Letters to the Editor

Missoula County Republican Leader Criticizes Gianforte, Legislators Over SB 542 and HB 231

Grulkowski faults the Chair’s conduct, questions lawful appointments, and calls for stronger, steadier leadership.

Reclaiming Montana’s spirit of grit, faith, and free expression.

A reader urges Montana’s congressional delegation to support clean energy funding in the FY26 budget.

For years, we Montanans liked to think of “gerrymandering” as one of those imported political diseases—something that happened in faraway, untrustworthy states with names like “Illinois” or “California,” where maps are drawn by political cartographers who believe in geometry the way Picasso believed in accurate faces. But here’s the bad news: you don’t have to…

Nothing to see here—officially

On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the skies lit up over Missoula and the Bitterroot with an extraordinary amount of what are commonly known as “chemtrails.” Since that day, numerous instances of these visible streaks—sprayed from jets crisscrossing the sky—have blanketed the area with “something” intended for a specific end. That “something” is being imposed on…

As a conservative Montanan, I believe the government should stop interfering in the healthcare market—especially when it comes to prescription drug development. That’s why I’m concerned about a policy buried in the Inflation Reduction Act called the “pill penalty.” It puts strict price controls on pill-form medications years before it does the same for injectables,…