Opinion

by Robin Sertell, Chair, Montanans for Life You may have heard that a group called Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights (MSRR) has been working to put a ballot measure called CI-128 on […]

by Archie Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Political parties like people need to be careful what they wish for. The Trump party was successful overturning Roe vs Wade making abortions illegal and […]

by Jacob Linfesty, Montana Transparency Project We’ve written previously about your fundamental Right to Know and how it provides all Montanans with an important way to interact with our state and […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret) , Stevensville Our Democratic friends are actually staging a political coup. A coup to undo a democratic and legal process which made Biden their Presidential […]

by Sheila Schiwal, Stevensville We are parents to a delightful 28-year-old daughter with a TBI/Cerebral Palsy.  Most people can’t appreciate that being a special needs parent is a challenging 24-hour job. […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton First, the debate: No, I didn’t watch it. Why would I spend my evening watching a convicted felon and showman in any sort of public meeting with […]

by Shawn Wathen, Hamilton At the end of June, I crossed into Canada to spend time with friends. As I crossed the border, I left behind a democracy on life support. […]

by Wanda LaCroix, Missoula Donald Trump denies calling veterans “suckers” and “losers” but General John Kelly quoted him, saying he is: “A person that thinks those who defend their country in […]

by Terrie Wilfong, Stevensville ​​Tester needs to stop political ads attacking Tim Sheehy’s character. My grandfather fought in WWI. My father fought in WWII. My son-in-law was in Iraq. I am […]

by Richard Parker, Stevensville Jon Tester voted twice for the Biden border bill that allowed 5,000 illegal aliens in each day. He has outside money from George Soros to make up […]

by Rep. Matt Regier, Speaker, Rep. Sue Vinton, Majority Leader, Rep. Rhonda Knudsen, Speaker Pro Tem For years we have watched news reports of the porous southern border facilitating the illegal influx […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton Revelation 21:8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless…and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur…” As we know, […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis Nothing says “threat to democracy” like the obvious realization that your candidate is too old, then having a bunch of donors and the slimiest people on the […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor Mrs. Sabin claims “The Republican Party in the valley is under siege.” I couldn’t agree with her more. Yet, Sabin’s opinions lack indisputable FACTS, possibly due to […]

by George Wuerthner, Eugene, Oregon  A national chainsaw epidemic exists in America’s woodlands. A recent article in the New York Times titled “Plans for an Ailing Forest Include Logging” exemplifies this […]

by Richard Parker, Stevensville There has been a major backlash of voters who have only a small amount of money to spare. It has added up to $52 million at this […]

by Dallas Erickson, Stevensville As most of your readers know there has been some amazing weather around the world in recent months. In many areas they get their yearly rainfall in […]

by Jim Hamilton, Florence I’d like to comment on the unrestrained pharmaceutical and political promotions that currently appear on TV all day and night. I worked in the pharmaceutical industry for […]

by Evan Schroedel, Florence I am hoping that by now people know that I was a railroad engineer and proud member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers union, the oldest labor […]