Posts By: Tristan Scott

Welcome to the New Conservatism

The practitioners of this New Conservatism are people from all walks of life and from across the modern political spectrum

By Bruce Guthrie

Grandma’s Medicine

Washington is stuck fanning culture-war fires and won’t address things that matter like the real cost of life-saving medicine

By Mike Jopek

Remembering Bob Dole

Bob Dole was no demagogue and no danger to democracy. He will be remembered well, I think, in the annals of time.

By Bob Brown

Possibility in the New Year

The workshop showed me how daily practice could work, despite a pandemic, young kids, and all the messiness that constitutes a life

By Maggie Doherty

Swinging into Solstice

As a moody Aquarian, my constellation has always shone brightest from amid the cold, dark crags of the northern hemisphere

By Tristan Scott

Sad Truth About Montana’s Leadership

Montana Republican leadership has gone all in on Trump’s playbook: “Do what you want, rules are for suckers, and never admit you are wrong.”

By Ken Toole

Home-Spiced Nuts

Ingredients can be adjusted to taste, but I usually grab a homemade nine-spice blend to flavor mixed nuts

By Julie Laing

Start Cooking

While this is my final Closing Range, and I honestly wish it was not, it’s probably not the last time I’ll write for you

By Dave Skinner

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