Opinion

by Mark Snider, Hamilton Why is the government above the law? Most people believe lying is morally wrong. Lying corrupts our sense of kindness and humaneness and our ability to feel […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Socialism is a political system in which the government owns the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods. I suppose that sounds scary enough … unless, […]

by Colleen Meyer, Stevensville Thank you to the Town of Stevensville for placing signs on Main Street to prohibit U-Turns and J-Turns for the safety of all. Folks, as you drive […]

by Jeff Lonn, Hamilton Margaret Gorski’s letter (2-1-2023) stated “Collaboratives are democracy in action,” but there are many people who would argue the opposite–that collaboratives are democracy subverted. The 1969 National […]

by Will Walker, Hamilton On January 1st, 2023, State Senator John Fuller sponsored Senate Bill 99, a self described “Youth Protection Act” designed to insulate Montana Youth from a perceived campaign […]

by Leon and Linda Powell, Stevensville Let me please reiterate Mary and Harvey Hackett’s thank you to our wonderfully patient First Responders Rich Liddle, Dan Jones, John Pfarr, Bob Rohbock, Grant […]

by Terri Lackey, Stevensville The North Valley Pachyderms are supposed to be the “educational arm of the Republican Party.” They did some maneuvers last month to make sure the RINO’s are […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton In her letter in the Star for 1/25/23, Terri Lackey stated that the Constitution calls for a balanced budget. This is true of the Montana State Constitution […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am). This was the wonderful motto of an Air Force unit to which I once was privileged […]

by Jean Schurman, Victor On December 19, 2022, 406 Sports reported the co-op between Drummond and Philipsburg was dissolved. For me and I’m sure several other Class C fans, this […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton “The mission of a freedom caucus, Montana congressman Matt Rosendale told state lawmakers in Helena Thursday evening, can be defined by what it fights against. ‘The radical […]

by Mark Van Loon, Hamilton $2.5B surplus? Too much money is a good problem to have but how to spend it gets thorny. I’d like to see a clear and simple […]

by Margaret Gorski, Member of Ravalli County Collaborative, Stevensville I frequently hear that things in Washington are broken and that polls show a majority of people are concerned about the future of […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis “…Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security […]

by Tim & Patt Hancock, Stevensville I am writing this follow-up to my letter last week, which is sure to generate a letter of contrary opinion at least from Helen Sabin. […]

by Erika Helene Etminan, Hamilton Western culture has a problem: it is dominated by the mind – and this has serious consequences. The mind with its logical thinking is a useful […]

by Mary Mills, Victor Just when I was planning to write a note of thanks, Richard Brodowy, you beat me to the punch. So thank you, Richard, for prompting me from […]

by Star Jameson, Hamilton Recently there have been two important articles about the care of elders and inevitably their caregivers in Montana. In the past few years I have needed to […]

by Gretchen Spiess, Stevensville You may think that all Planned Parenthood does is abortions, but they do a lot more that most people don’t know about. Until recently, Planned Parenthood was […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville The Mullens who own four local newspapers (including the Star)  could never have picked a better candidate for Publisher of their local newspapers. I […]