Can’t defend freedom of expression by denying it I reacted with mixed feelings to Douglas M. Smith’s letter concerning the recent car parade that was, among other things, a political rally for Trump. Once I got past my disappointment in reading his letter, I was able to feel both empathy and sympathy for Mr. Smith. […]

When we vote for Montana’s next attorney general, we’re choosing our attorney, our chief legal officer, and defender of our remarkable constitution. It’s an important position that is responsible for upholding our rights to a clean and healthful environment, individual dignity, privacy, equitable public education, freedoms of religion, assembly, speech, press, and our right to […]

What does it mean to be an American patriot? Growing up in the 1940s through 1970s, I lived an America that rebuilt after a Great Depression, defeated Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, passed the Civil Rights Act, built the great intercontinental highway system, and sent a man to the moon. Its public education and university […]

How many people do you know whoconsider it both an opportunity and agift to serve others? I have known ZachBrown and his family for more than 20years, and I trust that he has the heart of a servant, the head to tackle a wide range of issues, and the work ethic Montanans expect. Zach’s track […]

We’ve known for almost four years that Trump, ignorant and absence of care for constituents, is unquestionably the worst president in history. We now know the particular, horrendous, unimaginable aspects of his presidency. We’re fortunate with the brilliant book, “Too Much and Never Enough,” by Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, a clinical psychology PhD, year of […]

By MAC MINARD Guest columnist Here in Montana, our rivers and streams support almost every facet of a long-standing and cherished way of life. Montana’s waterways provide a living for hundreds of business owners and their employees in the guiding and outfitting industry, which is a large part of the state’s $7.1 billion outdoor recreation […]

Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Cherish the natural resources… Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty… or its romance.” My love affair with Montana and its beauty began when I moved to Bozeman for college. I am deeply grateful to be a Montanan: to have the ability to access […]

Matt Rosendale is a perfect example of disingenuous politicians re-writing their records to get elected. He has a long, horrible record on public lands, openly declaring while in the Montana Legislature that he favored transfer of public lands to the state, where they would be sold off, as Montana couldn’t care for them. He voted […]

I was quite pleased to read the letter to the editor from Dan Swanson (July 26) because it was very much like the letter I have for months thought to write. It is amazing to me that patriotic people have not understood that the president is a fascist and has been behaving like one since […]

By NANCY LEIFER AND ROSANNE NASH Guest columnists While women won the right to vote in 1920, women are not equal in the eyes of the law. As the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said about the ERA in an interview in 2011: “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of […]