We’ve had “global warming” for more than a decade — the hottest decade on record worldwide. Is this the “greenhouse effect” that scientists have been warning about, i.e. a response to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, or is it some natural — not man-made — climatic change? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]

Government transfers resources, money, and opportunities from the poorly organized to the well organized. That’s the way the world works. One form is corporate welfare. The Continental Pit copper mine in Butte, Montana, exemplifies this sorry process. In 2000, due to high electricity prices and low copper prices, Montana Resources, Inc. suspended operations at its […]

If this column seems familiar, it’s an argument I’ve run for over three decades. The principles and conclusion don’t change, only the characters do. I just heard Brian Schweitzer note that 9,000,000 people visit Montana each year. They don’t come to see heap leach mines or Superfund sites. Most come to experience our natural wonders, […]

I applaud the Bozeman Bicycle Network Plan of August 22. It was prepared by Mack Durham, a research assistant at MSU’s Western Transportation Institute. It was designed to “alleviate the issues facing the cyclists of the Bozeman area.” It aims to “provide a tool to help improve the quality of bicycle transportation in the city […]