Opinion

DEAR ABBY: Reader wonders if it’s ethical to sample fruit before buying

DEAR ABBY: My question is, is it ethical to “try” the fruit at the grocery store? I am amazed at the number of shoppers who open the bags of grapes

Too many roads lead to Putin

A number of people have reached out to our U.S. Senate campaign and asked how I see President Trump’s alleged “offer” to Ukraine President Zelensky to trade a Ukrainian investigation

Democrats, show me the message

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We long ago established that Donald Trump is a bad guy. We’ve multiple times said, “This is it. They’ve got to get rid of him.” So what’s so new and

Sept. 30 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) The Miles City Council voted unanimously to have a standard operating procedure drawn up prohibiting the personal use of city equipment by city employees. The action

DEAR ABBY: In-law’s questions about weight makes reader uncomfortable

DEAR ABBY: This is hard to write. My mother-in-law constantly asks me how much I weigh, expecting me to give her an honest answer. I have been saying that my

Do school days matter anymore?

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Imagine this. Student to teacher: “I need the day off to go protest global warming. My parents might not approve, but it’s something I simply must do. Any problem with

Sept. 27 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) A second lawyer has begun working in the county attorney’s office on Friday on a part-time basis. Matt Wald has been working the Brown and Huss

The President and the Journalist

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Of course, Donald Trump is not just another president, and Cokie Roberts was not just another journalist. Cokie was, in her way, the epitome of the Washington elite; daughter of

The Voice of a Gangster

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To anyone familiar with the life and times of Donald Trump, there was nothing surprising in the tone of his July 25 conversation with the new president of Ukraine, Volodymyr

Sept. 26 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) BILLINGS — The Miles City Cowboys started Saturday with a picnic at Pioneer Park and then moved next door to Daylis Stadium to finish off the