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

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

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...