It began with the Y2K conspiracies. Followed by 9/11. The longest war. Tea Party righteousness. A half-white president. A delusional president. A plague. Then the Montana Republican party’s win-at-any-cost surrender to wealthy out-of-state candidates buying personal legacies. The fact is: Our state government is about to be run by a decidedly bent-to-the-right pack of contrarians […]

If I have learned anything the last four years it is how peer pressure makes people do the dumbest things. For example, many Republican state legislators showed up at the Capitol without masks even though similar actions by Trump’s supporters landed several people in the hospital, and even killed Herman Cain. Do Montana’s Republicans think […]

This letter is in regard to the article in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on Nov. 19, “Local lawmaker shares controversial social media posts.” State GOP Rep Kerry White is busy posting false statements about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in which President-elect Joe Biden won. He is also calling for all Democrats to […]

For most vulnerable, we have to do better Montana This is an open letter to those community members, business owners and especially, elected leaders who are ignoring the recommendations and regulations of our state’s public health experts. The greatest burden of sacrifice during this public health crisis is being placed upon: • Our health care […]

As a lifelong Democrat, I would like to congratulate Sen. Daines on his reelection. Although I did not vote for him and have fundamental differences of opinion on policy, I recognize that the people of Montana voted him into another six-year term in the U.S. Senate. It is the fact that we have free and […]

Between Trump and virus, nation has learned nothing If we have learned anything in this past year it is that we have learned nothing. Millions of Americans have chosen to put more faith in ridiculous improbable lies than in the harsh truth of reality. Don’t like the COVID pandemic? Call it a hoax. Don’t like Democrats? […]

By MIKE GARRITY AND CHAD HANSON Guest columnists Dr. Chad Hanson and his colleagues conducted an ambitious scientific study on wildfire behavior and trends — one of the largest ever to analyze the factors that drive such fires. The study involved three decades of data and tens of millions of acres of forest fires across […]

Daines needs to get behind protecting our rivers For many years I’ve been very fortunate to live on the shores of the Madison River. Among Montana’s iconic waters (and our state holds many), the ever-popular Madison stands alone. From the windows of our home I’ve watched moose, elk, bear, otter, beaver and countless other critters, […]

In 1954, at the Army McCarthy Hearings, Sen. Joseph Welch asked Sen. McCarthy (he who was known for his fictitious claims that communists had infiltrated the government), “Have you no sense of decency?” We need a Sen. Welch now. From the president on down, including Sen. Daines, the Republicans have been claiming that the election […]

The presidential election has been called, like all elections, before every vote has been counted, but when the results are clear. Joe Biden won. At the White House, President Trump continues with his message of widespread and coordinated voter fraud and corruption which robbed him of his second term. Federal courts have been dismissing his […]