Columns
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Northern Pike: Love or hate?
Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing.
Standing for the flag is standing up for our nation - Just do it!
President Trump did us all a great favor when he drew the nation’s attention to the flag of the United States of America, the inspirational symbol of “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice fo…
Disasters take their toll on the soul
Does anyone else out there have disaster fatigue?
How do you 'compromise' when you are falling off a cliff?
When did politics change? Or did it?
Finding method in the madness
It’s been an unusual season of football for the Flathead Valley.
Horse adds heart to woman's recovery
Bev Klapperich has a firm hold of the reins and a new lease on life after a difficult diagnosis earlier this year.
Hail to the thief: Trump steals the hope of conservatives
The silent coup has apparently succeeded. President Trump has been convinced to abandon his revolutionary program of putting “America First,” and has decided to play footsy with globalists like Chuck Schumer and Na…
Rolling out rankings
It’s that time of year again.
Smoke doesn't cloud flatlanders' fun
My youngest brother Wayne and his wife Becky are making their way back to Minnesota today on Amtrak after spending 10 days in the Flathead Valley.
When smoke gets in your eyes, er, I mean lungs
Pardon me while I cough!
Osweiler's odyssey returns home
Coming home isn’t always easy.
Ruby's big adventure
Springer spaniels are known for being as devoted to their owners as their owners are likely to be to their dog. The breed is also known, however, for being prone to separation anxiety.
Filibuster is Senate invention to aid and abet senators
First of all, let’s get it straight. There is no such thing as filibuster in the United States Constitution.
Rewriting history: It's nothing new
Robots and reporting: a shift toward AI
I watched a morning TV news show a couple of weeks ago about artificial intelligence that was fascinating as it showed all of the automation that already exists — robots making pizza and all kinds of other things. …
The human cost of hate, and the high price of love
If life were as simple as the mainstream media makes it out to be, then we would have the luxury of never having to think about anything.