If you disagree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, claiming that corporations are people, be aware of some facts concerning the case. The decision reversed over 100 years of constitutional law based on principles established by this nation’s founders. After all, we fought the Revolutionary War in part to achieve independence from English crown corporations that dominated colonial commerce and governed some of the original 13 colonies.

 

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Last month Sen. Jon Tester voted with President Barack Obama and his Big Labor cronies to allow the controversial new "ambush elections" rule from the NLRB to take effect. This rule was widely opposed by small businesses because it would severely shorten the timeframe (as little as seven days) allowed for a union organizing election. The main motivation behind this new rule is to make union formation much, much easier.



 

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Americans Elect was a novel idea, even as it appears to be a failed one. The group acknowledged last week that it could not agree on a suitable third-party candidate and would suspend its search. Apparently the notion of launching a third party is a lot more appealing in concept than reality, which is a shame.

 

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Congressman Denny Rehberg has taken some heat over his support of H.R. 1505, a bill that strengthens America’s ability to protect itself by securing our borders against illegal aliens, drug and human traffickers, and terrorists. Rehberg’s opponents have conjured up a bunch of false attacks that this bill will cut off hunters from public lands, even though Denny has specifically ensured the bill contains language preventing closures to hunter access.

As a life-long hunter, I value my right to access Montana’s public lands, and I will not support any legislation that threatens that access. But I also believe America has a duty to secure its borders, and Montana’s northern border is an open door to smugglers and terrorists.

 

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Now that President Barack Obama is out of the closet on gay marriage, I may as well come out, too: I oppose gay marriage or civil unions. Sorry, but that’s the way it is.

Oh, my upbringing was plenty “diverse.” My New York family almost all worked in show business, specifically Broadway, and our social circle was full of what my ever-proper Jewish grandmother privately called “poofters.” But they ate at her table on Sundays, treated as family. I had lots of really cool uncles and aunties.

 

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One of the more common things you'll see from a business that's differentiating themselves using things other than price is their use of a unique selling proposition (USP) and in the strongest cases, a "core story" that backs it up.

You've probably heard USP described before. Domino's Pizza's USP is a well-known example: "Fresh, Hot Pizza in 30 minutes or it's Free." Given that, there's no doubt what Domino's focus is.

A Core Story takes a good USP to the next level.

 

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As a former small-town journalist, I know that one major role of the news-media – especially in a small community like ours – is to “herald” the outstanding citizens who make this valley the wonderful place that it is. I was disappointed in a recent article that failed to accomplish just that.

 

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The Keystone pipeline debacle is symptomatic of a deep systemic problem in the United States. The federal environmental laws and regulations created since the 1960s act as barriers to progress.

 

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