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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…
Don't worry; be happy!
It's one thing to be optimistic and another thing to be right.
Wedding planning moves into overdrive
I got eight sheets of drywall for Valentine's Day and I'm thrilled - seriously.
Manufacturing real change in U.S. economy
The government is in the process of spending $800 billion for 'stimulus' of the economy.
Google this! 'Privacy does not exist '
Maybe the sequel to Robert Fulghum's famous book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" should be titled "All I Really Don't Want You to Know (About Me), You Learned on Google."
On the border of true justice
In the midst of all the hoopla about hope and change during the inauguration, you may have missed some real change that took place at the tail end of the Bush …
Yetis, penguin fears and the poop patrol
After writing three feature stories this week about the Whitefish Winter Carnival in honor of the event's 50th anniversary (one is on C1 in today's paper; see Monday's paper for the other two), I found myself think…
Silencing the voices of reason
Polite society is a convention best preserved by the occasional use of brute force. Thus, the father's tap on the young ruffian's numbskull is a call to attention. There is no meanness in the gesture, but rather a …
Never get between a Norwegian and his coffee
After 30 years in the newspaper business, I've developed a reputation it seems, namely, my "Norwegianness." Thank goodness I have some defining trait to hang my hat on.
In praise of 'The Prisoner'
Childhood dies hard, but unfortunately after a certain age, childhood heroes do not prove so resilient.
Sarah Palin vs. the media: The rematch
Sarah Palin is back in the news, which not surprisingly delights her fans but also has her enemies licking their chops enthusiastically.
Sarah Palin vs. the media: The rematch
Sarah Palin is back in the news, which not surprisingly delights her fans but also has her enemies licking their chops enthusiastically.
Where overused words go to die
I love the annual List of Banished Words because it's created from nominations by regular people - like me - who are fed up with hearing the same words and phrases over and over again until we just can't take it an…
Winter: It's not the end of the world
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
One more year to be glad for
The end of another year brings the usual reflections.
One more year to be glad for
The end of another year brings the usual reflections.