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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…
Straight talk about curly hair
I may have to get a perm.
Usual '2 cents' column delayed by rain
This column reminds me of the ?modified limited hangout? made famous by John Ehrlichman during Watergate. You remember John Ehrlichman, don?t you? You remember Watergate, don?t you?
Crying over lost tomatoes
Oh, my little tomatillos, I had such high hopes for you. My robust romas, my beautiful beefsteaks, we were going to do great things together in the kitchen.
One man, one vote, one mess: Senator puts a 'hold' on logic
It was Ronald Reagan who famously said, "Trust but verify."
Table tennis deserves more respect
Of all the Olympic sports that NBC is showing in prime-time television coverage, there's one that most people have at least some experience with that is totally ignored.
Safety first on a family vacation
On the way out to the Oregon coast a few weeks ago, my family spent a day hiking on the lower slopes of Mount Hood.
Fool me twice: The power of words to deceive
It didn?t take long after last week?s column for people to start taking potshots at me. It?s OK, folks ? I?m used to it. I?ve spoken my own mind since I was a wee lad, and I?ve long since developed a thick skin. In…
Change you can believe in (but can you trust it?)
Not too long ago, a highly publicized speech in Berlin gave encouragement to the notion that there is a politics of redemption and a politics of hope that can replace the worn-out politics of exploitation and despa…
You can never have too much Mozart
Classical-music aficionados - and Mozart lovers in particular - have a lot to be excited about this week as Festival Amadeus gets under way Monday in Whitefish.
Stuck inside of Kalispell with the Beijing blues again
The 2008 Summer Olympics could be described as the biggest "coming out party" in the history of the world.
Lutefisk lawn art is my kind of cod
I had driven by Earl "Swede" Sands' lawn ornaments for some time before I decided to stop by his house one recent afternoon to get an answer to my burning question: Who in the world erects a barrel full of lutefisk…
Patriotic Gore and other global warming mongering
There's almost no point in talking about global warming any longer because global hysteria has long since torched reason - we are now watching the scientific equivalent of the Salem witch trials, where "what we say…
Cowering in the face of danger
Hank the yellow Labrador met with a death-defying challenge last weekend.
To every thing there is a season
It was time.
Presidential puzzle ? who <em>can</em> run?
Every presidential campaign generates its share of unique stories that are fodder for trivia contests, if nothing else.