Opinion

Time for new public service commissioners

Dear Editor,

NorthWestern Energy wants to purchase a larger share of Colstrip Unit 4 from a Washington utility. That utility wants to sell to NorthWestern Energy and Talen Energy, because the longterm cleanup costs and an estimated $20 million future boiler repair, make owning any interest in the plant too costly for them NorthWesten Energy will pass all of these costs on to the rate

Where is the reasoning?

Dear Editor,

I am appalled at the lack of reasoning I see concerning the stay-at-home policy to fight COVID-19. Apparently Mr. Butcher is lost under the same dark cloud of misinformation (FOX News), wishful thinking and denial that Trump has been floundering under since January.

Is the loss of over 40,000 lives only an illusion set up by Trump’s enemies? Just an over-blown apparition that some nuts attribute to the holocaust?

Are we willingly giving up freedoms?

Dear Editor,

The truth of the matter is, to lower immune systems so that common colds and the flu kill people has been known by the medical field. What lowers immune systems?

• Anxiety or the fear of sickness, the unknown, loss of security, loved ones, home or income, bad relationships, divorce, etc.;

• Anger, bitterness or unforgiveness;

• Lack of sleep, less than 6 to 8 hours, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.;

Best way to immunize yourself

Dear Editor,

I was glad to see President Trump tweeting recently about firing Dr. Anthony Fauci. My fellow patriots throughout the nation are an inspiration. They are militating for a return to normalcy (take me out to the ball game) in the face of all medical evidence to the contrary. Fox News and Ed Butcher have it right. The best way to immunize yourself from the coronavirus is to register Republican. I know I’m immune. I just regret I wasted so much of my youth on science.

When was America ‘ungreat’?

Dear Editor,

Here are some things to ponder.

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, a multimillionaire, paid little or no income tax from 2009 to 2016. Is he as bad a businessman as his father-in-law, who has filed bankruptcy five times, or did he just game the system?

On another point, MAGA means “Make America Great Again” and its successor, KAG, means “Keep America Great.” Apparently, when Donald Trump was elected president, America was “not great” and in three years made it “great again.”

COVID-19: A local view and some things you can do

When we set our economic development goals for 2020, one of them was “Business Retention and Support.” We never imagined a pandemic, or that business retention would become so important in Lewistown and Central Montana.

Hand in Hand heroes: childcare and communities

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Across Montana essential workers begin their toils; some with the daylight and some burning the midnight oil.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

Today, April 22, people around the world recognize 50 years of Earth Day celebrations; 50 years of collaboration in the efforts to educate and inspire us all to take interest and responsibility for the condition of our environment, for our benefit today and for the generations to follow.

Hysteria, indeed

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Here we are—déjà vu all over again, as the late, great Yogi Berra once said. Since my old friend Ed Butcher didn’t pay any attention to my response to his earlier News-Argus opinion piece on COVID-19, I’ll roll up my sleeves and try again.

What do we know about coronavirus antibody testing?

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Dear Dani;

Poll

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