A couple of weeks ago, as I was discussing the state of the republic with my daughter, I said, “And I only have two more columns left to fix it.”
“They’d better be good,” she said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Taking the news and going home
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Recent Posts
Two of state’s best poets release new books
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“What Does Not Return,” by Tami Haaland. Lost Horse Press, paperback, 65 pages. $18. “The Bluebird Run,” by Greg Keeler. Elk River Books, paperback, 193 pages. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Greg Keeler, Lowell Jaeger, Tami Haaland
Sometimes government works best
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Feeling flush, we decided to increase the monthly payment we were making on a credit card. Risky as it is, we pay bills online, and after rooting around on the credit card company’s website for a while, I found where automatic payments are set up. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Democracy in Chains, Harvard Business Review, James McGill Buchanan, Nancy MacLean, Wells Fargo
Yellowstone Rep Theatre ends season with big hit
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The Yellowstone Repertory Theatre is ending its first season with the theatrical equivalent of a walk-off home run, an engaging and memorable production of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. On opening night of “Crimes of the Heart,” Craig Huisenga, one of the theater’s founding members along with Dina Brophy and Caitlin Hart, assured the audience that a second season is coming. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Caitlin Hart, Casidee Riley Corcoran, Craig Huisenga, Delaney Kay Hardy, Dina Brophy, Kelsey Reid Steffan, Yellowstone Repertory Theatre
Campaign shifts to lower gear
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Over coffee after last week’s primary, we were debating how long it would take for the U.S. Senate race between state Auditor Matt Rosendale and incumbent Jon Tester to turn negative. The answer: It already had. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Greg Gianforte, Jon Tester, Matt Rosendale
Rethinking vote by mail, free speech case
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I’m not too big a man to admit when I’m wrong. But I might be too small. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, U.S. Supreme Court, vote by mail
Free speech contested by baker, NFL
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Distinguish between these two situations:
♦ Claiming their First Amendment right to free expression is being violated, professional football players, under pressure from the federal government, face fines for refusing to stand during the National Anthem. ♦ Claiming his First Amendment right to free expression is being violated, a professional baker, under pressure from the federal government, is fined for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, First Amendment, Masterpiece Cakeshop, U.S. Supreme Court
Traveling through Yanny, reality bound
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Reality fractured so fast and deep that when we headed to Missoula last week, the first town we drove through was Yanny (and don’t let anybody tell you different). They hadn’t even had time to change the highway signs. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Fantasies infiltrate political positions
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The Montana Free Press’ summaries of the U.S. Senate and House candidates’ positions spell out a striking difference in the two major political parties. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Al Olszewski, John Heenan, Kathleen Williams, Matt Rosendale, Russ Fagg, Troy Downing
Fagg’s ad dips into dark side
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My favorite right-wing retired local news anchor is Dave Rye, even though I shamelessly allowed Roger Clawson to regularly call Rye a “weenie” in his weekly column at the Billings Outpost. (more…) Continue Reading →
