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Giving Together: Supporting those who care for others

For many caregivers in the Flathead Valley, caring for a loved one with dementia can become an around-the-clock ro…

Updated 16 years, 10 months ago
Remember to say 'I love you' often

To my daughter on her wedding day,

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
Is literature the canary in the mine?

If we in the 21st century stand on the shoulders of giants, it must be a particularly light load for the giants - as there seems to be a dearth of intellectual…

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
'Manchurian editor' writes from the Gulag

One thing I have learned from online reader comments is that I don't really need to write my column at all to enjoy the privilege of having people criticize me…

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
Bells and whistles no longer tolling

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
Middle of the road? Not when it comes to the middle name…

I had occasion to make a passing reference to "George W. Bush" and "Barack Hussein Obama" in this column recently, for which it was suggested in a back-handed …

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
Huxley's 'Enemies of Freedom' - revisited

It seems we really are going "back to the future," to quote the title of a popular movie. As a matter of fact, you could make a pretty good case that the futur…

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
Huxley's 'Enemies of Freedom' - revisited

It seems we really are going "back to the future," to quote the title of a popular movie. As a matter of fact, you could make a pretty good case that the futur…

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
Garden woes are off to an early start

I accept the fact that gardening in the Flathead - and more specifically in rural Whitefish - is a full-on contact sport with Mother Nature, a test of enduranc…

Updated 16 years, 11 months ago
'Atlas Shrugged': Ayn Rand laughs; the rest of us weep

"I will stop the motor of the world."

Updated 16 years, 12 months ago
'Blessed be the tie that binds'

A history book fell out of my writing desk recently and as I stooped to pick it up, I noticed it had opened to a photograph of a dozen stern-looking Norwegians…

Updated 16 years, 12 months ago
Easy answers from Ministry of Truth

"As GM goes, so goes the nation."

Updated 17 years ago
Easy answers from Ministry of Truth

"As GM goes, so goes the nation."

Updated 17 years ago
Propaganda, free speech and the slime attack

History is either a gentle teacher or a mocking scold.

Updated 17 years ago
'Blessed be the tie that binds'

A history book fell out of my writing desk recently and as I stooped to pick it up, I noticed it had opened to a photograph of a dozen stern-looking Norwegians that included my great-grandfather, Andrias Heiberg.

Updated 17 years ago
Are federal 'evils' still 'sufferable'?

Last week I tried to make the case for the American public 'reclaiming the Constitution" as it was originally written.