Columns Articles
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Our View: Preservation Month worth celebrating
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Havre and Hill County are celebrating Historic Preservation Month, an especially meaningful commemoration because the Hi-Line is so rich in history.
Mr. Bernstein, give your evil pen a rest
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
This letter is in response to “The public has the right to know,” in Norman Bernstein's column “Consider This,” published in the Havre Daily News Wednesday,...
Friday, May 17th, 2013
The 30-Day Torture Challenge
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013
Friends don’t let friends do sit-ups. They don’t let them do crunches, either, or leg raises or this thing called a plank which is like a push-up...
Celebrating Nursing Home Week
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013
National Nursing Home Week is celebrated across the country in the month of May to honor nursing home residents and the caring, committed staff who assist them in their daily lives. As the admin...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
The public has a right to know
Published: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
The Havre-Hill County Library has been a focus of social life in the city and county for the more than 30 years that Bonnie Williamson was the library director.
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Does expensive energy serve the working man, governor?
Published: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
If talk is cheap, political talk is even cheaper. We can thank our governor for reminding us of this, when he vetoed two bills, unanimously endorsed by the PSC, that would hav...
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Even the evil deserve a decent burial
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2013
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried last week at a small Muslim cemetery in rural Virginia, far away from the massive chaos he created while detonating bombs that disrupted the Boston marathon, killin...
A great start for improving public safety
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2013
Looking east from Montana toward Washington, D.C., the view can be grim at times. Congress and the president are too often bogged down in rancorous bickering while solutions t...
Two third world countries — Bangladesh and the Republic of Texas
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2013
Two third world countries — Bangladesh and the Republic of Texas On April 24, at 9 a.m., in a crowded suburb of the Bangladesh capita...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Don’t mess with the hard-hearted
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2013
One thing you have to learn when you live in the country with pets, livestock and all manner of wild critters doing their call-of-nature things, you have to harden your heart to handle this lif...
Legislature left important work undone
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2013
The 63rd Montana Legislature adjourned without taking action on one of the most important pieces of public policy before them — the acceptance of federal funds to expand healt...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
$10 billion ‘binge’ budget a burden to Montana
Published: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. — P.J. O’Rourke The dust hasn’t totally settled on...
Monday, May 6th, 2013
Wilderness access should be preserved
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013
On May 8, the Bureau of Land Management will hold a public meeting in the Triangle Telephone Hospitality Room at 6 p.m. These meetings will also be held in Glasgow, Malta, Chester and Great Fal...
Is Afghanistan just another kind of Vietnam?
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013
John Maresca, Union Oil of California's (UNOCAL) vice president for international relations, testified before the House Committee on International Relations on Feb. 12, 1998,...
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
What was I reading about?
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Writing headlines is an art form, one I don’t practice myself, but for better or worse, every article, column and feature story has to have one. Whether written by the pros (yes, la...
No coverage for 70,000 Montana’s worst legislative blunder
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Generally, we should be grateful that the current Montana legislative session has come to an end for two years — unless we have a special session on some specific issue, such...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Against Medicaid expansion? Explain yourself
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Having served nine sessions in the Montana Legislature, it‘s a real honor to represent my constituents and serve Montanans. As citizen legislators serving in a part-time capacity, we are...
May Day 2013
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Whereas, the historical nature of man’s existence on this earth has been one of servitude to a monarch, despot or benevolent government; and Whereas,...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
In Montana’s election laws, let there be light
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
“I never bought a man that wasn’t for sale,” said former U.S. Sen. William Clark. One of Montana’s first senators, Clark bought his way to Washington with $1...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Montana FWP ignored public comment
Published: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Essen The ability to comment on proposed state and federal government regulations is an important right for all Americans. Since we live in a republic, not a direct democracy, public...
Monday, April 29th, 2013
Baucus: Thank you. Now let’s get to work.
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
Baucus Serving you is the greatest privilege of my life. Over the past 40 years, I’ve had one goal: make life better for the people of this state. You d...
Many successes for moderates
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
Jergeson This regular session of the Legislature concluded with the adjournment of the Montana Senate at about 3p.m. Wednesday, during the 87th day, three days early. &nbs...
On most issues, Montana’s moderate majority won
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
Here's to working together. Here's to the slow, arduous pursuit of compromise. Here's to the overlooked, under-appreciated, unglamorous middle ground. These da...
The reservations of the Indian – broken beyond repair?
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
CAPTION The Bureau of Indian Affairs was created in 1824 by the War Department of the U.S. government. Its main function was to control Native American opposition to white American e...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Don’t worry about me, I’m OK-ish
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013
In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a good person — neither am I a particularly bad person. I’m just OK-ish. I’ll admit to that.Pa...
