Opinion

The world’s COVID resurgence

Published on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:00am

Remember the stories blaming America’s virus resurgence on states reopening too fast and praising other countries for crushing the virus with lockdowns? Well, flare-ups are now occurring in several countries that recently eased their lockdowns and travel restrictions. Victory declarations anywhere are premature.

In The Mail

Published on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:00am

Editor:

Working together on access issues in Crazies

Published on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:00am

My love affair with the Crazy Mountains began nearly two decades ago.

Park County should look to Oregon on zoning

Published on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:00am

In 1972 I drove down Paradise Valley en route to Gardiner, where I lived for most of the winter. I remember thinking it was one of the most beautiful places I had ever seen and deserved the name “Paradise”.

The circle of tech

Published on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 4:46pm
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In The Mail

Published on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 4:45pm

Let’s postpone putting railroad crossing on ballot

Editor:

You say underpass. I saw overpass. Let’s call the whole thing off.

In reality, I am less concerned about what type of railroad crossing we build in  Livingston, than I am about where it is built. There is a serious problem regarding where some want to construct it that would have serious negative, irreversible  impacts on our community for years to come.

Urban anarchy

Published on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 4:44pm

Riots broke out again last weekend from coast to coast, with violence and vandalism damaging more of urban America. Democrats and their media allies insist these are largely peaceful protests, so it’s worth examining what really happened.

Objecting to ‘objective’ reporters

Published on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 4:43pm

James Bennet is a guy you’ve heard of but don’t remember. The New York Times, of course, needs no introduction. The two names were connected in a news item early last month.

Another item last week makes them both timely again.

So James Bennet was the opinion editor of the New York Times. As the title indicates, his job was to manage the opinion pages for the world-famous newspaper. By all accounts, he did a fine job.

Right up until he got cancelled.

The left’s willingness to tolerate violence

Published on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 4:42pm

“Mostly peaceful.”

Mike Kardoes: The man who would be king

Published on Wed, 07/29/2020 - 4:04pm

My grandfather on my mother’s side, a Montana cowboy poet, wrote one time about an investment he made in which he lost a lot of money.  He said — making fun of his being gullible — that he got his disastrous advice from, “the friend of a friend of a cousin of a son of a man on the street.”