I have been delightfully ill the last few days. Runny nose, coughing and an aching body, but no fever, diarrhea or upset stomach. Some misery, to be sure, but nothing too intense. (more…) Continue Reading →
Politics turns scatological
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Opinion
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Opinion: In honor of Dr. King, learn, teach, take action
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Many of us breathed a collective sigh of relief after the dust settled in Whitefish at the end of Dr. King Day last year. It’s been a year of intense upheaval, including the murder of a civil rights activist at a White Nationalist march in Charlottesville, Va. That scene could have been in Montana’s beautiful mountain town, but it wasn’t, and there are lessons that we must carry forward. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Charlottesville Va., Daily Stormer, Dr. King Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Whitefish
Opinion: Fading memories of brotherly love
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You used to think brotherly love was like the old muni pool — the Athletic or the Mitchell — enormous and all-inclusive, teeming with the bobbing lot of us, overlaid with a joyful din like a pie crust crimped at the edges with mothers’ clucking and pierced only by the shrill whistle of some teenaged lifeguard, glaring down imperiously from his elevated perch like an Egyptian sentinel, a towel draping his head and shoulders, zinc oxide making an isosceles triangle of his nose. He was scary to a 10-year-old, but even then, faintly ridiculous. You gaped at him, shrugged, and turned back to the joyful din. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Great Falls, Mary Sheehy Moe
Doubts rise about value of college
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Spring classes cranked up this week at Rocky Mountain College, and I wonder why. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, MSU Billings, Rocky Mountain College, University of Montana
Missoulian come-on sounds familiar to Current editor
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An email was forwarded to me early Friday with a campaign that looked awfully familiar, so familiar I had to take a second look, thinking it was something we at the Missoula Current had produced, unwittingly, in our sleep. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Lee Enterprises, Missoula Current, Missoulian
Montana Viewpoint: Nothing new in rich-poor coalition
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Democrats constantly wonder why so many working people vote “against their own economic self-interests.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Jim Crow, Politico, poll tax, Reconstruction, W.E.B. DuBois
Legislators’ arithmetic doesn’t compute
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When state Rep. Peggy Webb, R-Billings, claimed that state spending is increasing more than twice as fast as revenues, I thought she might be making up numbers. She wasn’t, but even though the numbers are accurate, they don’t quite add up. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Montana Legislative Fiscal Division, Montana Legislature, Peggy Webb
Opinion: Research shows that public lands pay dividends
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Five years ago, a diverse group of business leaders from across the state met in Bozeman. While they represented many different industries, the common denominator was an understanding that our public lands play a critical role in our state’s economy. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Antiquities Act, Business for Montana's Outdoors, Greg Gianforte, Headwaters Economics, Jon Tester, Ryan Zinke, Steve Daines
Gazette prices take another big hike
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When legendary Chicago newspaperman Mike Royko encountered a reader who didn’t like his latest column, he would reach into his pocket for a quarter. “Here’s your money back,” Royko would say. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Atlantic, Billings Gazette
Montana Viewpoint: Getting through a rough patch
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This has nothing to do with Christmas (which I hope was wonderful) or the new year, (which I hope is great), but often at this time of year folks could stand a good laugh, which I hope this delivers. Whenever I am faced with a daunting task and wonder how I will get it done, I think back 35 or so years ago when I had to face what was then, and may still be, the most daunting task in my life. (more…) Continue Reading →
