Opinion

Check your boxes, even on vacation

The trophy wife and I are on our seven-day, triple-state marathon trek in Appalachia country. We flew into Atlanta, Georgia, and rented a car before heading north to Greensboro, N.C.

Getting ready for decision time in aisle one

I always get my milk last at the grocery store because I don’t want it to curdle while I try to choose between whole wheat, crushed wheat, honey wheat, honey

Immigrants seeking greener pastures

I am writing this on St. Patrick’s Day, the celebration of Irish culture enjoyed by all Americans no matter what their ethnic heritage. This is worth thinking about because when

6-mill university levy should be made permanent

In 1947 thousands of WW II veterans eligible for G.I. Bill higher education benefits were overwhelming the University System. The feeling in Montana and the rest of the country was

Costco and Walmart want you in their ‘chain’

While officials in Washington stare at a federal budget proposal headed nowhere and a federal budget deficit headed to the moon, farm leaders in rural America are closely watching two

Medicaid expansion will create a mess

It’s helpful to be at the same line of work long enough to be able to be proven wrong. I’ve been working with NAMI Montana to improve Montana’s mental illness

Don’t mess with our Daylight Saving Time

Well, we have sprung forward as of Sunday. We now experience darker mornings as we start our day’s activities and head to work, but then lovely longer light at the

International Women’s Day offers moments of power and peace

It was International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8th. Looking back on that day it was surreal how many incidents fell into place to heighten my awareness of the day

Protecting our rights to access to information

The students I teach at the University of Montana often show up with a powerful assumption: If there is some piece of information out there, Google can find it. It’s

It’s not easy making an egg out of an omelet

According to the Roman calendar, the Ides of March was the ancient empire’s traditional day to settle debts. In 44 B.C., Brutus and Cassius, two of Rome’s elite senators, settled

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