By JAMES C. NELSON Guest columnist Montana’s constitution guarantees each of us a number important rights. Among those are the right to: pursue safety and health in all lawful ways and to a clean and healthful environment (Article II, sec. 3); to peaceably assemble and petition for redress or peaceably protest governmental action (Article II, […]

Fox’s foray into lawsuit stains Montana’s integrity It is an absolute travesty that Montana joined the other Republican-led states in filing the amicus brief to the Supreme Court to overturn the results of the presidential election. This is nothing short of a frontal assault on democracy. I thought this was the land of states rights, […]

Protesters’ bullying antics shameful and misguided Roger Roots and John Lamb are educated, experienced politicians, who, presumably, understand better than most of us the constitutional framework undergirding our system of government. Roots has a law degree, too, so his level of sophistication with the detailed mechanisms government has to enforce the rights it guarantees us […]

By ERVIN CARLSON Guest columnist The InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) was founded in 1992 to restore buffalo to tribal lands to preserve our historical, cultural, traditional and spiritual relationships for future generations, and has advocated for the quarantine and translocation of Yellowstone buffalo since its inception. It’s been 27 years since ITBC submitted the first […]

On Dec. 8, the Supreme Court refused to consider Trump’s latest attempt to overturn the election: “The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.” Consider this: President-elect Joe Biden won 51.3% of the popular vote by a margin of 7.1 million. Biden also prevailed in […]

Operation Warp Speed and the FDA let America down when we needed them the most. Our hospitals are overrun with COVID-19 patients, thousands of us are dying daily and the FDA is continuing their streak of blunders when it comes to Emergency Use Authorizations. From their bailout of Gilead, allowing them to recoup lost research […]

I’ve been honored to represent Bozeman in the state Legislature for the last 14 years. Due to term limits my service will end in early 2021. Recent events prompt me to offer one final letter to the editor as a state senator. I’ve witnessed much social turmoil over the course of my political career that […]

Regarding the Carlsons’ latest column (Dec. 8), I wish to set the record straight on the right-wing lie they parroted about conservative speakers being muzzled at colleges while liberal speakers are free to say what they want. Over the past 14 years, I have presented “Around the World in 90 Minutes” at hundreds of colleges in […]

Thank you, Matt Kelley, for your work, dedication How would you feel if someone showed up at your place of work and loudly and publicly criticized your performance? Someone who had never worked in your field, had never been trained in your practices, had never studied your trade, had never used your tools? Someone who […]

A recent letter claimed poisoning of minds of voters, by those who “lied and withheld news of Trump’s accomplishments…one of the best presidents of our lifetime.” That boggles the mind: that president is, among other things, the one whose ignorance alone was responsible for so many needless deaths during less than one year of coronavirus. Remembering […]