Opinion

Editor, The City of Whitefish has come out with a municipal resolution to endorse a carbon-pricing plan, called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Now why would they do that? Well, it turns out that if you want to do the right thing to make a meaningful reduction in carbon emissions you really only have two choices: onerous regulations or market-based carbon price. And if you are going to have a carbon price, you really want this kind called carbon fee and dividend. All the collected carbon fees get returned directly to the people. It’s called a carbon cashback. So, why this particular energy innovation act? It’s because this is the best program out there. I...

A recent thoughtful and well-reasoned Attorney General’s Opinion on “critical race theory” from Austin Knudsen has people on the left stamping their feet and pulling out their hair. The Montana Democrats’ spin machine is on full blast to justify racial discrimination in Montana school...

The world is changing faster than ever before. If we want Montana to continue to be a place where you can make a living and raise a family, we must build the infrastructure we need to seize the opportunities of the modern economy.  Right now, Montana ranks as the worst state for broadband Internet co...

Editor, The 67th Montana Legislative Assembly has been over for six weeks and we continue to hear about the aftereffects of this session. Our legislators took an oath to uphold and defend both the federal and state constitutions yet numerous bills enacted this session are clearly unconstitutional. Know...

Editor,  I know there are challenges with finding employees in the local community at this time, but there are also many people who are retired or have free time and are not looking for a job.  Maybe they would like something to do for a few hours each week, even taking a four-hour shift can be ...

Editor,  Many thanks to all you good stewards who gave time and energy picking up the accumulation of trash along our roadsides this spring. Also, the bulb outs on Polson’s Main Street, the garden spots in Ducharme Park, and the downtown hanging flower baskets are the best they have looked i...

In response to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s recently published opinion and the opinion of the Montana Attorney General regarding critical race theory, the undersigned members of the Montana Legislative Indian Caucus offer the following response.  In 1972, the Montana legisla...

Editor,  There has been enough written, much of it in the national press, about Montana’s new restrictions on voting. These laws have been taken to court and will be decided there. Meanwhile, we might reflect on how critical the right to vote is to our democracy and our lives. Our form of go...

Editor, “Majority rule” is such a simple understandable message. There must have been convoluted arguments in attempting to create a “supermajority” dividing line. First, there is the problem of defending why there should even be a “supermajority.” Next comes the gar...

It’s been five months. Five long months, but there are still so many things to do. So many goodbyes left to say. Most of them are symbolic and silent, but they are goodbyes nonetheless. Between just him and me.  Everyone else has said their goodbyes in their own way. They were done long ago. I&...