Category: From the Editor
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A Surprising Turn
By Evelyn Pyburn Many on the Left (Democrats, Progressives, Socialists or whatever term is acceptable) must be quite forlorn nowadays because of how rapidly they are losing ground on multiple fronts— policy and political strongholds which took them years and decades to establish are being quietly and subtly eroded– with gun control being at the…
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Some thoughts…
By Evelyn Pyburn In gathering up the latest on some of the actions of the state legislature, some observations just couldn’t be avoided…. One positive that will hopefully emerge from the COVID crisis is the understanding that state and federal laws in general are barriers to efficient, prompt and affordable health care. That President Trump…
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Be Inconvenienced
By Evelyn Pyburn If we the citizens of the US are to have free speech, without which there is no freedom, then we must create a decentralized web. Everyone can play a role in that. I must admit, I quite naively was excited about the possibilities of the internet and communications technology when I first…
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It’s the Law!
No person shall be deprived of the right to examine documents or to observe the deliberations of all public bodies or agencies of state government and its subdivisions, except in cases in which the demand of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure.” Montana Law By Evelyn Pyburn Mid-March we recognize National Sunshine…
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“For Profit” for Good!
By Evelyn Pyburn Good grief. One can hardly imagine why anyone in the US can doubt the quality and dependability of services and products from the private sector – most especially when one compares it to how government performs. And, yet it is we have legislators and professionals and other leaders pushing back against private…
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His Legacy: Freedom to Speak
By Evelyn Pyburn Several times my husband mentioned that I needed to listen to this guy on the radio but I didn’t listen much to the radio except when traveling in the car, so that’s when it happened. I even remember what street we were on when I first heard Rush Limbaugh. We were on…
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Just Some Observations – by Evelyn Pyburn
DIY?–Quit Counting on Government Though it’s diminished somewhat, at one time the “Made in Montana” promotion was incredibly effective because it had a lot of support by local manufacturers and the public in general. When it comes to labeling meat products with the same message one has to wonder why its advocates need the government…
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Protectionism Boomerangs
By Evelyn Pyburn Following the experience of the heavy hand of government laid upon small businesses over the past year, one must hope that business people are rethinking their ideas about benefits of any “health and safety” they think emanate from the helping hand of “big brother.” The experience lays bare also the emerging reality…
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When Old-fashioned and Cumbersome is Good
By Evelyn Pyburn Sometimes modern technological innovations may not be an improvement over old fashioned, labor intensive processes. Such is perhaps true regarding voting. No matter how this election turns out, it will have totally undermined confidence in the electoral process for all, and that is a massive casualty for the country. And, it isn’t…
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The Birth of a New Montana
By Evelyn Pyburn “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” – Thomas Paine Such is the case for Montana with the Republicans having gained control of the governorship and both legislative houses. The situation poses a rare opportunity to set Montana on a strong economic foundation. We know how to…