Now that our national leaders are learning that sexual harassment is a bad thing, what comes next? Learning to use forks and spoons? (more…) Continue Reading →
Tax bills a mixed bag for Montana
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Daines never should have endorsed Moore
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When U.S. Sen. Steve Daines endorsed Roy Moore for the U.S. Senate last week, Daines said, “Judge Moore is a principled conservative.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore, Steve Daines
Montana Viewpoint: An opportunity wasted
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If there was ever anything that the right and the left could make common cause over, it would be the corporate control of America. It may be the only thing they agree upon, but since they disagree on almost everything else they won’t join hands to accomplish something they both want. They don’t trust each other, either, which doesn’t help. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs
A lifelong wait for World Series win
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On a mild spring night in 1965, nestled in cots on a screened-in back porch in South Texas, my brother and I started listening on the radio to Houston Astros baseball games. I was 14 and he was 13. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Houston Astros, Joe Morgan, Nolan Ryan
Opinion: Big jump in cigarette tax would help in many ways
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This year, a staggering 1,600 Montanans will die from tobacco use — the leading cause of preventable death. Montana also faces a staggering $220 million budget shortfall, forcing the state to cut vital health programs and seek ways to raise new revenue. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Montana Legislature
Students pay high price for cell phones
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Plummeting seven stories in an elevator at Montana State University Billings, I found myself in a car full of students. All of them were standing quietly, looking at their phones. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Atlantic Monthly, Smartphones
Montana Viewpoint: Shedding a tear for mega-corporations
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In a world where financial markets are booming and corporate executive salaries rival the incomes of small nations, corporate tax collections in the United States have been falling for years. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Corporations, Montana Constitution, Wade Dahood
Opinion: Funding cuts would hamstring Alzheimer’s care
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Last March, Gov. Steve Bullock was presented with the Montana Alzheimer’s and Dementia State Plan, which is a direct call to action to improve dementia care in communities throughout our state. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Alzheimer's disease, Medicaid, Montana Legislature, Steve Bullock
Opinion: Time to put a stop to sexual harassment
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I want you to imagine a pine tree. You know the ones where the wind blows mostly in one direction for much of the year. Those trees that don’t grow normally. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Beth Hoover, Harvey Weinstein, Power Up Speak!
Opinion: Medicaid cuts to in-home care shortsighted
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As representatives of agencies providing home and community-based services across the state for Medicaid recipients, including Montana’s older adult population and those with physical, mental and developmental disabilities, we are greatly concerned by the proposed cuts that will affect the Montana citizens who most need these services. (more…) Continue Reading →
