Opinions

You have a right to speak, assemble, petition — So now, register to vote

Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day — an election-year effort since 2012 to encourage all of us to vote.

Gone are the days of respect-fueled disagreement

It is hard for me to understand how many politicians can abandon principle in order to get re-elected. I know they want to be reelected above all else — I understand that. As a legislator I wanted to win re-election, but I like to think I didn’t have to sell my soul to do it.

COVID-19 and recreation: Too much poop, too many people

Mark DeOpsomer of Bozeman, Montana, is a backpacker with lots of miles on his soles. For almost four decades he’s gone to the remotest corners of the Northern Rockies.

Something is rotten in the PSC

There's a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet that goes, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark". This has come to refer to corruption from the top down in a political body.

Working people deserve fair tax treatment, not just a day off

Labor Day is a day to celebrate the importance ofworking people in American life, to show how much we value the contributions of the millions of people who give their time and their sweat to s upport themselves, their families, and their communities. But while having a day off is nice, working people should have more. We shouldn't let Labor Day distract us from the fact that the American economy is rigged, through our tax code, against working people and in favor of rich investors like me.

The power of the people

It was a stirring sight to see the beautifully illuminated White House from the south lawn, all awash with American flags and the President of the United States standing before it at the podium.

School + pandemic = high anxiety

As a longtime teacher who has heard every complaint under the sun about how horrible school is, how boring, arbitrary, irrelevant and unfair, I find myself somewhat taken aback by the fierce pressure to return to regular classroom instruction.

Moving backward to a time of fear and anger

Jesus, law and order. The fake politics behind this rallying cry killed Jesus. Our politicians are again returning to this timeworn phrase, to again provoke violence, which can be met with greater violence, which can again prove the threat of political/military authority over subjects for peace and security.

I am a chick-hatching machine, literally

I have kept all breeds of chickens for just over seven years. Silkies are, by far, my favorite.

Nonprofit jobs are more than real – they are essential!

In a political campaign ad aired in June, gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney was criticized as never having held a “real job.”