Civil Disobedience and 5-Year-Olds

Civil Disobedience and 5-Year-Olds

What do you do when a 5-year-old boy refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance?  Is it an act of simple defiance, willful disobedience, or the exercising of free speech?  Are 5-year-olds afforded all the protections of the Constitution without reservation?  Can a...
The Wit and Wisdom of Todd Starnes

The Wit and Wisdom of Todd Starnes

At a recent event, I had the opportunity once again to marvel at the ability of certain speakers to ride the rhetorical fence; speaking on subjects so serious that the audience sits spellbound while at the same time weaving in so much humor that the crowd finds itself...
Thank God for Pregnancy Resource Centers

Thank God for Pregnancy Resource Centers

Last night my wife and I attended one of our favorite events of the year, the LaVie Pregnancy Care Center Banquet in Billings.  It’s an evening spent with some of our favorite people, supporting one of our favorite causes.  It’s a time to thank God for lives saved...
The Momentum Has Shifted

The Momentum Has Shifted

One of the greatest challenges for any policymaker is to buck a trend and rule on the facts, not the emotion of an issue.  It can be hard, it can be costly, but in the end it can also be rewarding, knowing that you had the backbone to do the right thing for the people...
A Big Week In Montana

A Big Week In Montana

Over the past 11 years we’ve produced over 1,000 of these legislative updates.  Some weeks can be a challenge…what do we report on when nothing significant happens?  Fortunately, this is not one of those weeks.  In fact, so much has happened that the question is,...