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What’s Going On In the Skies Over Western Air Bases?

BY ROBERT HASTINGS On October 23, 2010, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, temporarily lost the ability to communicate with 50 of its Minuteman III nuclear missiles. The five Missile Alert Facilities responsible for launching those ICBMs in time of war, the 319th Missile Squadron, would have been unable to do so during the disruption. This dramatic story was … [Read more...]

Montana—150 Years After Bull Run

The Civil War Shaped the World We Live In BY BOB BROWN The First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, 150 years ago, near Manassas, Virginia. The sesquicen-tennial of America's bloodiest conflict has now begun. Until Vietnam more Americans … [Read more...]

City of Bozeman—Stay Out of Housing Market

The Feds Tried It—the Result Was a Disaster BY DAVID S. LEWIS The City of Bozeman has been trying to create “affordable housing” now for about a decade, but can’t make it happen. That’s in part because the federal government was, likewise, meddling where it does not belong, pushing bad loans as social policy that in turn created the housing bubble, driving up prices—anyone … [Read more...]

Stupid Tourist Tricks

What Ever Happened to Common Sense? BY JUSTIN CASE Ever wonder what it feels like getting flipped 20 feet in the air by a buffalo, then landing hard on the ground? Can’t be pleasant. And never mind the internal injuries from that horn in your belly, what about the humiliation when a relative sells a video of the incident to cable TV? You laugh, but it’s happened, and this … [Read more...]

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