Opinion

In the long run, it’s well, a long run

One of the oldest theoretical constructions in economics declares that in a perfect market, short term profits and losses eventually even out so that, in the long term, all profits

School spelling bees prompt prayers and often tears

All across the country, kids are being traumatized not by cyber bullying or the Pythagorean theorem, but for another reason – they are good spellers. Yes, in preparation for the

The coolest generation is the one you belong to

Every generation since Adam and Eve has criticized the next one for their music, fashion, work ethic and inexperience, forgetting that all those same criticisms were once leveled against them.

Catch and keep or let them swim away

It’s often said that Montana is like a small town with long streets. Montanans may be separated by hundreds of miles but it’s amazing how many mutual friends you find

Trapping – a time-honored Montana tradition

When we learned that the Western States Fur Auction, sponsored by the Montana Trappers Association, was being held at the Park County Fairgrounds last week, a couple of our reporters

Horse apples, cow pies and climate change

This is a re-write of a 2007 column. The truth has not changed but back then Democratic-Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was only 18 so if she read this paper, she apparently

In today’s world is the medium the message?

As I am constantly forced into exposure to the methods of communication available to us nowadays, I am amazed at how shallow we have become in expressing ourselves. The meaningless

Theology in the Trenches

And so it was, back in the day, and no doubt long before that…kingdoms fell because of misunderstandings. Marriages were wrecked over he said/she said and much more went down

Universal benefit is a moral argument

There is no other nation whose citizens are better equipped to make moral judgements about total strangers than Americans. After all, a good part of the first Europeans here were

Spring needs to bring two thaws: snow and ag trade

For those of us who have slid, shoveled, and skated through the wildest up-anddown February weather in years, here’s a warm thought: corn planters are rolling in southern Texas. Need

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