Opinion

A vote for animals is a vote for humanity

For people who support the humane treatment of animals, including those that end up on America’s dinner plates, passage this week of the farm bill would be a gift befitting

DEAR ABBY: Man retiring from the military deploys new rules in marriage

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 10 years is in the process of retiring from the military and is now re-evaluating “procedures” and “policies” of everything — including our marriage. I’m

Britain’s Brexit self-abasement

Shakespeare famously wrote of the “sceptered isle” of Britain acting as a moat “against the envy of less happier lands.” Lately, the less happier lands are winning in a rout.

Dec. 12 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1993) Jess Willson and Terry Plowman picked up secondplace finishes at 140 and 152 pounds respectively, for the Cowboys JV wrestling team at the Sidney Invitational. Kevin

Pathogens couldn’t care less about Italian politics

FLORENCE, Italy — It was here in 1614 that Tommaso Caccini preached a sermon in the church of Santa Maria Novella denouncing Galileo and other scientists who held the heretical

DEAR ABBY: Kids are never out of mom’s sight with their grandparents

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have three wonderful grandchildren who live with our daughter and son-in-law in another state. Our daughter will not allow us to take the children

With Mueller, Patience Is Patriotic

Everyone clamoring for Robert Mueller to finish his investigation of the Trump campaign’s connections with the Kremlin should do us all a favor and relax. The special counsel isn’t done

Dec. 11 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1993) Former Miles City Cowboy John Tooke has been chosen the University of Montana Grizzly Scout Team Defensive MVP. According to Dave Guffey, U of M Sports

Yes, voter fraud is real

Maybe ballot security isn’t such a bad thing after all. Democrats, who the day before yesterday were insisting that voter fraud didn’t exist, now believe that it was used to

Dec. 10 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1993) The first weekend on the mats for the 1993-94 Miles City Cowboys wrestling team goes in the books as a very pleasant surprise. “I was very