Editor’s note: The editors of Noise & Color, Billings’ independent monthly magazine of culture and entertainment, asked me to write them a piece expanding on my recent column about downtown Billings, and the intense reaction to a certain column about the downtown that appeared in the Billings Gazette. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darrell Ehrlick
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Gazette boycott, however appealing, the wrong move
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A local businessman is organizing a campaign to get downtown businesses to drop all advertising with the Billings Gazette. The spark was a December column by Gazette Editor Darrell Ehrlick, who described some of the least savory aspects of downtown Billings. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: From the Outpost, Billings Gazette, Billings Outpost, Darrell Ehrlick, David Crisp, Ed Kemmick, Last Best News, Pub Station
A different take on downtown Billings
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A week ago today, Billings Gazette editor Darrell Ehrlick opened his Sunday column with the words, “This is one of those thing that hurts to write.”
If it’s any consolation, Darrell, it was also painful to read. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Prairie Lights, Billings Gazette, Community Innovations Summit, Darrell Ehrlick, downtown Billings
House debate unlikely to have swayed many voters
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If the purpose of a political debate is to change voters’ minds, then Monday’s U.S. House debate at Montana State University Billings was a clear draw. It’s hard to imagine that any minds changed after a debate in which Republican Ryan Zinke and Democrat John Lewis seemed to agree at least at often as they disagreed. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Darrell Ehrlick, John Lewis, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, Ryan Zinke, U.S. House
From the Outpost: On questions of grammar, to each their own?
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We appear to be stumbling into another war in the Middle East. Pro football is buckling under the weight of its own violence. In Montana politics, the only issue appears to be whether Steve Daines wants to destroy the country overnight by gutting environmental laws or whether he is willing to wait a few decades for global warming to do the job. So let’s talk about grammar. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Billings Gazette, Darrell Ehrlick, David Crisp, grammar, Kevin Drum, Sonny Bunch
Real prayer doesn’t need government sanction
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By DAVID CRISP
BILLINGS OUTPOST
Billings Gazette Editor Darrell Ehrlick began his May 18 column with the phrase “God Bless America,” then quickly added that he meant it literally, not “as some obligatory phrase tacked onto the end of a speech.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Darrell Ehrlick, James Madison, Supreme Court
No easy answers in talk on future of the printed word
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At the beginning of a panel discussion on the future of the printed word Tuesday night, magazine editor Seabring Davis told the audience, “When you figure out what the current state of publishing is, please let me know.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Allen Jones, Bangtail Press, Big Sky Journal, Billings Gazette, Billings Public Library, Darrell Ehrlick, Russell Rowland
Here’s the Jason Priest affidavit that was too hot for Gazette to handle
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Earlier this afternoon, I wrote about Billings Gazette editor Darrell Ehrlick’s decision not to print the charging documents in the assault case involving state Sen. Jason Priest, R-Red Lodge. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Billings Gazette, Darrell Ehrlick, Jason Priest, Jim Romenesko
Editor goes mum, paints self in harsh light
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The Billings Gazette is in the news, sort of, for Editor Darrell Ehrlick’s decision not to post court documents in the case of state Sen. Jason Priest, R-Red Lodge, who was charged with felony assault involving his child, his estranged wife and his wife’s boyfriend. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Last Best Blog, Billings Gazette, Darrell Ehrlick, Jason Priest, Jim Romenesko, Mike Gulledge
Goodbye to another Gazette reporter
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Another Gazette colleague has joined the exodus. Jan Falstad’s last day was Friday and her final Have You Heard column — the last of some 840 columns — ran this morning on the Business page. Jan was a hell of a business reporter. She understood the nuts and bolts of finance and the stock market, but she was alive to the human aspect of every story, too. She made her column, which could have been a dry, narrow-interest feature, into a must-read piece that was one of the more popular parts of the Gazette week after week, year after year. Continue Reading →