Friday, December 19, 2025

ARTICLES BY ROGER KOOPMAN

None dare call it spying

At our last work session, I was taken to the woodshed by my colleagues on the Montana Public Service Commission. Yup, a good, old-fashioned tongue lashing, led by that paragon of professionalism, Randy Pinocci.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Do school days matter anymore?

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 that?”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Do school days matter anymore?

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 that?”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Where did our flag go?

If you happened past our state capitol last weekend, you would have been in for a surprise. Looking for our state flag, flying proudly over the capitol building, you wouldn’t have found it. Our governor ordered it taken down. Not lowered. Removed. In its place, a flag that represents some …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Where did our flag go?

If you happened past our state capitol last weekend, you would have been in for a surprise. Looking for our state flag, flying proudly over the capitol building, you wouldn’t have found it. Our governor ordered it taken down. Not lowered. Removed. In its place, a flag that represents some …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Preserving free elections is everyone's business

Free and fair elections are not partisan issues. Whether it’s imposing poll taxes in the Jim Crow South or rigging voting machines in Richard Daley’s Chicago, whenever public officials use the powers of government to control the ballot box, everyone loses. The bricks and mortar of our democratic republic crumble, …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Preserving free elections is everyone's business

Free and fair elections are not partisan issues. Whether it’s imposing poll taxes in the Jim Crow South or rigging voting machines in Richard Daley’s Chicago, whenever public officials use the powers of government to control the ballot box, everyone loses. The bricks and mortar of our democratic republic crumble, …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Do we really want solar energy at any cost?

The PSC’s decision making in two recent solar energy rate cases have been so mischaracterized by interest groups and editorial writers, that some Montanans actually believe the five commissioners “have it in” for solar, and are using their authority to kill solar development in our state. This is absolute balderdash, …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Do we really want solar energy at any cost?

The PSC’s decision making in two recent solar energy rate cases have been so mischaracterized by interest groups and editorial writers, that some Montanans actually believe the five commissioners “have it in” for solar, and are using their authority to kill solar development in our state. This is absolute balderdash, …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Federally imposed renewables come at significant cost

Those who view the EPA as a planet-saving benevolent dictator will apparently go to any lengths to “prove” their point.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: PSC must fight for Internet freedom

When, in the spirit of bipartisanship, Congress and the Clinton administration deregulated the Internet in 1994, the results were predictable. Fueled by freedom and entrepreneurship, the United States became the international Internet leader, attracting a steady stream of investment capital and creating the most robust, innovative and competitive broadband market …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

If we don't stand up to the feds, who will?

There’s an important reason why every state official, when sworn into office, must pledge to “support, protect and defend the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of Montana.”
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

If we don't stand up to the feds, who will?

There’s an important reason why every state official, when sworn into office, must pledge to “support, protect and defend the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of Montana.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Responsible Republicans' called blind to liberty

Talk to any Democratic politician about 10 different issues. Then count how many times they will propose a governmental solution to the problem, versus how many times they express the belief that people, left alone and free, will come up with better solutions than the “programs” devised by meddling politicians.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

'Responsible Republicans': Government-minded, liberty-blinded

Talk to any Democratic politician about 10 different issues. Then count how many times they will propose a governmental solution to the problem, versus how many times they express the belief that people, left alone and free, will come up with better solutions than the “programs” devised by meddling politicians.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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