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An aging population, suicidal and homeless kids, Indian child welfare cases, rising domestic violence—Yellowstone County caregivers and advocates laid out a litany of legal troubles during a forum Wednesday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Nobody knows for sure who will be the Democratic and Republican candidates for U.S. president in November, but we know one thing for sure: Neither will be a military veteran. The last time that happened was in 2012. Before that, you have to go back to World War II to find a presidential election without a veteran in the race. (more…) Continue Reading →
People fall into two categories: A. Those who think that giving up civilization and going to live alone in the woods would be a rich, romantic and unforgettable adventure. B. Those who think that being in Category A would be at least slightly worse than prison. Readers of Julie Riddle’s “The Solace of Stones” (University of Nebraska Press) who already fall into Category B will find plenty of good reasons to stay there. And readers in Category A may sense themselves slowly slipping into Category B.
It’s not that the Montana life Riddle describes was all that horrible. When she was a toddler, her parents moved her and her 3-year-old brother from Tucson, Ariz., to the edge of the Cabinet Mountains near Troy. Continue Reading →
RED LODGE—When George Washington led troops into battle during the Revolutionary War, he communicated with his men at the same speed Julius Caesar had sent dispatches 2,000 years earlier. But within 100 years after the Revolutionary War, communications had developed rapidly with the invention of the railroad, telegraph, telephone and steamship. A hundred years after that, the Internet was in its infancy, heralding a new era in which global communications could occur almost instantly—and posing new risks to privacy and national security. (more…) Continue Reading →
A reading of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning poets on Friday kicks off the All Spring Pulitzer Campfire, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize. Anna Paige, a Billings poetry slam-winning poet who co-hosts Friday night’s event, said the celebration is funded in part by a grant from Humanities Montana. (more…) Continue Reading →
I’ve probably told this story too many times, but I can’t discuss medical marijuana without bringing it up: On a vacation in Minnesota, many years ago, long before the statute of limitations ran out, I suffered a severe roadside attack of diarrhea. I need not, and probably should not, describe how awful that was. (more…) Continue Reading →
In 2012, after a lifetime fighting alcohol and drug addiction, Corey Wolcott had reached his limit. He had ballooned to 286 pounds, and he essentially died in a doctor’s office, turning blue for 22 minutes. After he revived, he said, he was told to go home and get his affairs in order. “You won’t make a week,” he said he was told. (more…) Continue Reading →
Looking for objective news reporting? Don’t look in the news media. That was the message at a “Shining Light on the Media” presentation at a meeting of the League of Women Voters on Thursday. The league also is sponsoring a showing of the recent film “Truth” on March 15 at Art House Cinema & Pub during Sunshine Week, an annual focus on the media that is held during the week of James Madison’s March 16 birthday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Not too long after I reviewed a performance of “A Prairie Home Companion” in Billings in 1996, a friend suggested that Garrison Keillor was our generation’s Mark Twain. The thought has disrupted my listening to the radio show on odd occasions over the years, and it came rushing back when Keillor took the stage at the Alberta Bair Theater on Wednesday night. (more…) Continue Reading →
Our long national nightmare must finally come to an end. It is time to impeach President Trump and put a stop to his failed presidency. Sorry. Just practicing. (more…) Continue Reading →
