From the Editor
From the Editor
Tue, Oct 21, 2025
By Evelyn Pyburn
Every day one hears people complain about the rising cost of gasoline and vilifying the oil industry, with charges of gouging consumers.
The comments often conjure up memories for me, of sitting in the car at the gas station in Manhattan, Montana, where a big sign typically stated that the price of gas was 25 cents. Since I hated the “down time” of buying gas– bearing in mind it was a lot longer than most folks would think since Dad enjoyed long chats with Mr. Stoner, ...
By Evelyn Pyburn
Some noted figure recently said that the only way to end the housing crisis ...
By Evelyn Pyburn
“If you can keep it…”
Can we?
Those were the words of founder Be...
By Evelyn Pyburn
In the name of freedom, the world around, we cannot let the events of Tianan...
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Monday, April 07, 2025
Pondering what human-made items will look like millions of year from now as our descendants search for “technfossils”, Sci News wondered what wind turbine blades would look like.
They said, “The enormous wind turbine blades . . . are made of m...
Monday, April 07, 2025
Marking the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous speech.
By Lawrence W. Reed, Foundation for Economic Freedom
In St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, delegates from around the colony gathered to discuss matters that wou...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
By Roger Koopman
At an early age, we taught our kids to learn from others and to think for themselves. I still remember telling one child, “Truth doesn’t fly in flocks. You need to seek and find it on your own. And never be a...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Calling the election results in November, “nothing short of seismic,” Robert Bryce in a substack.com opinion piece, stated, “While this race was about many things, one issue lurked throughout: climate policy.”
Election results “show that...
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Some sales ideas that at first glance may seem counter intuitive were recently recommended in Inc. magazine. The ideas are based upon human psychology and their instinct to assure that they are in control.
For example, right up front, tell the...
Thursday, January 23, 2025
By Roger Koopman
If you happen to be at the state capitol during the coming session, you are likely to encounter Mutant Elephants in the hallways, restrooms and chambers. Although their footprint on the legislative process is immense, th...
Thursday, January 23, 2025
By Ian Vásquez
The United States has slipped in its ranking as a free country from 7th in 2000 to 17th in the tenth edition of the annual Human Freedom Index, which is co-published by the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute. The 2024 repor...
Thursday, January 23, 2025
By Chris Cargill, Mountain States Policy Center
Typically, courts provide clarity. They do not exist to make or enforce law but rather interpret what the law says. Nothing more, nothing less.
But a week of tumultuous rulings in Montana has,...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
By Roger Koopman
I wonder if it ever dawns on all those well-paid, city-bred consultants who come in to run most of Montana’s major campaigns, that nobody is listening anymore? Oh, sure. There are the political junkies, left and ri...
Monday, October 21, 2024
Joe Mahon, Director, Regional Outreach Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
After turning south in 2023, agricultural producers in the Ninth District saw their earnings decline further through the middle of 2024, according to results from the F...
