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6 feet and beyond: That would be Wilde
What happens when you clear 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump as a high school senior?
'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…
Bells and whistles no longer tolling
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 …
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…
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…
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…
'Atlas Shrugged': Ayn Rand laughs; the rest of us weep
"I will stop the motor of the world."
'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…
Easy answers from Ministry of Truth
"As GM goes, so goes the nation."
Easy answers from Ministry of Truth
"As GM goes, so goes the nation."
Propaganda, free speech and the slime attack
History is either a gentle teacher or a mocking scold.
'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.
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.
Reclaim the Constitution or else it's adios to the republic
It's gotten to the point where the federal government can do whatever it wants, and that is just plain scary.
Bob Dylan's back, and 'It's All Good'
In a May 2, 1975, article in the Daily Inter Lake, Bob Dylan was quoted as saying, "It's hard to find a frontier," meaning it was hard to write relevant, topical songs because the times they were a-changin' too qui…