Opinion

GUEST EDITORIAL: Don’t leap to cultural conclusions on Tech cheating

Published on Wed, 10/05/2016 - 3:21pm

A spate of cheating at Montana Tech over the summer made headlines last week. It was certainly startling that some 46 students were reported for cheating, and that 15 were dismissed from the university. Even more startling were the methods used — earpieces, fake calculators, smuggled smart phones, smart watches, even mass bathroom breaks and a feigned fainting spell — and the belligerence of the students when confronted.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Wolves don’t need conservationists

Published on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 4:50pm

You must forgive us if we feel a bit gobsmacked every time a pro-wolf group runs to the judiciary to complain that their favorite apex predator isn’t getting enough love from wildlife managers.

It is an act aimed at getting publicity and raising money and has little or nothing to do with the welfare of gray wolves in the West.

The wolves are doing just fine. Really.

Vote for continued progress

Published on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 4:49pm

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Montana Supreme Court candidate Juras has bias, preconceived views

Published on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 4:47pm

Editor:

A recent promoter of Kristen Juras for the Supreme Court downplayed the relevance of courtroom experience, especially in comparison to her opponent, Dirk Sandefur. The defense of Juras was weak, but more telling was the supporter’s diatribe about “secular leftist drift” of the judiciary. 

Berg is a great choice for commissioner

Published on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 4:46pm

Editor:

It is with great honor and admiration that I endorse Bill Berg as Park County commissioner. I believe Bill’s strengths stem from being able to bring to fruition smart ideas (his and others) for our community and its residents and, in so doing, achieving economic development for our county.

Cooper has a right to be irate over ‘Montana Cowgirl’ treatment

Published on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 3:27pm

Editor:

Re: your article in the Sept. 30 edition of The Enterprise about Caron Cooper’s adventures with anonymous bloggers. She has every right to be irate over her treatment by the “Montana Cowgirl.” The cowgirl got it wrong this time. Apparently, Caron Cooper accepts donations from either side of the political fence. So what? In contrast to her opponents in the race for a seat on the Public Service Commission, what she does not accept are donations from PACs funded largely by NorthWestern Energy. 

Advice on choosing good passwords

Published on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 3:26pm

Editor:

Recently, The Enterprise ran an editorial commenting on the Yahoo email breach, and underscoring the importance of choosing good passwords. As a 20-year software development professional, computer security is fundamental to my day-to-day work, so I’d like to share my own thoughts on choosing good passwords.

For years, we’ve been given two fundamentally conflicting pieces of advice concerning passwords:

- Choose a password that’s hard to guess, but ...

- Don’t write it down anywhere!!

Trump, the narcissist

Published on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 3:25pm

Editor:

Way back in the late ’90s, Mark Singer, when he was working with Donald Trump on his profile for The New Yorker, asked Trump, “When you are shaving in front of the mirror, what are you thinking about?” I can’t write the answer Singer got, but Trump’s thing, he said, had to do with a woman. Singer never got an answer from Trump — he seemed baffled by the question. Singer came to this conclusion, “The candidate for president of the USA had managed to achieve something remarkable: The existence unmolested by the rumbling of a soul.”

Special day coming

Published on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 3:00pm
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GUEST COLUMN: Tintina’s Black Butte project highlights contemporary mining protocols

Published on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 3:22pm

Montana’s history — part wonderful, part fascinating, and part problematic. This was the way of many mineral-rich states that helped build our nation.  

PEGGY TRENK