Man-caused climate change is not just about a gradually warming planet or extreme weather events, it’s also about increasing health emergences for everyone…
From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/from-cholera-to-kidney-disease-10-ways-the-climate-crisis-is-wrecking-peoples-lives-acc? mosquitoes, ticks, disease, illness, death
Medicare is better than nothing, though it still costs more than it should, but “privatized” Medicare is even worse, and Medicare “Advantage” plans threaten rural hospitals…
From fiercehealthcare.com: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/tiny-rural-hospitals-feel-pinch-medicare-advantage-plans-grow Beartooth Billings Clinic, many small, rural hospitals in Montana, greed, need single payer, stop profiteering
In a letter to the Carbon County News, the extremist Carbon County Republican Women group again hides political attacks and misinformation behind a thin veil of pseudo-Christianity, as so many MAGA-types do…
First there is the political attack on the current administration for its response to the challenges of the "Southern border," that Montana Republican pols like...
When our local news aggregator site — the Montana Independent News — writes its own local news the articles tend to be biased and unprofessionally written, such as a recent pro-STR piece…
The Montana Independent New article let realtors repeat the nonsense that Red Lodge would suffer with restrictions on short-term rentals, and that tourists would stop...
Apologies to the anti-masker/anti-science crowd, but the Cochrane study they love was flawed and misinterpreted, and masks can help you stay healthier…
From Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-went-wrong-with-a-highly-publicized-covid-mask-analysis/ MAGA, Trump, narcissistic selfishness, unChristian to not to want to protect others
Between fracking, methane release and other environmental disasters, we’ve known for some time natural gas is terrible for the environment — a new study says possibly worse than coal!…
From The New Yorker and Bill McKibben: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-smoking-gun-for-bidens-big-climate-decision
A Substack news aggegator site — the Montana Independent News — has come to Carbon County, also providing some original local news, including an odd obsession with criticizing Red Lodge’s mayor…
A recent headline proclaims, "Cogswell's Administration Refuses to Answer Questions on Audit and How Leases are Managed," although the article provides no evidence that the...
News about short-term rentals Red Lodge should consider…
From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/10/18/bozeman-votes-to-ban-some-short-term-rentals-grandfathers-others/? Montana has an affordable housing crisis, and Red Lodge is no exception. We need to stop being simply a playground...
The dumbing of Montana: state GOP politicians continue to promote their anti-science, pro-extremist agenda by approving wacky and dangerous Prager U for use in our schools…
From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2023/10/15/state-licenses-prageru-for-classrooms-watchdog-weary-of-extremist-content/ Teaching baloney is not teaching critical thinking skills. Teaching "both sides" does not mean wasting time by the giving the...