Sirota on Schweitzer

You will want to read this Washington Monthly piece about the Schweitzer campaign.

Joke of the weak

Best line from "A Prairie Home Companion's" fall Joke Show last Saturday:

What's the difference between the Iraq War and the Vietnam War?

George W. Bush had a plan for getting out of the Vietnam War.

Mail bugs

Ed Kemmick is bugged by a letter to the editor in today's Gazette. I was bugged by the same letter for a different reason. "When will Montana get a newspaper that is owned by Montanans and run by Montanans," the writer asks.

Well, there's the Outpost, now seven years old and still struggling. And the Missoula Independent, a dozen years old. And the Queen City News, pushing three. And the Butte Weekly, a couple of months older than the Outpost. The writer's question has an easy answer: When more Montanans start supporting the Montana-owned and Montana-run newspapers that already exist.