Opinion

Liquor licenses need to go to highest bidder

As long as the state is in the business of issuing liquor licenses, it should do it in a fair and equitable manner that yields the maximum benefit to the

Yearbook Politics

In 1983, just before winning a third term as Louisiana’s governor, Edwin Edwards famously said the only way he could lose the race was “if I’m caught in bed with

Feb. 6 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Planner Chad Sutter outlined a new fee schedule for subdivision reviews at a nonquorum meeting of the City-County Planning Board this week. Preliminary review of a

Week 4: Cooperation has been successful

Some interesting things happened in my sub-committee this week so I will concentrate on them. The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) was the main focus of the committee

When in doubt, honor life

Physician-assisted suicide is not illegal in Montana. That is, theres nothing in Montana law against it, according to a 2009 Montana Supreme Court ruling. But theres apparently nothing clearly stated

An irrational political culture, about to get more so

Ralph Northam deserves his current friendless state. The Virginia governor’s initial reaction to a shocking image of a man in blackface standing next to someone dressed in a Klan outfit

Feb. 5 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) The Miles Community College Pioneers’ 84-78 win over UND-Williston could have been better, but it was good enough for coach Mark Durham. “We should have beaten

Managing CWD in Montana

For Montana’s wildlife biologists, managing chronic wasting disease can be a little like playing the classic board game ›Battleship. › Biologists know their target is out there, but predicting just

The Banality of Evil, 2019

C.S. Lewis was only partly right when he wrote: The greatest evil ... is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by

Feb. 4 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Miles Citians who carry flood insurance lost a five percent discount on their rate in October because the city government did not file a one-page recertification