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Are we losing Mexico? And Canada?

Published on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 12:00am
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The United States under President Trump has been retreating from leadership roles in Asia and Europe. Closer to home, his hot rhetoric about trade with Mexico and Canada is propelling

How the Democrats will lose in 2020

Published on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 12:00am
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President Trump is not a particularly popular president. His job approval rating has not crossed 50 percent for a single day of his presidency. He’s currently riding as high as

The Oscars leave out political actors

Published on Tue, 02/27/2018 - 12:00am
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Sunday, Hollywood sycophants give out Oscars. But they will miss some of the better performances of the year because Academy Awards just go to movie actors. They leave out political

Conservation easement would be win for MT

Published on Tue, 02/27/2018 - 12:00am

Montana’s farms and ranches are an essential part of our state’s economy. They also provide important habitat for wildlife and, often, public access for hunting and other recreation. Working lands

Opinion Bring me your fire and brimstone

Published on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 12:00am
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WASHINGTON — Oh, for God’s sake. What else can one say about the week after Florida’s high school massacre? Funerals for the 17 students and faculty were barely begun before

Apocalyptic thinking paralyzes politics of gun violence

Published on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 12:00am
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WASHINGTON — It is one of the dirty habits of our political discourse that so many people use thermonuclear rhetorical weapons as a first resort. It is not enough for

It’s past time to hear from the president

Published on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 12:00am
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WASHINGTON — It’s been more than a year since Donald Trump held his one and only fullfledged news conference as president. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders emerges occasionally

The gold standard

Published on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 12:00am
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Recently the Missoulian ran an article about the Gallatin Partnership that has proposed a future division of the Gallatin Range by Bozeman into different recreational zones to the detriment of

Billy Graham was consumed by grace

Published on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 12:00am
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WASHINGTON — Billy Graham was easily the most influential evangelical Christian of the 20th century — a man at home in the historical company of George Whitefield and John Wesley.

Seeking gun sanity after Parkland

Published on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — As pressures mount for Congress to “just do something” about mass shootings, Americans would do well to seek solutions closer to home. City by city, state by state,

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