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Is it immoral to watch football?

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

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Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

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Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

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What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

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Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

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Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

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Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

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Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

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Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

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American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

Who chooses abortion? More women than you might think

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Who chooses abortion? More women than you might think

Analysis: New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

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Analysis: New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

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Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

Opinion

Is it immoral to watch football?

Sep 30, 2018

National News

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Sep 27, 2018

National News

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

Sep 26, 2018

National News

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

Sep 19, 2018

National News

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Sep 18, 2018

National News

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

Sep 4, 2018

National News

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

Aug 24, 2018

National News

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

Aug 9, 2018

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Would you support a smoke-free park in Butte?

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Is it immoral to watch football?

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

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What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

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Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come

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Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come

Debunking the 6 biggest myths about 'technology addiction'

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Debunking the 6 biggest myths about 'technology addiction'

US fertility is dropping. Here's why some experts saw it coming

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US fertility is dropping. Here's why some experts saw it coming

A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

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A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

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Messy women may actually liberate us all

Would America vote for Oprah for president?

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Would America vote for Oprah for president?

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Keeping the people in the people's court

Columns

Putrid pundit projections

National columns and analysis

Guest view: As diagnoses rise, autism bill is vital for Montana

George F. Will: The electric-vehicle tax credit should be taken off the road

GEORGE F. WILL

Commentary: On Earth Day, gloomy predictions haven't come to pass

By Nicolas Loris, Tribune News Service

Commentary: Trump's tax returns must hold wealth of embarrassing information

By Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune

Commentary: How and what to restore in Notre Dame

By Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune

Commentary: South Bend having a moment, thanks to Buttigieg

By Jeremy Manier, Chicago Tribune

Guest view: Open letter from Madison River Foundation

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Columns

Women don’t slow down for fools like Bill O’Reilly

Columns

Supreme Court jumps into a playground fight over a phony war on religion

Opinion

A case for preventing children's scraped knees

Columns

It’s decision time, America — which way do we go?

Columns

Taxes — the great uniter?

Columns

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Columns

Awful questions, no answers

Columns

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Apr 14, 2017

Columns

Experience America at the time of the Great War

Apr 12, 2017

Columns

Awful questions, no answers

Apr 11, 2017

Columns

Did the last three years not actually happen?

Apr 10, 2017

Columns

Senators mourn traditions they are blowing up

Apr 7, 2017

Columns

Baseball numbers aren't difficult. But this quiz might be.

Apr 5, 2017

Columns

Trump plays us for a fool

Apr 4, 2017

Columns

Bill O’Reilly’s a bonehead, but that’s not nice

Apr 3, 2017

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor: Consistency is key to great coach; family not welcome in town?

Nov 24, 2016
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The choice of a benevolent God? Read more

Letters to the editor: How long before the earth is destroyed?

Nov 7, 2016
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Letters to the editor: For Gianforte; for Steketee; and Connie Ternes-Daniels

Oct 24, 2016
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McCulloch, Lee Newspapers are the new deplorables

Oct 15, 2016
1

Choose your governor wisely

Sep 23, 2016
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Puppy mills law would provide leverage

Sep 6, 2016
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Story of Camp Husky dog rescue brings back memories

Aug 24, 2016
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Daines' vote against Librarian of Congress unconscionable

Jul 17, 2016
2

When Trump is president, White House becomes Trump House

Jun 30, 2016
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Basketball great showed great sportsmanship

Jun 16, 2016
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New vacant buildings ordinance opposed

May 31, 2016
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Columns

This is what you get, Mr. Speaker

Mar 31, 2017

Columns

Crashing down to earth

Mar 28, 2017

Columns

An oasis of liberty in the Arizona sun

Mar 27, 2017

Columns

Trump’s chickens finally come home to roost

Mar 27, 2017

Opinion

Standard view: Petty refusal to act hurts those we owe the most

Mar 26, 2017

Opinion

Democrats wallowing in muck over Gorsuch decision

Mar 26, 2017

Columns

Lincoln was a Republican, and other discoveries by President Obvious

Mar 23, 2017

Columns

Questions for Judge Gorsuch

Mar 22, 2017

Columns

'Hood Robin' robs from poor, gives to rich

Mar 21, 2017

Columns

Trumpcare: A bullhorn touting scorn for the poor

Mar 20, 2017

Columns

Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: Trump

Mar 17, 2017

Columns

A place to learn and celebrate America's foundational principles

Mar 14, 2017

Columns

Ryan's health care plan simply a scam

Mar 13, 2017

Opinion

What else, Elsie?

Feb 6, 2017

Opinion

Americans don't want destructive president

Jan 31, 2017

Opinion Letters

Now is the time to serve our country

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Would march have been pep rally for Hillary?

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Canadians behaving badly in parks face consequences

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Path to vulgarity culminated on the Capitol steps Jan. 20

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Children's play is sexist against fathers

Jan 26, 2017

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