Category: Opinion
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What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Get about Food Costs
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 problem worse. That’s especially unfortunate because it distracts from all the federal…
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Letter to the Editor – Shilhanek
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 see a family of five is over $2,000.00 a month without vision…
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Nobody talks about freedom anymore
By Roger Koopman “The Divine Knowledge has ebbed out of us, and we do not know enough to be free.” Daniel Webster Have you noticed? When the election season rolls around, nobody talks about freedom anymore. Sure, that word is sometimes still dropped into campaign speeches, sprinkled like salt over a bland plate of…
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Judicial Activism or Judicial Restraint?
By Roger Koopman Some may consider it mere coincidence that over the past forty years, the Montana Supreme Court has struck down almost every conservative ballot measure (referenda and initiatives) that has come before it, while upholding every liberal one – including seven examples of such conduct in the past ten years alone. Likewise, maybe…
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‘The American Crisis;’ 250 years after Thomas Paine
By William Haupt III, The Center Square “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead.” – Thomas Paine In 1980, when Ronald Regean accepted his party’s nomination for president, he reminisced about our…
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Letter to the Editor – Chilcott
Dear Editor I recently heard that Yellowstone County is considering increasing the size of the Board of County Commissioners from three (3) member to five (5). This was done in Ravalli County, through our Local Government Review process in 2006. There were a number of factors that contributed to the decision, an effective campaign declaring…
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Illegal Immigrants Part of Bozeman’s Growth
Much of the growth in Bozeman is due to the influx of illegal migrants, which makes it impossible to get an accurate account for the growth of the Spanish-speaking community in Bozeman because the majority of people are undocumented, reports a Spanish –written report in the High Country News. The report was produced in collaboration…
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Montana’s Role in Country’s Energy Transition, Economic Future, and National Security
Todd O’Hair, President/CEO Montana Chamber of Commerce Advancement in technology is rapidly changing the world we live in, the careers we pursue, and undoubtedly affecting nearly every aspect of our lives. Traditional “big iron” companies like John Deere and GM have become “technology companies”. Electric vehicles, medical devices, military innovation, energy production and storage, are…
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Want to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion? Embrace meritocracy.
By Jack Miller In 2020, many American corporations and academic institutions adopted new policies to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI). Among these, Boston University decided to build an “anti-racist” research center around activist Ibram X. Kendi. Now, however, Kendi and his center are under fire for mismanaging resources and failing to deliver on the…