Opinion

Harvard Wins

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Diversity means just that. Getting into college isn’t just a numbers game. No one has a “right” to get into Harvard. Bill Fitzsimmons, the longtime dean of admissions at Harvard,

MSU enrollment falls

Enrollment at Montana State University has been on a steady upward trajectory since 2007 _ until now. This fall, the official headcount dropped by 136 students. Bigger has always been

What follows Trump’s menacing rhetoric?

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The rhetorical intensity of Donald Trump’s antiimpeachment campaign, measured on a scale of one to 10, has begun at 11.25. The whistleblower is “almost a spy” who may be guilty

Oct. 4 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Members of museums and historical societies in Montana will discuss their facilities at the 1994 Eastern Montana Museum Regional Meeting in Miles City on Saturday. The

DEAR ABBY: Reader seeking information about sending cards

DEAR ABBY: How do you think people feel about receiving greeting cards that have a charity organization’s name and address on the back of the card? I receive beautiful cards

Smearing Joe Biden, 2016 Style

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Not only is Joe Biden innocent of any wrongdoing in Ukraine — as almost every legitimate news organization now acknowledges — but his actions concerning his son’s business interests there

The problem with impeachment

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Impeachment is about to make everything worse. If our politics seems overheated, our institutions beleaguered and our public debate degraded, just wait until we are in the midst of the

Oct. 3 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) National 4-H week celebrates the accomplishments of 4-H Youth during the week of Oct. 2-8. Some 220 young people from ages 5 to 19 develop leadership,

DEAR ABBY: Husband refuses to discuss wife’s important questions

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years. He’s 26, and I’m 28. We have a good life, and he loves my 9-year-old daughter like his

Holy Rosary partners with Ortho Montana

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I’m delighted to be serving as the interim president of Holy Rosary Healthcare. I’ve been part of SCL Health, and specifically St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, since 1978 and have