When you find a good one, you know it
Dear Editor: Inviting guest speakers into a high school classroom is always a dicey proposition. When you find a good one, you know it. Sen. Jon Tester was the best. He never said no. He’d let kids videotape interviews with him, and didn’t ask to see the videos or preview the questions. He was open […]
It’s back to school time
Dear Editor, It’s back to school time — new clothes, new backpacks, new schools and new friends. But for some children, old fears arise. For the student who stutters, the beginning of the school year is a time fraught with anxiety and doubt. Will my classmates like me? Will the teacher understand I may need […]
Attention seniors of the Billings community
Dear Editor: Senior Center Concerns: Attention seniors of the Billings community and Senior Center at 360 N. 23rdStreet. There is a meeting of the Billings Senior Citizens Inc. with the City Council on Tuesday (Monday is Labor Day) Sept. 4, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers in City Hall on North 27thStreet. There […]
Medicare and Tricare
Dear Editor: Because I spent over 20 years in the military, I am covered by Tricare health insurance, as is my wife. Because I am also over 65 years old, I am also covered by Medicare. My Tricare health coverage is superior to other veterans who did not serve for 20 years in the military. […]
Thinly veiled description
Dear Editor: In response to Carl’s thinly veiled description of a Trump assassination in the Aug. 24, YCN, I just cannot fathom that you folks are that hard up for a better use of column inches. Glenn Paulson Shepherd
Take a serious look at County Auditor Scott Turner
Dear Editor: John Ostlund, Bill Kennedy and I were the commissioners on duty when a tornado rained havoc on our MetraPark Arena. During this gut-retching time, we called upon the community to help us rebuild this vital venue. Nine months later, Bill Dutcher and his crews were able to host a state basketball tournament. The […]
I had never heard of Carl until my first edition of the YCN
Dear Editor: I’m shocked at Mr. Wolf’s response to my letter last week. He dismisses me as a “geriatric duffer playing cow pasture pool.” He then goes on with a somewhat tangled “assumption” that “prejudicial detractors are prone to leap at erroneous conclusions based on knee jerk assumptions…..” In my letter, I asked Carl several […]
None of our founders discussed separating God and state
Dear Editor: I believe a key question to ask any judicial candidate is whether man’s law is superior to God’s law. I argue that the concept of the separation of church and state as discussed by Jefferson and not expressly found in the Constitution is merely the separation of congregations of people constituting an individual
These “junk” insurance plans don’t protect Montanans
Dear Editor: Matt Rosendale doesn’t prioritize Montana families in his position as state insurance commissioner. His actions have led to higher prices for health care for Montanans across the state. In fact, his record shows he favors the insurance companies over us. Rosendale helped insurance companies at the expense of Montana families. Last year, Rosendale […]
Vox populi Es Vox Dei
Dear Editor: In 1957, I began the ninth grade in a Catholic boarding school in California. The school was run by a group of priests and brothers whose religious order had originated in Italy. I remember Father Felix was my first year Latin teacher. He had been born in Italy and spent his younger years […]