Opinion
Editor, I miss my late Uncle Bill for many reasons – his kindness, sense of humor, the way he embraced his large, sprawling family, regardless of race, religion or politics. And I’m especially missing his wisdom and common sense these days, when his Grand Old Party is busy trying to overturn the results of our election. Well, let’s clarify that. Republicans don’t want to overturn the results of all the races they won, just the results of that one, very significant race they lost. I’m not particularly happy with the outcome of this year’s election, especially at the state level, where Republicans trounced Democrats by an average...
Nearly nine months into a pandemic, COVID-19 has impacted Montanans in every corner of the state. Nearly 800 Montanans have lost their lives to the virus and many others have gotten sick and are experiencing long-term impacts that we don’t yet understand. Others have experienced a job loss, a lack of p...
Dec. 15 marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the people of an emerging nation. Bill of Rights Day has actually been a national holiday since Nov. 28, 1941, when President ...
By Mark Parkinson, AHCA/NCAL president and Scott Tittle, NCAL executive director Dear Governors, thank you for your leadership in response to this unprecedented health crisis and the action your administrations have undertaken to help nursing homes and assisted living communities protect our resid...
Editor, On Wednesday, Dec. 2, while working at my computer, I heard a pop and lost power. We called a couple of neighbors and they both had electricity. I then called Mission Valley Power and talked with, if I remember correctly, Josie. She was extraordinarily helpful with a very positive and upl...
Editor, Natural energy starts with the sun rising to create planetary income, and then, plants grow and expend leaves to create planetary spending. Surplus energy is saved within the roots to create planetary savings. The point is that income, spending and savings on a planetary scale, is simp...
Editor, John Meinder wanting store clerks to say “Thanks” to him (Valley Journal, Nov. 11) is hovering around what could be a good idea, but he misses a couple of important points. Why punish the clerk and the business? What about the responsibility of the customer? Here’s another perspe...
Editor, I lost a friend to COVID-19 yesterday. She was young and should have had many more years. Have you lost a friend or family member to COVID-19? Is someone in your family COVID-19 positive? I hope not. It’s a terrible time. If we look back to World War II, people joined together, r...
Editor, People seem not to know what it means when a right lane is ending and they have to merge into the left lane. When the right lane is ending, it does not mean to speed up into a gap that is barely big enough for your car and to make the traffic slow down as you cut the other car off t...
Editor, Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from a mid-western college in 1953 but with no professional standing, I feel comfortable sharing my views. After months of absorbing numerous news broadcasts and articles from both Republican and Democratic sources concerning ...
