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Letter to the editor: The fair-mindedness crisis in America
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (142+ words) Our Democracy is in deep trouble. If you are unaware, you're either refusing to look or are somehow blind to the realities of our country. Open your mind and look around. Are you guilty of any of these or similar…...
The legacy of the Declaration of Independence | Rob Natelson
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (541+ words) You know what the historic event was that happened on this day in 1776, but do you know how many people visit the ER with firework-related injuries each 4th? This is the final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence,…...
The primary question: When are conservatives not conservatives? | Roger Koopman
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (176+ words) Billings Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. These are the Montana counties that lost, and gained, the most people in the last decade. By now, Montana's conservative majority ought to be getting pretty upset. Every two years, we…...
America's revolution was steeled by "Common Sense' | Frederic J. Fransen
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (196+ words) While Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of independence and revolution, it was a short pamphlet published six months earlier, in January 1776, that ignited the colonies' revolutionary zeal and crowded out…...
Overwhelming majority of Muslims seek peace | Salam Al-Marayati
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1002+ words) SHOTLIST: SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, US (MARCH 17, 2026) 1. MUEZZIN RECITING ADHAN 2. VARIOUS OF IFTAR PREPARATIONS / MEAL PLATES ON TABLE 3. WORSHIPPERS TAKING PLATES FROM TABLE 4. VARIOUS OF IMAM EDUCATING CHILDREN AT MOSQUE 5. HADI, IMAAM CENTER'S OPERATIONS MANAGER, SPEAKING TO CAMERA (English) 6. SALMAN, WHO…...
Letter to the editor: Jennifer Owen will advocate for all
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (322+ words) I am writing to express my strong support for Jennifer Owen as the next mayor of Billings. As someone who has lived and worked in this community for many years, I have had the privilege of seeing Jennifer's leadership firsthand....
Letter to the editor: The future of our democracy is in the balance
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (347+ words) Local defender of democracy, George Sorensen has penned yet another excellent letter to the editor (Aug. 24). Thank you, George. I'd like to add a little flesh to the bones of the main point of his letter. Javascript is required to…...