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On April 16, the Montana State Land Board is expected to vote on providing hunters permanent access to 20,000 acres in a part of Eastern Montana where access is needed most: Wibaux County. (more…) Continue Reading →
Because I am a great American, I listened to two recent debates between Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate. You can hear them here and here. (more…) Continue Reading →
Political wisdom: “Never put in writing what you can communicate by speaking, and never speak when you can make your point with a wink and a nod.”
Which is worse, Russian interference in American elections or secret American special- interest groups doing the same? Well, of course it’s the Russians because the special interest groups are at least American, not to mention bread and butter to the politicians of one political party or another. (more…) Continue Reading →
Maybe Montana should take one for the team. Why not? We are, after all, the best of America. We have the best scenery, the best writers and the best national parks. With climate change, we may soon have the mildest climate. Continue Reading →
Montana is on the front lines of some of the worst impacts caused by the changing climate. Large, intense wildfires are incredibly expensive to fight, limit our outdoor opportunities, keep tourists away and impact the health of thousands upon thousands of Montanans, especially the young and the elderly. (more…) Continue Reading →
The year I became old enough to drive, more than 50,000 Americans died on U.S. roads and highways. Since then, the U.S. population has increased by more than 50 percent, and the number of miles traveled per year on American roads has more than tripled. (more…) Continue Reading →
I have been giving some thought to the beliefs of some — such as the Bundy clan of the aptly named town of Bunkerville, Nevada— that the federal government cannot own property and therefore whatever Bureau of Land Management land the Bundys are using as grazing land actually belongs to the county, in this case, Clark County Nevada. (more…) Continue Reading →
A hush fell over the halls of Great Falls High School at 10 a.m. Wednesday, and in a high school teeming with over 1,000 adolescents, any hush is eerie. Over the loudspeaker the student body president announced that a moment of silence would be observed in memory of the slain students in Parkland and asked those students who wished to walk out of their classrooms and into the gym to observe it too. (more…) Continue Reading →
Feeling the pressure from Republican challengers, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has rolled over and endorsed a bill to unravel protections passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Or, in the alternative: (more…) Continue Reading →
“I cried … I was praying to God … I didn’t want to die … I want to live to be old like you.”
Guns and kids are tragically intertwined today in America. It shouldn’t be so, but it is. From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Parkland and dozens more, our minds are haunted by the image of innocent young bodies brutally shattered and shredded by the effects of high-powered military weaponry. (more…) Continue Reading →
