Posted in Current Events

Late last December I wrote about homey Walter Breuning, who had just been designated the country's oldest man. He is now the world's oldest man. Treat yourself to this slide show of what it's like to have a life lived in three centuries. www.greatfallstribune.com read more

Posted in Current Events

The late hotelier Leona Helmsley left $5-8 billion in a trust, with a letter of intent stating she wanted to help dogs...but a judge ruled that the trustees could grant the money as they saw fit. www.peta.org read more

Posted in Legislation

As of yesterday, Montana can now become the only state in the nation to have a horse slaughterhouse. To those of you who urged Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to veto HB 418, thank you -- you did have an effect. Schweitzer didn't veto the bill, but neither did he sign it. It still became law, though, because of the votes in the legislature. … read more

Posted in General

This is especially for the folks at my favorite animal shelter, the Humane Society of Barron County: Wisconsin gets COLD, but Cut Bank, Montana has THE PENGUIN!!! read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

I'm a tad alarmed at what I've been reading about a new strain of influenza that has combined DNA from people, pigs, and birds. The Centers for Disease Control is not calling this a potential pandemic as yet, but officials are worried. Stay healthy; you know what to do. Flu is nothing to mess around with. read more