Opinion

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: Don’t mess with our Daylight Savings Time

Published on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:00am

Well, we have sprung forward as of Sunday. We now experience darker mornings as we start our day’s activities and head to work, but then lovely longer light at the

Scant economic joy in mudville

Published on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:00am

The American people have been ordered to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the economic recovery. Note the lack of balloons, however, and that the marching bands have their feet up.

IN THE MAIL

Published on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:00am

Chewing gum linked to Livingston twins, or something in the water? Editor: I noticed the Monday Enterprise column listing local births, listed two sets of twins born here in January,

Why sunlight is the best disinfectant

Published on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:00am

The students I teach at the University of Montana often show up with a powerful assumption: If there is some piece of information out there, Google can find it. It’s

IN THE MAIL

Published on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:00am

Locals in for a cost of living increase under option sales tax Editor: Thank you for the “Legislative Break” article. I am glad you mentioned the Laurie Bishop Option Sales

Sherrod Brown will be missed

Published on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:00am

Why should it be of any importance or interest that Sherrod Brown, the thirdterm U.S. senator from Ohio, announced this week that he will not run for the 2020 Democratic

On the law allowing national emergency declarations

Published on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 12:00am

Congress is on the verge of formally repudiating a president’s national emergency declaration, a historic first. Last month, after losing a funding battle with Congress over his desire for a

IN THE MAIL

Published on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 12:00am

A big thank-you Editor: This has been quite a few weeks. We all have been overwhelmed in one way or another ... however, we carry on and still love this

5 ‘silly bills’ introduced by Montana legislators this session

Published on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 12:00am

It was New York lawyer, politician and newspaper editor Gideon John Tucker who famously noted, way back in the 19th century, that “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe

Taping mouths at Harvard

Published on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 12:00am

It was inevitable that the #MeToo movement, started with valid anger at sexual harassment, would open the door to bizarre accusations. It’s just surprising to see it go off the