Opinion

by Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale Isn’t keeping Trump off state ballots the real election interference? Voters should decide who wins. Soldiers returning home to welcoming arms often can’t succeed due to […]

by Les Waldron, Hamilton My property tax bill arrived in the mail yesterday. Talk about eye-popping. My property taxes have, in effect, increased by 45-percent over last year. A 45-percent property […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton According to the article about changing leadership in the Ravalli County Republican Party in the “ Bitterroot Star” dated 10/18/23, Theresa Manzella does not think so. That […]

by Kathy Love, Hamilton It seems real investigative reporting is a thing of the past. Many of the allegations made in the article are very easy to refute with facts if […]

by Terri Lackey, Stevensville  Sue, if by cancel culture you mean canceling the Marxist agenda that is taking over our country, then you would be correct. If you mean stopping the […]

by Jim Hamilton, Colonel (Ret), MTARNG, Florence     Boy, am I a lucky veteran or what? My Vietnam Veterans of America Post 938 in Hamilton sent me an invite to […]

by Laurie Lord, Victor In response to the Dana Hendricks letter in the Oct 25 edition: The issue of insolvency for SS is one of simple math. The first recipient in […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Well, my concern about the terror-sponsoring country of Iran has unfortunately come true. While our President is reluctant to specifically call them out, everyone with any knowledge […]

by Howard R. Anderson, Hamilton I keep getting e-mails from Senator Daines telling me all the good things he is doing for Montana, including a bill to do away with three […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Kristallnacht, 9-10 November 1938. The night when the Nazi Brownshirts led devastating attacks on the Jews across Germany. The Germans at that time were […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton When I returned to Montana after several decades away I first heard, “Taxation is theft.” Something I read recently is helping me understand this view. It pointed […]

by Alan Lackey, Stevensville Mr. Bedey is sounding more like Joe Biden every time he is quoted in the newspaper here lately. Just like Biden he is demonizing citizens that have […]

by Wendy Callahan, Corvallis Thank you, Mary! Your letter to the editor was a welcome tutelage of the acronyms BIPOC and LGBTQIA+. Further, it gave enlightenment on the importance of staying […]

by Susan McCreary, Stevensville The front page photograph on the October 18, 2023 Bitterroot Star, showing the newly elected officers of the Ravalli County Republican Central Committee (RCRCC) being sworn into […]

by Dana Henricks, Florence Well, it’s clear now: A vote for a Republican is a vote to cut Social Security and Medicare. How do we know this? Because a Republican just […]

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton With great interest – and even greater concern – I read an opinion piece in a recent issue of another newspaper by May Mailman mentioning what she […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor Helen, I, unlike you, when asked a question, whether in public or private, will answer honestly. No Helen, I was not one of the “troublemakers” as you […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Conservatives that believe in the lessons and accomplishments of past President Reagan should rejoice. It is now obvious that we must unite under a […]

by Christine O’Connor, Stevensville So, they must maintain a winning mindset. Israel must not allow the world to judge them. What the world thinks is the world’s opinion. Being forced to […]