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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.
In 2012, having served on the Mayor’s Committee on Homelessness for five years, John Hines decided it was to time to resign.
He represented the homeless community on the committee and had established a reputation as a thoughtful, articulate advocate for people whose opinions usually go unheard. Continue Reading →
When I was very young, I was not happy to be an Ed.
I didn’t know any other Eds, which was probably the most important consideration. No young boy wants to stand out, especially at my Catholic school, where the highest weeds were likeliest to be lopped off. Continue Reading →
Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet, by Todd Wilkinson, 2013. Lyons Press, 371 pages, $26.95
There are a lot of big names in this book besides Turner’s. Todd Wilkinson has revealing conversations with Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Al Gore, Kofi Annan and Jane Fonda, among others. Continue Reading →
On a Saturday morning in late January, my brother, a friend and I headed for Castle Butte north of Pompeys Pillar to look for petroglyphs. Our timing couldn’t have been better.
We’d had quite a bit of snow and bone-chilling temperatures earlier in the winter, and it has been cold and snowy almost every day since our outing. But there we were on the high plains of Montana in the dead of winter and it was a gloriously fine day. Continue Reading →
Growing up in Roundup, Hannah Appell was involved in theater even before she began school.
Though she never did get down to Billings to take part in any productions, she was frequently in the audience at the Alberta Bair Theater, where she saw many plays and “tons of operas” over the years. Continue Reading →
Nearly 40 years clear of it, I still remember my first visit to a public library. It’s not with the crystal recall I might have boasted 20 years ago, when there was more tread on the tires, but the wonder — at the stacks of books, thousands of them, all there for the claiming — remains fresh, as if it happened yesterday.
And in a way, it did. Continue Reading →
Will Bruder was the man of the hour Saturday during dedication ceremonies for the new Billings Public Library.
Bruder is the Phoenix-based architect chiefly responsible for the eye-catching library that has attracted thousands of people since it opened on Jan. 6. Continue Reading →
