By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief
"I want him to be independent and just do a great job. Don’t look at me, don’t look at anybody, just do your own thing and do a great job." – President Donald J. Trump, on Kevin Warsh being confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chairman.
PSC asks governor to suspend Molnar for a year
by Darrell Ehrlick
Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Welborn is requesting that Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte remove embattled Commissioner Brad Molnar for a year for violating anti-harassment and anti-retaliation standards. But Molnar and his attorney say the move is an attempt to silence the commission’s most vocal critic of the state’s monopoly utility. “This is yet another […]
PacificSource to end Montana insurance operations
by Micah Drew
PacificSource Health Plans, one of Montana’s three primary health insurance providers, will cease its Montana operations and exit the marketplace by the end of the year. “PacificSource is making difficult decisions to ensure we can continue fulfilling our mission and serving members for the long term amid growing pressures across the healthcare industry,” company spokesperson […]
Sagging poll ratings, soaring gas prices put GOP in a fix for keeping US House control
by Jonathan Shorman, Jacob Fischler
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — When Vice President JD Vance pitched voters on electing Republicans to Congress this November during a trip to a Kansas City manufacturing plant on Monday, he delivered the message while standing in a newly gerrymandered U.S. House district. “If you want congressional leadership that fights to lower your taxes, that fights […]
COMMENTARY
In case you missed it yesterday, veteran and author Ed Saunders wrote about how it was women who really started the holiday of Memorial Day as they looked for a way to honor the fallen dead in a way that they would not be forgotten.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
After Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh was confirmed and sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, President Donald Trump said that he doesn’t expect the new chairman to do anything but a good job and that he will be totally independent, a claim that was questioned because of the way the President has treated former Fed Chief Jerome Powell.
After the United States House of Representatives passes a law that would approve a year-round blend of ethanol into gas, the measure faces an uncertain future in the United States Senate.
GOOD READS
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Most of the time, the interactions and the relationships of the United States Supreme Court are opaque and speculative. In other words: With the exception of the rulings themselves, what happens in the court often stays in the court. But in a series of public comments given by the justices recently, The New York Times shows a fractured and sometimes divided court.
THE HOOK
Just as there was a “golden age” of rock-and-roll, there was a golden age of “country.” Maybe one of the most fascinating aspects is that they largely overlapped, thanks to the development of technology, which increased the reach of popular music in general.
One of the big stars of country, Stonewall Jackson, is somewhat overlooked today. But from 1957 through the 1970s, there weren’t many larger stars. He was so unique that he was signed to a contract on the Grand Ole Opry before he had a professional recording contract in hand.
Though he shares the same name as a famous Confederate Civil War general, and though his father claimed that he was a direct descendant, that claim — exploited for its popularity in the South — was never proven. Looking back at his amazing career, it’s also evident that he didn’t need to ride the coattails of a long-dead confederate.
Just as there is a canon of rock-and-roll music, so too is there a collection of popular country hits. What’s true about both of them is that there are a many songs that achieved quite a measure of popularity in both genres that are now overlooked. One of those songs that doesn’t get much airplay or attention was Jackson’s 1964 “A Wound That Time Can’t Erase.”
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