From the Editor
From the Editor
Mon, Sep 16, 2024
By Evelyn Pyburn
So, how dare a political candidate even mention the concept of privatization!
When people started asking me about Republican candidate Tim Sheehy’s comments about privatizing health care, etc. as though it was an outrageous thing to say, my answer has been, “I only wish I thought he intended to do it.”
More than anything, though, I was most amazed at people’s response to it. Even that Senator Jon Tester should be so over the cliff as to think it would be a persuasiv...
By Evelyn Pyburn
The price of something conveys a message.
Looking at the price of a can o...
By Evelyn Pyburn
One really can’t look at the events of the world today without realizing tha...
By Evelyn Pyburn
The current news about growth in entrepreneurship and the dynamics of start-...
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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...
Friday, September 13, 2024
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,...
Friday, August 23, 2024
By Chris Cargill, Kendall Cotton, and Derek Oestreicher
The Center Square
Families across the country have long benefited from the ability to attend a public charter school if they determined that was the best option for their children. Mon...
Monday, July 22, 2024
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 ever...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
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.”
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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 200...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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 Sp...
Monday, January 15, 2024
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 l...
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
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 acti...
