“January 6th, a very dark day for our country … I categorically condemn all violence…” Sheer nonsense, of course; we knew that all Republican Senators knew that Trump personally assembled those “domestic terrorists” breaking into our Capitol. All Republicans knew it days before voting. We and those Republicans saw many videos showing Trump telling them “Fight!” […]

It is early evening, March 2021. I have just walked the western boundary of my property adjacent to where Cross Harbor Capital/Lone Mountain Land is transforming 50 acres at the core of Gallatin Gateway into a high density slum of 354 “front doors.” My eyes are burning from the exhaust of diesel generators curing concrete for […]

When fractiousness and intolerance spread so far and wide as to typify the style of thought and communication among a great many people in a society, the society is suffering a moral crisis. On the other hand, a conception of a healthy mind is given by John Keats, who described it as “capable of being […]

By TOM WOODS Guest columnist Unlike many other bills being excreted by the Legislature these days, Senate Bill 110 is very subtle in the way it reveals the dysfunction in our legislative body. This bill directs the university system to stop payments to its employee health care plan for two month periods when the health […]

Last November, Montana citizens approved Initiative-190 and Constitutional Initiative-118 which legalizes recreational marijuana for adults over the age of 21. These initiatives also create a new source of revenue that provides funds to protect underfunded state parks and trails, wildlife habitat, and recreational land. Now with the 2021 Legislature in session, the governor and legislators […]

The law in Montana now mandates that its citizens, including children, walk amongst carriers of concealed firearms. Here are a few anecdotes from the true West for those MAGA cowboys: In 1883 the editor of The Black Hills Journal lamented, “Concealed weapons are still carried in Deadwood in defiance of the city ordinance imposing a […]

Our governor has a well-known propensity for limiting or eliminating government interference in citizens’ daily affairs. Thus he has freed us from the tyranny of mask wearing despite medical and scientific hat these simple procedures save lives. On the other hand, it has been reported that he favors new legislation that will allow concealed carrying […]

A recent report on Congressman Rosendale’s attempts to block the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act reveals once again his ignorance about public lands, or his unwillingness to learn the facts. The Act would protect about 2.7 million acres with about half of it going into wilderness status. Rosendale claims wilderness status would completely […]

As a mother, artist, and wildlife advocate, I experience a lot of grief over biodiversity loss. The thought of living through the sixth mass extinction feels like too much to bear. That is why the National Biodiversity Strategy Resolution recently reintroduced by Rep. Neguse D-Colorado, was music to my ears. If we are to learn […]

By KATHY HADLEY Guest columnist In Montana, we are fortunate to have access to some of the most iconic public lands in the country. As a lifelong hunter and angler, I rely on these rivers, streams, and forests to pursue my passions. Public lands sustain the Montanan way of life, and we deserve policies that […]