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This is the weblog page of Last Best News. Here you will find some news, perhaps, but also lots of commentary, opinion and satire. Just so you know.

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My two cents on Two Dot

Here’s a good story from Tom Lutey about Max Baucus’ last shot of whiskey at the Two Dot Bar. I have my own rather minor story about the Two Dot Bar. Many years ago, when my youngest daughter was barely 3, she and I drove from Billings to Boulder to visit a friend of mine. We stopped in Two Dot because — well, how can you not stop in Two Dot when you’re driving down Highway 12? (more…) Continue Reading →

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Backstory: Folk festival find

At the Montana Folk Festival in Butte last summer, I stumbled on the works of Ben Pease at the festival’s First Peoples Market. I’d been to at least a portion of the three National Folk Festivals when they were in Butte, and I’ve made two of the three since they became the Montana Folk Festival, which is without question the event of the summer in this state. (more…) Continue Reading →

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