Editor’s note: The Billings City Council will also be pushing for a local option sales tax during the 2015 legislative session. And while the proprietor of Last Best News is inclined to think such a tax has it advantages, we are pleased to offer this contrary view. Here we go again. (more…) Continue Reading →
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Commentary: The sad state of being sorry
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A few weeks ago, President Obama played the lead role in the annual White House Turkey Pardon farce. He looked upon the biggest, fattest, most privileged and whitest turkey in America … and promptly pardoned it. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elizabeth Lauten, Jonathan Gruber, President Nixon, President Obama, President Reagan
Cranky ex-copy editor flays ungainly idioms
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I am excited to be writing this. I am so excited you’d think I had never written anything in my life. And I know you will be excited, too. You’ve heard people talk that way. A city official calls a press conference to announce that some guy who just painted his house donated a couple of half-empty cans of paint to the dog pound. Continue Reading →