A Brief Discussion on Homosexual Marriage
Today our nation and culture are engaged in a public debate of great importance, played out in our media, legislative bodies and courts. This debate concerns the issue of whether or not to grant the privileges afforded married...
Russia’s Annexation of Crimea
In America, much media coverage has occurred in regards to Russia’s actions in Crimea. Both parties, Democrats and Republicans, have been quick to condemn Russia’s actions. However, does this condemnation come from a...
What Makes Education Valuable?
In the middle of class, while students are diagramming sentences, the teacher hears “Why do I need to know this?” come from the center of the room. The teacher, knowing exactly who asked the question, sets his dry...
MT House District 65 Interviews
In keeping with the political interests of Freedom’s Discourse, we interviewed the Republican Primary candidates for MT House District (HD) 65. Below are their summarized statements. We asked both of the candidates the...
A Letter to Bozeman’s Commissioners
Dear Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Commissioners: Thank you for letting me share my views on the non-discriminatory ordinance (NDO). This is an important issue, because so many of the ills in our society today can be traced back...
Comparing Gay Rights to the Civil Rights Movement
The gay rights movement is often compared to the civil rights movement. This analogy is primarily responsible for the massive shift in public opinion over the last decade. Such logic has ushered in a recent wave of lawsuits and...
Examining Bozeman’s NDO
The Non-Discrimination Ordinance (NDO) discussion has been impacting our community for months and the Bozeman City Commissioners have finally presented their NDO draft. The draft, along with eight pages of comment by Deputy...
A Grim Picture of Religious Freedom
Optimists have an exasperating habit of speaking of things already dead as if they are merely dying, or of things already passed as if they are yet to come. Thus you will often hear that America, as the Republic envisioned by its...
Death with Dignity: My First Encounter
October, 2010 was a watershed time for me. I knew I had to take a stand. I went, for the first time, to a public meeting ready to discuss something more than who should be on the next 4-H council. I knew I was going to be the...
The End of Representative Government?
The current debacle over Health Care Reform along with the administration and media’s attempt to vilify those who oppose it rings at the very least of gross hypocrisy and duplicity. But at a much more fundamental level it...