A dissent from the bottom

Four score and two years ago (sorry Abe), our forefathers in Congress created the great Social Security program. Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (in 1935 for those of you who aren’t good at math), it was designed to give workers an income after retirement.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

A dissent from the bottom

Four score and two years ago (sorry Abe), our forefathers in Congress created the great Social Security program. Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (in 1935 for those of you who aren’t good at math), it was designed to give workers an income after retirement.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Michael Cimino, 'Heaven's Gate' and me

The recent death of movie director Michael Cimino brought to mind when I worked in his financially disastrous film “Heaven’s Gate” and wrote about my observations, stirring up a great controversy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Muhammad Ali: a reporter's remembrance

I met and interviewed Muhammad Ali before one of his biggest fights.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Let's get tough on crime

Courts and communities need to get tougher on crime.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

A homeless vet tells of his disastrous return to Montana

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Homeless during holidays - 'Crying out to heaven' at Christmas time

Recently, in my old hometown in Eastern Montana, a man died of exposure. According to news reports, he was a Wal-Mart employee in Miles City, homeless and living in his car when the weather plunged to 27 degrees below zero. He was an employee of the month in a previous …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Dodgers mania takes reporter's mind off bad news

When I was a kid growing up in Eastern Montana in the 1950s, I was a big Major League Baseball fan. I read biographies about famous ballplayers and listened to St. Louis Cardinals games on the radio from a St. Louis station that came in well at night in my …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

The Holocaust... and the sins of my father

A friend of mine got a lifetime achievement award recently and it got me to thinking about the Holocaust again, something that’s never been completely out of my mind for the past 22 years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Old Glory flying in the wind

I’ve always been a patriotic sort.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO