Editorial
Gazette opinion: Time for high court to follow public mandate
Montana’s Constitution guarantees citizens the right to know what government officials and public employees are doing or have done in their publicly funded jobs.
Nov 24, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
David Broder: Public expects health legislation would add to deficit
WASHINGTON — It’s simply not true that America is ambivalent about everything when it comes to the Obama health plan.
Nov 24, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Montana’s future depends on raising fit kids
Montana has a great opportunity to quell the epidemic of childhood obesity that threatens America’s health and economy.
Nov 23, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
Financial assault on young Americans continues
WASHINGTON — One of our long-running political stories is the economic assault on the young by the old. We have become a society that invests in its past and disfavors the future. This makes no sense for the nation, but as politics, it makes complete sense. The elderly and near elderly …
Nov 23, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Obama seeks least worst solution to permanent war
WASHINGTON — When there is no good solution to a problem, a president has three options. One is to avoid the problem. The second is to pick the least bad of the available options. The third is to mix and match among the proposed solutions and minimize the long-term damage any decision w…
Nov 23, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Check out other options before picking library plan
There’s no doubt that our library is heavily used. But it’s not used as well as it could be. A building designed as a library would allow for better supervision of young patrons. A well-designed library would offer easy access for people with disabilities. A good 21st-century libr…
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Ups & Downs
Ups and Downs gives a quick take on news of the week.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Cokie Roberts & Steven V. Roberts: Deadly triumph of statistics over women’s health
What were they thinking? A panel of scientists has issued guidelines for breast cancer screening that could undo years of education and advocacy that have saved tens of thousands of lives. In a report that smacks of health care rationing, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends…
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Educator for a Day brings local leaders into public schools
The nearly 70 business people, state legislators and city officials who participated in Educator for a Day are commended for taking the time from their busy schedules to look inside our local public schools. They committed their time to gaining the insight that is vital to engaging the co…
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Thanks to Copps for leading Billings schools
Superintendent Jack Copps was walking out an entrance to McKinley Elementary last week when he stopped to greet a teacher and students at the end of their recess. Grinning from ear to ear, Copps started shaking hands with children lined up on school steps. He was clearly thrilled to have …
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette Opinion: Great Northern deal makes state coal bids timely
One of the biggest questions about the Otter Creek coal tracts has been answered. After years of pressure on Montana state officials to “go first” in leasing mineral rights without action by the private owner of adjoining coal tracts, this other owner has announced a lease deal.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
E.J. Dionne: America would benefit from civilian ROTC
WASHINGTON — Imagine a time when government work was exciting, widely admired and much sought after.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Let’s start fixing up Billings schools
In the past 13 years, Billings voters have approved only one school bond issue. That was for $10 million — an amount that expanded and tremendously upgraded Orchard Elementary and funded several projects at other elementary schools, including Highland, Meadowlark, Boulder and Ponderosa.…
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
David Broder: Obama should take general’s Afghanistan advice quickly
WASHINGTON — The more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose — and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Robert J. Samuelson: ‘Reform’ bills expand benefits without controlling costs
WASHINGTON — There is an air of absurdity to what is mistakenly called “health care reform.” Everyone knows that the United States faces massive governmental budget deficits as far as calculators can project, driven heavily by an aging population and uncontrolled health costs. Recov…
Nov 17, 2009 | 7:55 pm | Loading…
George Will: Historic war photo fabricated death scene
NEW YORK — The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude. It overflowed with barbarous fighting faiths, wars enveloping continents, and graphic journalism assaulting global audiences with scenes of shocking immediacy. The Spanish Civil War, although small in terms of the number of combata…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Truth matters in news photographs
National columnist George Will, who usually writes about politics and occasionally about anything else under the sun, today comments on a controversy about the truthfulness of one of the first and most famous war photographs ever published. Many Gazette readers probably have previously se…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Mr. secretary, the bison coin best represents Yellowstone
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has huge responsibilities trying to revive the housing market, stave off global financial crises and steer the American economy toward stability and renewed prosperity.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Gazette opinion: Keep kids covered in health reform plans
The goal of health care reform is supposed to be fixing what’s broken: covering Americans who are uninsured, making health care affordable and accessible and improving quality of patient care.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
The buck stops nowhere in Washington
The good news: Both parties finally agree on an important element of public policy.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
