When I started my career as a nurse over 20 years ago, I did so because I believed good medicine was the answer to the suffering I saw in the ER and in the streets. But nothing in our training revealed to my colleagues and me that our work in delivering health care, while critical, was downstream of structural issues that negatively impact individuals and entire … [Read more...] about Health Beat: Addressing true impacts on health through innovation in care

At times these days, it seems we all could use a refresher course in civility, manners and etiquette. Normally, looking to the past offers us some guidance – but, in this case, I’m troubled by some advice I’ve found. Cecil B. Hartley wrote a book on the subject in 1860 titled “The Gentlemen’s Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness,” based on “the best French, … [Read more...] about Harmon’s Histories: In search of civility, we turn to timeless rules of etiquette

Weeds love change. Whether it’s from agricultural soil disturbances, fires, floods or droughts, there is probably a weed waiting to slip in and establish a home amid the mayhem. As climate change causes weather patterns to shift and temperatures to fluctuate, native species may become stressed and weakened, opening the space for these weedy opportunists to outcompete the … [Read more...] about Sustainable Missoula: Some climate solutions come in a furry, four-legged package

Safeguarding the rights of Montanans, including the equal right to vote, the fundamental bedrock of our nation, is a pillar of my Montana Attorney General campaign. Every citizen in our state should have confidence that every election, from those for President to city council, is fair and free. We live in the greatest democracy in the world and as Attorney General I will fight … [Read more...] about AG candidate Kimberly Dudik: I’ll defend your equal right to vote