Jim Elliott
Montana Viewpoint: Political bravery then and now
Jim Elliott writes, "There was a day, long ago, when Republicans put principles over politics, when I could disagree with them politically but admire them for having courage and I miss it."
Montana Viewpoint: The power of the people
Jim Elliott writes, "Because the use of our power by those we elect is important to us we deny them the ability to use anything owned by the public for personal or political purposes, and there is no building more public than the White House."
Montana Viewpoint: The Post Office is America
Jim Elliott writes, "The President says, “The Post Office is a joke.” Here is a man, I bet you, who has not been inside a post office to buy a stamp or mail a package in over half a century. The people who actually use the Post Office like it. They like it a lot."
Montana Viewpoint: Defending government property at the expense of liberty
Jim Elliott writes, "An administration that refuses to mount a national defense to a national pandemic that respects no state borders cannot, with any credibility, decide that it can then act unilaterally to police the people of the individual states of the union."
Montana Viewpoint: Liberty and some common sense
Jim Elliott writes, "There are things to fight for that are important and where the effort makes a difference and there are things that aren’t. The important thing is to know the difference, and that’s where common sense comes in."
Montana Viewpoint: The good and the evil of American history – and American greats
Jim Elliott writes, "How should history judge national figures of the past who committed both good and evil? Does the good outweigh the bad, the bad the good, or is it more complex than that?"
Montana Viewpoint: Facing my own racism
Jim Elliott writes, "In theory, there are no longer any laws that sanction racism, but in practice, as long as any person is singled out solely because of their skin color there is racism by consent."
Montana Viewpoint: Working as one, there are better days ahead
Jim Elliott writes, "We are at a good place in history, and we are at that good place because we are facing adversity together. It is sad to think that many had to die to spur us to action, but good times don’t seem to move us forward as a people, bad times do."
Montana Viewpoint: A house divided by partisanaship
The division of partisan politics and petty political bickering "gives the advantage to powerful nations that are 'united' by dictatorships, whereas we are being divided by democracy," Jim Elliott writes.
Montana Viewpoint: The thing about the United States Postal Service and the prez
There are any number of influential people in Washington who don’t like it and think it should be closed and the resulting loss of mail service should be run by private enterprise. They have done their best to demolish the P.O. and they are beginning to have some success.