Opinion

Closing Range

Switch Hitters

After the primary election, my email box lit up with moaning and groaning about Democratic “cross-over” voting

By Dave Skinner
Opinion

Montana’s Voting Laws

On June 3, 33 percent of the voters voted for Ryan Zinke for U.S. House.

By Tim Baldwin | Joe Carbonari
Letter

Obama Sets Dangerous Precedent

Even staunch supporters of President Barack Obama are at a loss to explain his ill-advised trade of five Taliban generals for one U.S. Army deserter.

By Bill Payne
Uncommon Ground

21 Percent Over 16 Years

President Barack Obama’s historic decision to act on carbon emissions will undoubtedly emit years of ideological political rhetoric. The proposal is several hundred pages but calls for a state-based solution to reducing 2005 carbon emissions by 30 percent from coal plants over the next 16 years.

Congress ignores carbon pollution but routinely doles out hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds for weather-related mitigation like super-storm disaster relief, fierce forest fires and selective crop insurance.

By Mike Jopek
Like I Was Saying

Regulating the Sky

Often, at least in news reports, drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), are affiliated with government overreach or targeting terrorists in far off lands.

By Kellyn Brown
Opinion

Get Involved

We’ve made some choices, but we have more to make. In doing so let’s consider the concept of “civic attitude.”

By Joe Carbonari | Tim Baldwin
Business Is Personal

Create A Truly Meaningful Guarantee

Does your guarantee provide value and eliminate risk for the prospect, or does it simply give their money back?

While giving their money back is often seen as an ideal guarantee, the fact is that while it’s the easiest effective guarantee you can make, it’s also the least common denominator.

Does your business reputation depend on least common denominator service? I suspect it doesn’t.

By Mark Riffey