When I looked up “food security” this definition made the most sense to me. “Food security incorporates a measure of resilience to future disruption or unavailability of critical food supply due to various risk factors including droughts, shipping disruptions, fuel shortages, economic instability, and wars”. COVID-19 has revealed that we do not have food security […]

“We the people” face critical choices in June and November. Will we choose life or death? Will we choose common sense or corruption? Will we defend or shred our Constitution? We do know certain truths. In this time of unrest, fear and death, a corrupt and incompetent White House has betrayed us. For months Donald […]

Let’s say that you are the manager of a small convenience store, and you need to hire an assistant manager. You’ve got several candidates, but one in particular seems to have extensive business experience so you do some research and you find that he has bankrupted six businesses, been sued approximately three 3,500 times, been […]

Mistake to halt funding and disengage from WHO It would be a grave mistake to halt funding and disengage from the World Health Organization (WHO), flawed though it is. First, we need a global coalition to defeat the pandemic. Second,  withdrawing from leadership roles in any global institution creates tremendous opportunities for rivals like China […]

Pandemic offers opportunity for reflection Pandemic or opportunity? In speaking to folks I’ve encountered while out walking during this shut-down, it seems that without the distraction of life as we knew it, many are taking a good look at the difference between how things were and how they could be. Because while we’ve had this […]

In these times of momental uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be no better medicine, no better reprieve from the emotional and psychological stresses we are facing, than time spent by a river. I discovered that in the past week after cabin fever got the best of my family, persuading us to […]

Wake up Montanans! If Gianforte and Daines are elected you stand to lose your health coverage! They oppose Medicare and Medicaid. They oppose the Affordable Care Act and coverage of preexisting conditions. They say they are helping hard working Montanans stay safe and healthy, but that is not how they vote. They both enjoy government […]

By REV. LINDEAN BARNETT CHRISTENSON AND REV. JODY MCDEVITT Guest columnists Last month, anti-Semitic leaflets were dropped on three Montana communities. Butte, Billings and Livingston residents woke up to find unwelcome fliers on cars and outside of homes. Once again, the Gallatin Valley Interfaith Association (GVIA) — consisting of leaders from many Christian denominations, Muslims, […]

I have to outright laugh every month at the letters the Chronicle prints from Dan Klusman, Peter Arnone, Jack Levitt and a few others. Each of them pens a missive, every month like clockwork, extolling the virtues of our president, stoking fear of a socialist takeover and accusing those of us who express our distaste […]