Opinion

Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1996)

Abortion is at a crossroads

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Pregnancies and human life are older than recorded time, and so, it follows, are abortions. The procedures by which abortions have been conducted, however, have only very recently in human history been recognized in law and made safe by regulations.

And then we all watched Walter Cronkite

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What happened? How was it that what we once celebrated — the triumph of vaccines, those cups of orange juice that spelled the end of the iron lung — are now viewed with suspicion by those whose lives are most in danger?

Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1996)

It’s time for billionaires and corporations to chip in

In Washington, Congress is debating how to help families get back on their feet after a challenging 18 months. However, with so many Montanans still struggling, we cannot afford to return to the way things were. We need to move forward to something better.

The big problems with Manchin and Sinema

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The dismal influence of money in politics is an old story that has only become more troubling in recent years with the wholesale corruption of the Republican Party under former President Donald Trump — the most crooked politician ever to hold high office in the United States. Not only is Trump himself a grifter and a tax cheat, but he appointed a cabinet full of similarly bent characters.

Bridemaid takes heat for missing shower

DEAR ABBY: My daughter “Melanie” is very close with a cousin she grew up with. This cousin is getting married in five months, and Melanie will be a bridesmaid. The shower date was announced. Then my sonin-law’s best friend from childhood announced his wedding date. The wedding is on the same date as my niece’s shower.

Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1996)

Keeping our community safe

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During the recent surge of COVID-19, our Miles City community has been impacted severely, seeing numbers that we rarely saw during the first wave of the pandemic last fall. As of Wednesday, September 29, there were 161 active cases of COVID-19 in Custer County. At Holy Rosary Healthcare, we see this impact at the hospital.

Montana Legislature, governor and FWP Commission undermine ethical wildlife management

As former members of the Montana Fish Wildlife Commission, we generally refrain from criticizing decisions made by our successors. However, the current commission’s recent actions regarding the new wolf trapping and hunting regulations are so egregious that we must speak out. For the record, we all are avid deer and elk hunters, and we believe wolves play an important ecological role on the landscape.

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