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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…
Olbermania: Is he Edward or Max?
I hate to admit it, but it's been fun to watch the on-air nervous breakdown of Keith Olbermann the past few months.
Borderline insanity: Lies about the fence
On Thursday, President Bush signed into law the so-called Secure Fence Act, which authorizes (but does not fund) 700 miles of double fencing between the United States and Mexico.
Art, politics and the 'here and now'
From about 1985 to 2000, I was the arts editor of the Daily Inter Lake, which proved to be unexpectedly good training for my current job as managing editor.
A vote for change in Big Sky Country
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This week's "2 cents" column may look familiar to a few readers. A shorter and somewhat nationalized version ran in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, but the author says he saved the best for his…
TV infection has no vaccine
Unless you are one of those rare people who is willing to risk social opprobrium in order to remain sane, you probably have a TV in your house - or two, or three, or (like me) four.
An epistle on fear
"Be not afraid." -Jesus of Nazareth, circa 33 A.D.
New music on the air is best early present for Christmas
Here it is, Oct. 1, and it's a good thing that Christmas decorations are currently well-stocked in local stores - it would be unforgivable, and maybe unconstitutional, if the impulse to purchase an animated snowman…
Dylan's journey through our times
Bob Dylan's life more or less spans what we think of as the modern era, the time of the greatest advancements in science, technology and human progress ever known to man.
Will we fight terrorism or not?
Thank God for Jack Bauer.
A hard day to forget, but do we remember?
I remember.
'Outing' the outrage: News only matters if it hurts Bush
Where is the outrage now?
Do we solve our problems or just talk about them?
Call me crazy, but every once in a while, I actually start to think we have turned the corner and will solve a problem instead of just talking about it.
Plunder, politics and a prized writer
Who is Frederic Bastiat, and why is he saying those wonderful things about me?
Easy labels and hard answers
Someone called the office the other day to ask if I was Jewish.
I've written columns about football before. I've written columns about terrorism before. And I've written columns about civil liberties before.
Who needs safety when you've got rights