Opinion

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 […]

by Judy Hoy, Stevensville This year, there appears to be far less songbirds that primarily eat insects for food than there used to be just 5 or 10 years ago. Bluebirds […]

by Bruce Weide, Hamilton Michael Howell provided excellent coverage (Bitterroot Star: June 9, 2021) regarding the Bitterroot National Forest Service’s public meeting aimed at producing a climbing management plan. I’d like […]

by Laura Garber, Hamilton “I pledge allegiance to the soil of the beautiful Grandmother Earth. And to all life for which it provides, one Humanity, sharing the Earth, with liberty and […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis The backdrop to our glorious summer days is a push/pull of pro- and anti-democracy forces. On the one hand we have our Secretary of State and legislature […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor Just some notes on the news: Regarding diversity, one may note the wonders of diversity by observing those who are rioting, looting and burning in the big […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton I would like to explain to you why you need a serious upgrade from the past that you seem to want to get rid of so badly. First […]

By Ed Sperry Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Now our youngsters in Hamilton are suggesting a Rainbow Crosswalk! I am absolutely in favor of students with enough civic awareness to stand up […]

By Helen Sabin, Corvallis  A high school group wants to paint a Hamilton Crosswalk in the colors of the “Trans Flag” presenting LGBTQ individuals while adding in black and brown […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville You also might have noticed that about 28% of Republicans now think that some form of violence may be needed to save the USA. And noticed that […]