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An obscure plank in Greg Gianforte’s platform exposes the liberal error at the heart of his campaign for governor. Gianforte, the founder of RightNow Technologies, gets a lot right. He looks the part, tall and lean and with a haircut that evokes memories of a great Republican hero: Dwight Eisenhower. (more…) Continue Reading →
Well, it’s official: Greg Gianforte did not schedule a two-day, eight-city tour to announce that he wasn’t running for Montana governor. Instead, as expected, he opened his tour Wednesday morning in Lockwood by declaring himself a pragmatic, job-creating candidate for the Republican nomination in the race. (more…) Continue Reading →
As members of the burgeoning Montana High Tech Business Alliance prepared to meet last week in Bozeman, they announced that the alliance includes 200 high-tech firms just a year after it was founded. (more…) Continue Reading →
The New York Times is reporting today that Montana “leads the nation in business creation.” The Times attributes all the business-creation activity to the Bakken effect: so much money has been flowing out of the oil patch, and so many people have been flooding into the region, that new businesses are being founded to meet new demands. The same study quoted by the Times lists Wyoming as second and North Dakota as third in start-up activity. What the story does not note, for some reason, though the study itself does, is that Montana was first last year as well, and North Dakota was, as it is this year, third. Only Wyoming’s status changed, jumping from sixth place to second. Continue Reading →
By coincidence, two interesting, Montana-centric stories on retirement were published yesterday. One was a bit of a fluff piece from Newsmax, headlined “Benefits of Retiring in Montana.” One “benefit” is that Montana is not crowded, which seems silly. Retirees love crowded! Have you been to Florida? Continue Reading →
Much has already been made of the news that the Montana House Education Committee will be led during the 2015 legislative session by two prominent supporters of school choice and charter schools. But since Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock is likely to veto any attempts to bring school choice to Montana, it’s the long game that is more interesting, and in that sense backers of school choice seem positioned to prevail someday soon. (more…) Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Petitions circulated by Montana Tech professors and students, asking the Butte school to rescind invitations to this spring’s commencement speakers, were sent to Montana University System officials on Monday. (more…) Continue Reading →
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: (more…) 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. (more…) 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. (more…) Continue Reading →
