Opinion

Growing up in rural Utah, I had incredible public hunting opportunities just like so many in Montana have enjoyed for generations. I spent time with family and friends, pursuing mule deer and elk on both public and private lands in what were the defining moments of my upbringing.  That all changed when a group called Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife took over my home state’s wildlife agency and made hunting strictly something for the wealthy. The public gets the crumbs, reduced to a handful of licenses. Even worse, in many hunting areas the public has to buy the license from an adjoining landowner, just to get to hunt on their public lands.  SFW through its founder Don ...

Editor, I am writing this letter to urge the residents of Ward 2 of the Polson community to elect Laura Dever for a full term as city commissioner. As an interim commissioner, Laura has shown that she is willing to learn and work with various stakeholders to be an effective commissioner. She has dedicated...

The American Families Plan federal budget, is a groundbreaking expansion of health care, education, and prosperity for hardworking families.  They say the budget will make taxes fairer, create jobs, mitigate climate change, and improve education and health care.   Tax Fairness The budget is...

Editor, Our nation dearly needs this: “A bringing of light to the darkness.”  These words were spoken by Arthur Brooks, an economist and an influential conservative voice in this world. He was on an App interview entitled: “How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt?” It wa...

Editor, Recently Montana state senator Greg Hertz, (R), SD6, wrote his opposition to raising taxes on corporations. He argued that corporate tax costs ultimately get passed on to workers and consumers, i.e. if corporations pay higher taxes they will pay their employees less and charge customers more. D...

Editor, There is an ongoing battle regarding the $3.5 trillion reconciliation plan proposed by the Biden Administration, which includes a provision that would require financial institutions, such as our credit unions, to report to the IRS transactional data for any account with at least $600 of inflows or...

Pregnancies and human life are older than recorded time, and so, it follows, are abortions. The procedures by which abortions have been conducted, however, have only very recently in human history been recognized in law and made safe by regulations. In 1973, the Roe v Wade decision declared abortion a con...

Editor, Regarding Greg Hertz’s Oct. 6 editorial, Greg, I see you’re back to writing editorials about the “progressive left” and their tax proposals. You find a source to quote that supports your opinion and then tout the benefit of the 2017 Tax Law that President Trump signed and t...

Editor, “We the People,” in our democracy have a wonderful power. We need not be swayed by the loud, raucous and relentless voices of discord and political pandering to which we are exposed. “We the People,” over the years, have demonstrated our power in this democracy. The next...

Editor, So sez the wisest man they say who ever lived. He continued, “The wind blows to the South and turns back to the North; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from. There they return again....