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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…
Recalling a ride on the 'freedom' train of youth
One of the topics that came up more than once at the all-school reunion I attended in Minnesota last summer was how fortunate we were to have grown up in an era when kids, for the most part, were left to their own …
The two Als and a national shame
If you needed more evidence that the United States is in full self-destruct mode, you got it last week when it was announced that former Vice President Al Gore had sold his failed cable talk network Current TV to A…
Making room for God in a changing world
Change is not always good. That should be obvious to anyone who has observed Congress for more than a minute, but unfortunately there seems to be a built-in human bias which assumes that we collectively get wiser a…
Losing Mom, one memory at a time
Memory loss is an insidious thing. It works quietly and stealthily, chipping away the most benign thoughts at first. And when that’s no longer enough, it commandeers whole thought processes and memories you’d swea…
Guns are dangerous, but people are more so
I don’t know anything about guns. I have no fascination with them, and no particular interest in them.
The Internet and the end of the world (as we knew it)
It’s no secret that the world didn’t end Friday, but what’s less easily discerned is that the world we used to know DID end, not on Friday, but relatively recently — let’s say sometime in the last decade.
Pranks must follow 'do no harm' rule
The recent suicide of the nurse who responded to a prank call at the London hospital treating Princess Kate is a sad turn of events and an unfortunate example of the unintended consequences created by a practical j…
Evil exists; so does good
There is really no possibility of writing about anything this weekend other than the school shooting that occurred on Friday in Newtown, Conn.
Chemical weapons in Syria? Just imagine that!
Last week, the world was told that Syria’s President Bashar Assad is poised to use chemical weapons against his own people in a last-ditch effort to retain power despite his growing unpopularity.
Probing the past is new pastime
Something has happened that I would never have thought possible back in high school when I was dozing off in Mr. Roos’ American History class. I have become a history nerd.
Lincoln, compromise and the price to pay
This just in — compromise to a liberal really does mean compromising your principles, and you don’t have to believe me. Just read what liberal columnist David Brooks had to say about the new film “Lincoln”:
You reap what you sow: Austerity now!
Here we are again.
Brotherly advice taken to heart
Sometimes life’s lessons are learned not so much with that figurative slap up alongside the head, but with more of a splash of fresh water across your face that gets your attention and somehow leaves you revived.
Advice for GOP: Don't change your message; change the map
Winning the presidency isn’t about who you nominate, but about who votes — and most importantly about where they live.
The Bridge on the River Potomac?
In the wake of Tuesday’s election, we are hearing lots of talk about bipartisanship and statesmanship, with the unstated premise that statesmanship and bipartisanship are automatically the same thing.