Bjorn Limber calls himself “an old left-wing Greenpeace member” . He teaches statistics in the department of political science at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. In 1997, an article about the late economist Julian Simon angered him. He claimed that the state of humanity and the natural environment were both improving. Specifically, Simon predicted: “The […]

Forestry, one of Montana’s traditional industries faces rough times. With continued demands for environmental quality and rejection of the negative consequences of resource extraction, what is the future of our state’s timber economy and the communities which rely upon it? Unfortunately for this industry, the future ain’t what it was. Here are six reasons why. […]

Fundamentalists are people who believe they are God’s chosen people with a monopoly on Truth. Fundamentalism has attracted millions of adherents for centuries. Relying on revelations from God, it elevates, it comforts, and it offers meaning and direction to those lost when uncertainty and ambiguity reign. However, lives are lost when fundamentalists seek the coercive […]

There were more people in our church on September 16 than last Christmas or Easter. And Billy, my old logger buddy, and his wife Pam, were sickened by events and saddened by assaults on American Muslims. The outpouring of sympathy and constructive reactions represent America at its best. We believe that America is the world’s […]