife and I recently heard from a friend of ours that was traveling around Pennsylvania and New Jersey and spent over $100 a day going through highway toll booths. […]
In Memoriam: Liu Xiaobo
On July 13, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, a political prisoner in China and a champion of democracy, died of liver cancer in a Chinese hospital. The world mourned, […]
Education: what’s been happening to it and why
In 1992 the earth-changing Rio Conference launched Agenda 21, sustainability and the march towards The New World Order.This was also the year we retired and moved from Chicago to Montana […]
Stevensville FAS: a call for planning is the ‘real intent’
By Margaret Gorski, Stevensville Representative Ed Greef (Letters, 7/26/17 Star) suggests that “the group” who spoke up in the numerous public meetings about the development of the Stevensville Fishing […]
Good grief, Ed Greef!
Where did you get your story (Bitterroot Star Letters, July 26) on what was decided by the Stevensville Town Council at the meeting of July 10? I didn’t see you […]
We can protect property rights and public access
Two core values that Montanans share make our state great: a deep respect for private property rights as well as a dedication to public land. Defending both of these values […]
One has to wonder
One has to wonder which is the bigger schizoid, Stamey or her attorney; as well as to question (opine) what she planned to do with the cash money and checks […]
How about a cult of kindness?
A cult is a group of people who are so devoted to a person, thing, or idea that they have given up their ability to think for themselves in favor […]
What a week!
Well, it’s certainly been an interesting week in Washington, D.C. Starting with our Commander in Chief deciding a certain class of Americans were no longer fit for military service. This […]
Who elected him?
Agreed, we all have responsibility to look well beyond stuff advanced by cults, also stuff advanced by cult type thinking. Let’s look well beyond the unholy alliance of the […]
To fellow deplorable cultists and others
Recently I received another opportunity to confirm my beliefs that many socialist, progressive liberals are fundamentally unable to accept the concept of American exceptionalism and that if you disagree with […]
Senators need to reject unjust bill and concentrate on improving ACA
All Americans, young, old or in between and poor, rich or middle income, deserve access to quality healthcare and to be protected from financial ruin when illness or injuries strike. […]
Ludicrous
Believing that “Republicanism” is a cult is utterly ludicrous. I could turn that around and say Democrats are more cult-like with their obsession over the unreality of “Russian collusion” nonsense […]
Good response
I was pleased to read the letters that objected to Mr. Essen’s letter of the prior week. Mr. Sperry’s letter was prompted by Mr. Essen’s, as was mine and two […]
What is the real intent?
We live in a gorgeous valley with a world class river running through the middle of it. The river runs through both private and public land which limits the access […]