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Facing Main

Facing Main

What’s a Parent to Do?

My son and his body are held in this moment of scarcity in a country that gives weapons more rights and privileges than the body that carried and bore him

By Maggie Doherty
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Montana’s Treasured Writers

My guess is if you’re in love with Montana, you’re also in love with its legendary cast of writers, living and deceased

By Maggie Doherty
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The Gift of Life

The sanctity of life falls short when common sense gun safety laws are forfeited

By Maggie Doherty
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The Seasons Ate My Homework

When spring finally arrives, I find it difficult to attend to the tasks that beckon me inside because the world is new again

By Maggie Doherty
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Unacknowledged Collective Grief

Do I no longer know how to socialize without bringing up doom and gloom? Did the pandemic strip me of all my social awareness and grace? 

By Maggie Doherty
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Education Overdue

On May 3, please join me in voting yes for the high school general fund levy

By Maggie Doherty
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Once the Newbie

Our reactions and the stories we tell people who live here or come to visit matter

By Maggie Doherty
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Lipstick and the Colorado River

I’ve had the great fortune of many wild adventures in my lifetime, but this one takes the cake

By Maggie Doherty
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Montana Climate Change

All facets of our lives, from our economic security to our access to clean air and water, will be affected by a warming planet

By Maggie Doherty
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Books Making A Fuss

Our county library system is being torn apart because the Flathead County commissioners appointed three board members who are fearful of books

By Maggie Doherty
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We’re the Adults Now

It’s our time to ensure our kids will grow up and brag to their friends: I lived in the Flathead Valley before it became cool

By Maggie Doherty
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The Inversion

What an honor it is to seek refuge and pleasure in a landscape that we all share, a place where we can set aside our grievances and worries, and be restored

By Maggie Doherty
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What’s at Stake

It’s a particularly fertile time for fringe ideas to take hold, when public distrust of the government is high

By Maggie Doherty
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Selfish Pandemic

As the mom of two young children, I’m tired of them having such a restricted social bubble

By Maggie Doherty
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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