From the Editor
From the Editor
Tue, Mar 18, 2025
By Evelyn Pyburn
It must be said. People losing jobs — as many federal government employees are– is a difficult and very bad turn of events for the individuals involved — no matter who you are or for what entity you were working. It is not a new kind of malady. OK, maybe it is for government, but it isn’t for the private sector.
For all the wringing of hands, crying and lamenting on media about the layoffs of thousands of government workers – not to mentio...
By Evelyn Pyburn
The message that is conveyed in the marketplace whenever government funded s...
By Evelyn Pyburn
So Billings, Montana has been noted as a place where people work hard.
Go...
By Evelyn Pyburn
It was quite disappointing to read the Governor’s Housing Task Force report ...
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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...
Monday, September 16, 2024
By Scott Lincicome,
Cato Institute,
In North Carolina, Kamala Harris called for a new federal law to ban “price gouging on food.” Such a law might be popular, but it would have, at best, no impact on grocery prices and might even make the p...
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Dear Editor,
I read the article about Montana suing over Obama care for noncitizens.
I own Maaco Collision Repair. Before Obama care, I could insure a whole family for under 600.00 a month for top of the line benefits.
Now, as you can se...
