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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…
Old concepts: chamber pots, head cheese
I’ve had several conversations this week that have left me feeling like I’m older than dirt.
Is mock vote a leading indicator of GOP sweep?
Everyone is looking for some kind of clue as to how Tuesday’s elections are going to turn out.
Benghazi, Watergate and the sword of judgment
Shakespeare said that “what’s past is prologue,” and the older you get the longer your prologue becomes, so you have to forgive me — as I edge inexorably closer to 60 — for seeing portents and omens of our country’…
Senate debate should be a doozy
Packing in many pecks of peppers
Can anyone tell me why my husband planted 120 pepper plants this year?
President's record speaks louder than his confident words
With the murder of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens, the Arab Spring has now become the Arab Fall, and the Islamic Winter cannot be far behind — yet American politicians (and the American media) continue to cele…
Guns and poses: Schweitzer part of Dems' 'in' crowd
Now I’ve gone and done it. A couple of days ago I “liked” Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s Facebook page and am now privy to what he’s been up to these days, namely, his spirited participation and endless cavorting at last …
Religious freedom is fine as long as it stays in church
I have written before about Freedom Newspapers, the chain founded by R.C. Hoiles, which operated under a set of moral principles espoused by Hoiles and published frequently in his newspapers in the 1950s and ’60s.
Coal, China and tilting at windmills
One thing is certain: Those well-meaning environmentalists who think you can solve global warming by reducing coal emissions haven’t been to China recently.
Cheating crisis a sad sign of times
As another school year begins, I was interested to learn that scores of teachers across the country are now forced to use what essentially amounts to digital spy programs to catch students who are cheating.
Health care over easy, with fries on the side
People sure are funny.
Will Karl Marx have the last laugh?
1962: Extremists warned in vain against socialism & surrender
One last shot from 1962 and then I am finished.
A miracle drug for what ails us? Maybe, maybe not...
I’m not sure why people insist on thinking that our current political environment is the worst ever, but it isn’t.
Reunion let us remember 'way we were'
I’ve been awash with nostalgia since returning from the all-school reunion in Hawley, Minn. a few weeks ago. The reunion coincided with the town’s 140th anniversary, so it meant big “doings.”