Opinion

How Santa Claus came to be

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There is not a lot of detail about Nicholas’s life [on earth before moving to the North Pole and living on eternally], so I will just write what seems to be known. He was born in the seaside town of Patara, which is in Turkey, about 300 years after Jesus Christ was born to Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

Now is not the time for Keystone pipeline

Dear Editor,

Small is beautiful

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“The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds.”

House Republicans unified to fulfill Montana’s Conservative Mandate

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This election, Montanans sent a clear message to Helena that they expect Republican leaders to be unified in reforming the way state government does business. Montana voters elected the first Republican governor in 16 years and expanded Republican majorities in the Montana Legislature. This November, I was elected Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives by my Republican colleagues and I am both honored and committed to achieving our conservative mandate.

Dig deeper

In a recent letter to the editor about election fraud, the writer ended by posing a question, “What say you?” Well, what I say is, “Dig deeper.”

Just because an important someone says something over and over loudly, publishes it on social media platforms and is quoted saying it on national TV does not make it true.

There’s no way Biden got more votes

Dear Editor,

Joe never won the presidency. It was a fraud election, steal, cheat, lie to win, like I said the last two years. Biden could not win the other two times when he ran, when he was a lot younger and a little more with it.

Why do most of the Dems want China to take charge of the U.S.? The Republicans have to keep the Senate or China will take over one year from now.

Who’s not for social justice?

Dear Editor,

No person or organization, including the government, is authorized to dictate how I think. Certainly, there are laws that one must obey. Living in any society demands a level of civility.

But wake up! A lot of what is today called “social justice” is no kind of justice at all. When we’re told what to think rather than how to think, that isn’t social justice. It's social engineering, or worse, Socialist engineering. Self-determination, individualism, hard work, public ser

Coalition lawsuit: Science says wolverines need protection

This week a coalition of wildlife advocates challenged the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (the Service’s) decision to deny protections to imperiled wolverines under the Endangered Species Act. This is the second time the Service has prioritized politics over science for wolverines, which number about 300 in the contiguous U.S.

Save for your child’s education and save on your 2020 taxes

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The holiday season might not seem like the right time to focus on your taxes but, actually, the end of the year is the perfect time to think about them. Specifically, all the tax benefits that go along with opening and contributing to a 529 account to save for a child’s education.

Nurses Association urges hospitals to test all workers

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The Montana Nurses Association urges all Montana Hospitals and Health Care facilities to make testing mandatory for all nurses and health care workers at least once per week, and for new patients entering the facility. Without data on asymptomatic people with COVID and without a robust testing strategy, our health care workers and their patients remain at-risk.

Poll

Do you think Montana is ready to move on to the next phase of the governor's re-opening plan?