A Good and Faithful Servant
A Good and Faithful Servant
"Many Montanans still remember the great preacher’s visit to Billings in 1987, where he spoke to a crowd of more than 13,000."
The Railroads That Fixed Your Clock
The Railroads That Fixed Your Clock
"Private enterprise saw a dilemma as a problem to be solved. Governments dragged their collective feet."
Remembering A Famous Camera
Remembering A Famous Camera
"Eastman subsequently did for cameras what Steven Jobs would do for computers almost eight decades later. He put photography within the reach of almost every American family."
Montana and Missouri—The Fur Connection
Montana and Missouri—The Fur Connection
"In the first half of the 19th Century, the fur trade was as big a business as there was in the Montana Territory."
Merry Christmas, Montana!
Merry Christmas, Montana!
Montanans know that the spirit of the holiday should transcend a single day, December 25. As expressed by the reformed Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Maybe Blaine County Needs A New Name
Maybe Blaine County Needs A New Name
"Though it didn’t get far in Washington, some 38 states eventually passed so-called “Blaine Amendments,” including Montana."
A President Who Didn’t Want The Job
A President Who Didn’t Want The Job
"If not for a bullet, the man who least wanted to be president may well have become one of our better ones. Such can be the bitter ironies of history thwarted."
Albert Gallatin, Renaissance Man
Albert Gallatin, Renaissance Man
"In his “spare” time, he spoke out against slavery and in favor of fiscal responsibility, free trade and individual liberty. Most people never accomplish a tenth of what Gallatin did in his 88 years."
Montana’s Activist Supreme Court
Montana’s Activist Supreme Court
"The Court should display fairness and stability and respect the constitutional prerogatives of the other branches of state government."
An Idaho Story NOT Coming To Montana
An Idaho Story NOT Coming To Montana
"Montanans should be grateful, though ever vigilant, that the Shippy story is not likely to be relived here in the Treasure State."
The Jews Of Montana
The Jews Of Montana
"All of us should be proud of what Nicky Winton did to save so many, and proud of Montana’s Jewish heritage too."
Fort Benton: A Small Town with a Famous Name
Fort Benton: A Small Town with a Famous Name
"Fort Benton, Montana, is right to take pride in the man for whom it is named."
Doing Something About the Debt Bomb
Doing Something About the Debt Bomb
"It may be what Benjamin Franklin had in mind when he said the Founders gave the American people a republic, but only so long as we can muster the courage, integrity, and fiscal rectitude to keep it."
Humans Are Snowflakes
Humans Are Snowflakes
"We flourish to the extent we are each free to build on our uniqueness, to make our own choices, so long as we do no harm to the equal rights of others."