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I was planning to ride off into the sunset today, but if I may appropriate an observation by Benjamin Franklin, it looks as though I might be heading in the direction of the rising sun.
In the week since I announced that Last Best News would cease publication today, I have heard so many expressions of interest in reviving it in some shape or form, with or without my continued involvement, that it appears likely that this independent online newspaper will live on.
Bozeman entrepreneur Greg Gianforte has been invited to speak at commencement exercises at Montana Tech in Butte and at Rocky Mountain College in Billings. Some people have threatened to boycott the ceremonies because of his involvement with groups that oppose equal rights for gays and lesbians and that support creationism.
I think the protesters have it all wrong. Gianforte is the perfect person to speak to budding young graduates. Here is what he should say: Continue Reading →
Hundreds of thousands of visitors come each year to Cody, Wyo., equipped with cameras and binoculars, hoping to see an elk, moose, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, whitetail deer or mule deer. Kevin Hurley remembers seeing them all. In a single day. Continue Reading →
Eunice Terry, a woman of deep faith and wide friendship in this community and many other others, died Sunday at her home in central Billings. She was 87.
Her nephew, Jeffery Booth, described her as a “God-given woman who touched a lot of minds and hearts.” Continue Reading →
As people in Billings cautiously toy with the idea that our long, snowy winter might finally be over, consider how Pat Smith describes the best part of his job:
“Imagine turning in a circle to see endless white and blue divided by the horizon line, knowing there is up to two miles of snow and ice depth beneath you. I suppose it is similar to being a sailor in the middle of the ocean, a sense of solitude and beauty in the starkness of the place.” Continue Reading →
Ten years ago, before he opened his faith-based creationist dinosaur museum, I went over to Glendive to interview Otis Kline.
I had thought it might be fun to hear Kline present his notions regarding evolution, the age of the Earth and what we could learn from dinosaur fossils. Continue Reading →
The East Texas town in which I first worked for a newspaper had a convenience store called the Seven Seas. I loved the name and liked to imagine that the store contained live sharks, salt air, one-legged pirates and exotic dishes of whale and octopus. Continue Reading →
Greg Gianforte, the Bozeman entrepreneur whose planned commencement speech at Montana Tech in Butte sparked talk of a boycott, offered to “step down” from giving a similar speech at Rocky Mountain College next month.
But Robert Wilmouth, president of the private college in Billings, insisted that Gianforte give the commencement address as planned. Continue Reading →
