Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground

Hope and Peace

The city hall bashing is a faux controversy

By Mike Jopek
Uncommon Ground

Autumn Duties

Like many locals, I view fall as one of the greatest seasons

By Mike Jopek
Uncommon Ground

What’s the Plan, Congress?

After working several days outdoors on the farm in smoky air from North American fires, I went downtown to Depot Park for Whitefish Legacy Partner’s Hootenanny. People filled the park holding umbrellas and raingear as music embraced the depot. The wind kicked up and it started to briefly rain. What was not apparent just moments […]

By Mike Jopek
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Choose Optimism

We can fix most political problems with a bit of old-fashioned collaboration

By Mike Jopek
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Get Real About Food

If Congress wants to transform the Farm Bill into a food bill, it must focus on crops

By Mike Jopek
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Move On

Six months into the New Year, the growing season has been anything but predictable

By Mike Jopek
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Trade Wars

With meat processed and imported from all over the world, consumers may soon have no right to know this morsel of food information

By Mike Jopek
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Save Seed for Genetic Diversity

Many more families across the Flathead are getting their hands back into the dirt by growing some of their own food

By Mike Jopek
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Not COOL

People have a right to know where their food is produced and what’s in it

By Mike Jopek
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Food Fight

Zinke and Tester would be wise to focus on passing policy that helps people, farmers and eaters

By Mike Jopek
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Welcome Home

Columbia Falls and Kalispell have two new political champions

By Mike Jopek
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Unspoken Deal

Most of our lawmakers want to return home knowing they were productive and effective

By Mike Jopek
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Working Majority

The Legislature always focuses too much of its time on frivolous policy

By Mike Jopek