Opinion
The Sun is approximately 93 million miles from the Earth, yet we receive its warmth from the photons it sends across the void of space. We depend on Sun’s energy to survive, but currently our planet is warming too much. Sunlight is a form of electromagnetic radiation. The Sun releases photons carrying electric and magnetic fields that oscillate. Our eyes have evolved to respond to oscillations between 430 trillion cycles per second at the red end of the spectrum and 750 trillion cycles per second at the violet end. Photon oscillations make the electrons of chemical bonds in the rods and cones of our eyes wiggle, sending a nerve impulse that our brain interprets as an image. The ...
“[Political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying af...
Dear Chair Kaltschmidt and Chair Wittich: This letter serves as a written protest to appeal the failure to recognize the voting rights of Senators Ellsworth, Gillespie, Hunter, Kassmier, Lammers, Loge, McKamey, Temple, and Vance and/or their proxies at the Montana Republican State Central Committee ...
I never met Pat Williams but I believe he was a good person and a good congressman. I also have a personal story to share about Pat. Not so much tribute, it’s more admonishment for Democratic leaders during these dark times. Following the 2000 election, Pat shared his opinion on local public radio t...
Editor, By the slimmest of majorities, Republicans of the 119th Congress just rammed through their Big Ugly Bill, a regressive tax-and-spending blueprint that redistributes wealth from the poorest to the richest Americans over the next decade. Montana’s entire GOP delegation voted for this atrocity....
I just finished a two week visit with the three grands. (And two with the three ‘aint bad.) Their house is undergoing a refinement and they needed a place to stay. (Me, the effervescent grammy, with hand in the air) “Oh, pick me, pick me!!” They needed a place to stay. I needed the...
If a public information request becomes too costly for an individual or organization to pursue, that, in essence, means constitutional access to public documents is denied. On May 8, Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into law House Bill 100, which was requested by the Department of Administration, and spon...
Every year, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration (SSA) reports to Congress on how many years the program has left in the Social Security Trust Fund to fully meet the obligations of current and future beneficiaries. Last year, that number increased by a year as the economy and jobs grew und...
News from Mountain States Policy Center MONTANA - Is the liberty of American health under threat? Are Americans still free to make their health choices? The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement would have you believe the threat is dire, with Big Food and Big Pharma’s crony capitalism pervasi...
Editor, Many thanks to those who have pitched in to make Polson look especially sharp this spring. For example: – Our own Flathead Lake monster is now “swimming” in her own bright blue sea in Sacagawea Park. I watched a little girl (and heard her laugh) as she climbed on the bro...
