It isn’t easy to criticize the punditry of Laurel veterinarian and former state legislator Krayton Kerns. But let’s do it anyway. (more…) Continue Reading →
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‘Dark money,’ free speech and a long way to go
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In a routine Sunday column about things the Montana Legislature did right in the recent session, Billings Gazette Editor Darrell Ehrlick wrote this sentence: “Free speech is not the right to say anything to anyone without having to sign your name to it.”
Actually, the right to say anything to anyone without having to sign your name to it is pretty much the definition of free speech. That’s why questions about campaign spending have become so tortured in Montana and in the nation as a whole. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: From the Outpost, Commissioner of Political Practices, Darrell Ehrlick, Disclose Montana Act, First Amendment, Jonathan Motl, Krayton Kerns, Montana Legislature
Ice buckets, copyright, exclamation points!
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Dear Ed: I gave up the Internet for the summer, thinking I needed to get off the digital merry go-round, read some books and experience the real world in real time. I was doing just fine — actually, I hadn’t felt better in all my 20 years — until recently. (more…) Continue Reading →