Without saying a word, a friend handed me a folded copy of the front section of Sunday’s Billings Gazette.
No words were needed. The copy was folded to an ad that spoke volumes. Continue Reading →
Opinion
Church sits in judgment on media coverage
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Last words, maybe, and a few thanks from Last Best News
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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.
Culture
New downtown restaurant to offer world’s best street food
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It wasn’t like Harvey Singh didn’t already have enough to do.
In 2013 he started Singh Contracting, a successful business that mostly works on roofing projects. Just about a year ago he and Levi Adams started Outward Media Group, a digital marketing company. Continue Reading →
Opinion
Montana Viewpoint: Winner claims fraud—that’s a first
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Donald Trump has been legitimately elected president of the United States, and Democrats need to get over it and move on. But so does Donald Trump.
Although Trump had a big victory it is apparently not big enough. He is now claiming that he should have gotten the majority of the popular vote as well as the Electoral College vote and is claiming that millions of people cast ballots illegally, and all for Clinton. This is the first time I have ever heard of a winning candidate claiming voter fraud. Continue Reading →
Montana
Billings leadership coach fires up Missoula businesswomen
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Invoking the legacy of a pioneering NASA mathematician, a leadership development coach from Billings implored several hundred Missoula businesswomen Saturday to “showcase” their value.
Eryka Johnson told the annual Missoula Businesswomen’s Network Symposium that she had to learn that lesson herself, after nearly failing in her first years as a mechanical engineer for ExxonMobil. Continue Reading →
Montana
Protection of health-care workers draws wide support
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Health-care workers from across the state supported a bill last week that would create a felony offense for knowingly assaulting a medical professional.
House Bill 268 would make it a felony to attack nurses, emergency responders and other professionals, punishing offenders with up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000. Continue Reading →
Diversions
All hail Trump, First Minister of Scotland
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Donald Trump is eligible to play soccer for Scotland. The rules of the sport clearly state that a player is free to represent the country of either parent’s birth.
As his mother is Scottish, there is nothing, technically, to prevent Donald John Trump scampering around the world’s soccer fields while proudly wearing the dark-blue shirt of his maternal country. Continue Reading →
Prairie Lights
Prairie Lights: A new wrinkle in the war on truth
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You know you’re living in strange times when the maker of the world’s most popular dictionary feels compelled to send out a tweet defining the word “fact.”
As National Public Radio reported, there were actually two tweets, one defining “fact” as “a piece of information presented as having objective reality,” and a later one saying that the word “is understood to refer to something with actual existence.” Continue Reading →
Montana
State Legislature looking at suicide-prevention efforts
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During his State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Steve Bullock said that he “cannot tolerate that Montana leads the nation in youth suicide.”
“I am haunted by this statistic,” he said. Continue Reading →
