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Dealing with a personality disorder
Sometimes we run into people who have mental health problems that are difficult for family members or society to d…
The last best column
In sad news, this is the final issue of the Leader that I’ll contribute to.
About that St. Pat legend
Legend has it that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.
OFF THE MARK: Thoughts on the Winter Olympics
There’s just something about the Winter Olympics.
From your Representative
As we roll out of the holidays and look forward to the arrival of spring, your legislature continues to conduct interim committee meetings. The Economic Affairs Interim Committee, of which I am a member, met on Jan…
What ever happened to plain old football?
I don’t like the Super Bowl anymore.
HALL OF FAME DEBATE: That doesn't belong in a museum
“That belongs in a museum!”
OFF THE MARK: A case for the steroid gang in Cooperstown
I first went to Cooperstown, New York in 1999.
Fresh blood on the bench
Five of Lake County’s six prep girls basketball teams have new head coaches this year.
Guest column: Sorry, Mr. Jackson
Sen. Verdell Jackson is mistaken in arguing (in a recently published opinion piece) that the proposed CSKT water compact violates the US and Montana constitutions by taking water rights from individual irrigators s…
Among Other Things - Ahh, baseball playoffs
Most memorable of this season’s baseball playoffs that I’ve watched on TV was last Saturday’s battle between Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox in the opening game of the American League championship series.
COLUMN: High school realignment
After Ronan’s football team dump-trucked Troy two weeks ago, Troy coach Jim Dasios gave me a monologue on the unfairness surrounding the Montana High School Association classification system.
Among Other Things - Early local aviation highlights
With the annual Polson Fly-in set for this Saturday, Sept. 7, by the local Experimental Aircraft Assn. chapter at the Polson airport, I thought you might like to read some old aviation headlines and items from Flat…
Among Other Things: Bannack will be back
Time and age dealt more kindly with the historic Montana ghost town of Bannack than did weather a couple weeks ago. Devastating downpours of rain and hail sent…
New home on the range
This ain’t my first rodeo. Well actually, it is. As a flatlander who’s new to these parts, next week’s Mission Mountain Rodeo will herald my first time attending such an event.
Among Other Things: Pun Alert
I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.