Congressman Denny Rehberg is doing a lot of chest-thumping about how he’s in the fight to repeal Obamacare. While thousands of Montanans suffer without access to affordable health care and health insurance, he and the GOP are using words like “socialism” and “unprecedented” to alarm their base. What they call socialism is actually similar to […]

By John Fuller My atheist friends often ask me how can I “accept on faith” such things as the existence of God, Christ’s atonement for my sins and other canons that are the foundation of religion. But when I ask them about their beliefs regarding “global warming” or now that the planet might actually be […]

Our civilization – especially in Montana – simply cannot function without a strong transportation infrastructure. Our Sen. Max Baucus knows this. With a deadline of June 30, Baucus was one of a handful of lawmakers given the job of coming up with a compromise before the transportation bill expired. Given all the headlines highlighting extreme […]

Like everyone else, I’m glad the Going-to-the-Sun Highway is open and the years of reconstruction are almost over. The crews should be proud of their work. My Dad and I took a spin over Logan Pass a couple of weeks ago, and will punch his Golden Age pass a few more times this year if […]

You look at those prices for cloud services and think you’re getting a deal. Fact is, you are. You’re hiring a professional staff to run your systems in a very-high-quality environment and paying little for it. But are you using these cloud services in a way that protects your business? A Forbes analysis of the […]

I usually write my column a week or so in advance but this can’t wait. You need to read it now and determine if it affects you, your business or your clients. On July 12th 2012, Yahoo confirmed that a large number of passwords originating at its Associated Content site were leaked. If you ever […]

I’d like to respond to State Sen. Verdell Jackson’s recent thoughts on climate change (July 4 Beacon: “We Do Not Control the Climate”). 1) Mr. Jackson asserts “there is no replicable (verify by reproduction) scientific evidence that human-caused carbon dioxide emissions cause climate change. It doesn’t exist.” I don’t know whether he’s lying on purpose, […]

I appreciated the “health care” reporting by Myers Reece (July 4 Beacon: “Mixed Reactions to Health Care Ruling”). As part of the team who facilitated several preliminary public meetings regarding the so-called, “Obamacare” issue, I was privileged to listen to public officials (including U.S Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, and Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger […]

By John Fuller I want Montana’s next governor to energetically, vigorously, even ruthlessly, defend the sovereignty of the state of Montana from the ever-increasing encroachment by the federal Government. From Obamacare to the Environmental Protection Agency to the Endangered Species Act, the Federal Government itself has been the biggest obstacle to Montana’s prosperity, welfare and […]

During this year’s gubernatorial primary race it was our pleasure to meet with many individuals and small business leaders from across Montana. Time after time, the No. 1 issue that resonated with the citizens of Montana is the fear that overregulation at the state and federal level is a job destroyer! The Patient Protection and […]

Tea Partiers are stunned that the Affordable Care Act passed the U.S. Supreme Court’s test of constitutionality. “Well it looks like what was sold on a lie was found constitutional on that lie,” State Auditor candidate Derek Skees wrote in a website release after the court’s judgment. During the 2011 Montana Legislature, Skees unsuccessfully sought […]

“Them”, meaning “your staff”. Are they using your policies and training as a shield to protect your business, or are they using them as tools and leverage to protect your customers and your brand? There’s a big difference between the two. An example is this story involving a repeatedly broken-down U-Haul truck, whose details quickly […]

Every time a judge hands down a controversial decision, it is parsed by pundits suddenly deemed constitutional scholars when their qualifications for such a title involve little more than having the loudest, and most outrageous, opinion. With the high number of unemployed law school graduates, you would think the networks could afford to stock a […]

Scientists pay attention to a very specific scorecard that most clearly indicates how the battle against man-caused global warming is going. That scorecard is the measured level of CO2 in the background atmosphere. That number is presently 393 parts per million (40 percent higher than the preindustrial era) and is rising at an alarming rate […]

We have been flooded with global warming and climate change claims stating that the evidence is clear, that the debate is closed, that we must act immediately, etc., but in fact there is no replicable (verify by reproduction) scientific evidence that human-caused carbon dioxide emissions cause climate change. It doesn’t exist. Studies of a variety […]