Opinion

by Abbe Awanee Russell, Stevensville As a seasonal resident of Montana and Idaho. I was SHOCKED at the extremely widespread use of toxic pesticides upon my return this summer. They are […]

by Von Dailey, Florence Who do you identify as? Do you identify as a doctor? Is that who you are? How about an athlete? Is that who you are? Maybe you […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor Covid, now evidenced to be a CCP created bio-weapon, continues to wreak havoc throughout our society. Businesses punished with shut-downs, community traditions cancelled, high school graduates […]

by Bob Williams , Stevensville Thinking about this already changed climate, and not including greenhouse gas polluters, is like thinking about the January 6 insurrection, and not including, Stop the Steal, […]

By Daniel Carrasco, Frances Carrasco, Laura Carrasco, Jennifer Chase, Audrey Chong, Michele Craig, Kathy Dexter, Neeltje van Doremalen, Rachel Feldman, Andy Hughson, Shelane Hughson, Myndi Holbrook, Jacqueline Leung, Stacy Lewis, Mary Marsh, Brittany McKenzie, Terry Moran, Vincent Munster, Sujatha Nair, Vinod Nair, Laura Tally, Karin Peterson, Julia Port, Jyothi Purushotham, Jonathan Schulz, Cindi Schwartz, John Schwartz, Rick […]

By Jim Crews, Lewis Barnett, Susan Evans, Tom Brown, Raymond Smith, Stacie Barker, Robin Turjan Holcomb, Bob Michalson, Jim Tadvick, Sandy Holland, Nancy Potter-Lowell Due to the fact that Mayor Brandon Dewey used public funds to pay for his personal […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Can we stop this pseudo-conversation now? I will take your views on American history to heart when you have a PhD in the subject, like several of […]

By Von Dailey, Florence Why a rainbow crosswalk? Why, something to segregate you from everyone else? Why do you feel you are different and deserve special treatment? Why do you need […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville Critical race theory is not just about learning history from a different perspective. It is part of a postmodernist project that rejects classical liberalism and has converted […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor Oh my goodness! All those letters castigating those “hateful” Christians causes me to wonder if anyone remembers the story of Sodom & Gomorrah. There is still today […]

By Helen Sabin, Corvallis I recently attended the Hamilton City Council meeting that was held at the County Fairgrounds. It was eye-opening. The mayor began the meeting with a dictatorial warning […]

By Gary K. Carlson, Retired Marine Corps LTCOL, Corvallis S.1, the liberal elections bill was defeated yesterday in the US Senate. That is good news for Montana and really good news for […]

By Kris Bayer, Hamilton I’m the one that asked all of us to upgrade our thinking. As I read the letters to the editor (mostly the only thing I read in […]

By John Bruder, Florence Elliott Oppenheim wrote an excellent letter in the June 23 Star summarizing how democracies came to be and how our democracy is set up. I just want […]

By Mary Ann Dunwell, Helena “Short staffed. It’s the new pandemic,” reads a sign at an Ennis restaurant. “We can’t hire employees,” business owners said repeatedly during a recent listening session […]

By U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, Glendive In theory there is nothing wrong with a celebration of emancipation. The freeing of the slaves was one of the great steps forward for this […]

by Bob Williams, Stevensville Go to this well liked, climate depiction site, from the University of Maine. Have a look at colorful graphics, of global, expected high temperature anomalies, at […]

by John Schwartz, Hamilton Hamilton City Council voted 4 to 2 to remove the crosswalk artwork by the library at City of Hamilton’s expense.  “Concerns” came from a few members of […]

by Rep. Theresa Manzella, Hamilton I would like to thank the Hamilton City Council for the way they handled the recent proposal for painted crosswalks, the emotional meetings that ensued, and […]

by Elliott Oppenheim, Lolo There is considerable hoopla about our democracy being challenged. What is a democracy? Who invented the concept? You will see that our Democracy is a precious flower […]