Opinion

Re-electing Trump will allow springtime optimism to continue

I’m a country kid and the first shoots of green grass boosts my mood and the worse the winter, the better the spring. Here in mid-April, my stock tanks are

Bills make Montana safer for women, girls

When women and girls go missing in our state, it’s not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem – it’s a Montana problem. And it’s an urgent one. Not much

What matters

I was recently told by someone that, while I might be forty-five, I think like a sixtyseven year old. This made me laugh, but given the context of the conversation,

Dear Martha shares the importance of prayer every day

Once upon a time there was Martha who had a sister named Mary. They grew up in a land far away. I knew her name because the nametag upon her

Refusing to use my insurance on chronic stupidity

There is a health care crisis in America, but there is a different sort of health care crisis on our place. My health care crisis involves trying not to put

Montanans must work together to protect our waters

Montanans know how precious water is. It’s essential for fish and wildlife, boating and angling, irrigating, drinking and creating much of our electricity. When something threatens our water — such

For a calm and happy home, always pick blue

I don’t know how you find a needle in a haystack, but I do know how you find one in a carpet. You walk around in stockinged feet for a

Calf-crop failure could be a sign that something is amiss

Every spring, a phone call from my Pryor Creek friend launches bull fertility testing season. Leftists who believe cow farts cause climate change will never follow this analogy but for

Forecast for Trump trade talks: more snow, maybe ice

If what we’re seeing now is the Trump trade “strategy” — cram trade talks between the U.S. and China, the U.S. and Japan, and the U.S. and European Union (E.U.)

Time to enforce no child left on their behind

I haven’t told my husband yet, but I’ve made a unilateral decision. We’re going to observe Screen-Free Week April 29-May 5. I don’t normally approve of unilateral decisions in marriages,

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