Category Archives: Politics
Stimulus money, tennis courts and Baucus accusations
Two stories, alike in Web buzz, in fair Montana, where we lay our scene. One gets mainstream coverage; the other doesn't. Why?
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Some winding thoughts about states rights and Montana House Resolution 3
Today, I’m going to write about the Montana Legislature’s recently defeated House Resolution 3, which was sponsored by Rep. Michael More, R-Gallatin Gateway.
After a long introduction, in which More’s bill reminds us that we have a 10th Amendment and that the government’s power is derived from the consent of the governed, he takes us into [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged House Resolution 3, Michael More, secession, states rights Comments closed
Student investigative journalism means well but...
A case from the home office today. Our student newspaper (no Web site, so don’t ask for a link) published a story about our university’s research spending. The writer implies that the university’s not receiving enough money from the federal government to cover the facilities and administration costs of its research; and the writer implies [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged budgets, finances, investigative reporting, newspapers, shoddy, student journalism Comments closed
A ‘compelling state interest’
Montana’s Senate Bill 46 wants to amend the state constitution’s right to privacy clause to protect “unborn human life.” I think this amendment is a terrible idea, but I’m not going to repeat the argument here. I’ll direct you instead to Boone Harris’s blog where’s he’s written about it and where I’ve commented about it. [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged abortion, Boone Harris, law, legislature, Montana State Legislature, Politics, right to privacy Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
Obama rumor mailed to newsroom makes me sad