The State of the Union (SOTU) speech was less a report to the nation than a well-produced reality show and well-staged campaign rally. But what really offends is that most of the substance Trump advanced was not true. Unsurprisingly, the president who has spit out more than 16,000 false or …
The State of the Union (SOTU) speech was less a report to the nation than a well-produced reality show and well-staged campaign rally. But what really offends is that most of the substance Trump advanced was not true. Unsurprisingly, the president who has spit out more than 16,000 false or …
As I cringe while watching current GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, my mind turns to revered Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, who served as Senate Majority Leader longer than any person in US history. The impeachment of a president puts great stresses on the institutions of our Constitutional democracy, stresses that …
“These are the times that try men’s souls,” as true today as in Thomas Paine’s time. Each day our president trashes something important to the continuation of the longest functioning Democracy in the world.
“These are the times that try men’s souls,” as true today as in Thomas Paine’s time. Each day our president trashes something important to the continuation of the longest functioning Democracy in the world.
Political parties in the U.S. are built on the “big tent” idea. Our political system at all levels evolved early on to one of majority rule. The rule is simple — 50% plus one gives control. In America and Montana that has produced electoral battles between two major political parties. …
Political parties in the U.S. are built on the “big tent” idea. Our political system at all levels evolved early on to one of majority rule. The rule is simple — 50% plus one gives control. In America and Montana that has produced electoral battles between two major political parties. …
As $12 million of misleading negative ads roll out over Montana’s airwaves, we could be watching the health care of 100,000 Montanans go up in smoke. Big Tobacco is trying to buy Montana in a cynical, immoral attempt to bolster their market and profits to the detriment of Montana families.
As $12 million of misleading negative ads roll out over Montana’s airwaves, we could be watching the health care of 100,000 Montanans go up in smoke. Big Tobacco is trying to buy Montana in a cynical, immoral attempt to bolster their market and profits to the detriment of Montana families.
One-party passage of the GOP/Trump “Tax Scam” bill that pretends to aid the middle class while tilting the tax system more than ever to the benefit of the super-wealthy and corporations was the nail in the coffin of the populist charade Trump and the GOP leveraged to electoral victory in …
One-party passage of the GOP/Trump “Tax Scam” bill that pretends to aid the middle class while tilting the tax system more than ever to the benefit of the super-wealthy and corporations was the nail in the coffin of the populist charade Trump and the GOP leveraged to electoral victory in …
A great nation’s strength, like that of a great building, is built upon a solid foundation. The larger the nation or building, the more substantial the required foundation. Besides the human, spiritual, philosophical and intellectual foundation there must be a strong infrastructural foundation. A great nation must have good roads, …
For the third time in 24 years, the Montana Republican Party has trotted out a plan to break and cap the Coal Tax Trust Fund, one of Montana’s biggest financial and policy success stories.
For the third time in 24 years, the Montana Republican Party has trotted out a plan to break and cap the Coal Tax Trust Fund, one of Montana’s biggest financial and policy success stories.
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This year is full of important political anniversaries — 50 years since the March on Washington and Martin Luther King’s “I Had a Dream” speech; 45 years since both Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated; 45 years since the riots in Chicago during the ’68 Democratic National Convention.
