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Michael Paul Williams — a columnist with the Richmond Times-Dispatch — won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for penetrating and historically insightful columns that guided Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city…
Letters to local newspaper editorial pages have offered various opinions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the temperature in the valley drops and housing prices in the Bitterroot skyrocket, I'm wondering where our unhoused neighbors are supposed to go.
An opinion piece in the Nov 14 paper asked: “Why do we seem to favor an us-versus-them mentality …?” I offer one of many possible responses. An Internet search of “in-group bias” produces extensive discussion, even noting that the bias has been found in very young children. I simply offer a …
Multiple studies show that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 had nothing to do with the decline in the populations of wild deer, elk and moose.
Episode 26: Richard Kyte and Scott Rada also discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and how moral outrage often ignores the law.
Commentary: Gratitude, more than any other virtue, is handed down in families by the stories we tell.
Social scientists Dr. Alison Dagnes and Dr. Lawrence Eppard are joined by Dr. James Gerber, co-director and lead scientist of the Global Landscapes Initiative at the Institute on the Environment, who will help explain all things climate change that have been in the news recently.
Since 1984, the nationwide legal drinking age has been 21 for good reasons. Young people’s brains are still developing, which affects their judgment and cognitive abilities. That, along with raging hormones, boosts the chances of impulsive decision-making. It’s a dumb idea to add alcohol to …
What a seismic difference a trial has made to public and media perceptions of Kyle Rittenhouse. When he was charged at age 17 with shooting three men, two fatally, during racial unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, various media accounts described him as a rifle-toting white supremacist …
Kyle Rittenhouse is 18 years old. On Aug. 25, 2020, when Rittenhouse killed two men during a night of civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he was 17. But when he took the stand during his murder trial, he looked like he could be 13. Defendants in murder trials often do themselves no favors by…
What can sensible adults agree on regarding Kyle Rittenhouse, the latest young symbol on whom America can hang its devastating internal division and the newest tool for social media networks to monetize without regard to individual and societal hurt? Those who believe in the rule of law, whi…
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One of the biggest reasons I moved back to the Bitterroot when I retired was the mountains.
Stay in the know! Browse through opinions and analysis on today's hottest topics.
Michael Paul Williams — a columnist with the Richmond Times-Dispatch — won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for penetrating and historically insightful columns that guided Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city's monuments to white supremacy."
Episode 26: Richard Kyte and Scott Rada also discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and how moral outrage often ignores the law.
Commentary: Gratitude, more than any other virtue, is handed down in families by the stories we tell.
Letters to local newspaper editorial pages have offered various opinions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the temperature in the valley drops and housing prices in the Bitterroot skyrocket, I'm wondering where our unhoused neighbors are supposed to go.
An opinion piece in the Nov 14 paper asked: “Why do we seem to favor an us-versus-them mentality …?” I offer one of many possible responses. An Internet search of “in-group bias” produces extensive discussion, even noting that the bias has been found in very young children. I simply offer a …
Multiple studies show that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 had nothing to do with the decline in the populations of wild deer, elk and moose.