Feb62023
Dear Editor,
I grew up on a cattle ranch and farm in the Salinas Valley of California. For my tenth birthday my maternal grandmother who lived over 250 miles north of us presented me with a pony named Primo for the occasion. My maternal grandfather was a jeweler and really not a rancher. Apparently, my grandmother got Primo at a bargain price. read more
Dear Editor, During Christmas time 50 years ago in December of 1972, I was reviewing the de novo synthesis of the non-essential amino acids and reviewing the cranial nerves. read more
Dear Editor, For many years I have called myself a Bishop Sheen Catholic. read more
Dear Editor, Too many people today ask what has happened to our country! read more
Dear Editor, When you begin law school when you are over 40 years old, you end up being with a number of fellow students who are a little over half your age. I remember a female student who was about … read more
Dear Editor, I used to attend a meeting of people interested in politics pretty much on a weekly basis. Some of our elected officials would occasionally attend also. Around election time a number of candidates for various offices would attend … read more
Dear Editor: A couple of weeks ago I heard Mark Levin talking about the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison. Although I was not able to listen to everything he had to say, I realized that he and I … read more
Dear Editor, One of the reasons that the AMA was established in the 1850s was to protect doctors’ incomes. Back then people were more honest about things apparently. read more
Dear Editor, I believe hunters in Montana know that it is illegal to use an aircraft to hunt game animals. Actually it is also illegal to use an aircraft to locate such animals. read more
Dear Editor, As far back as a child that I can remember, my paternal grandfather would tell me about the founders of our country. He was especially impressed with Thomas Jefferson. Because of this and more things I learned about … read more
Dear Editor, In this brave new era of rampant pseudo intellectualism, we must be continually weary of anyone proclaiming to be a scholar, especially a constitutional scholar. read more
Dear Editor, I see that Maryland Matt Rosendale is running for Congress for the third time. I know he stated, I believe in one of his campaigns for Congress, that he was proud to be from a military family. read more
Dear Editor, I am very familiar with the lone individual who is responsible for not allowing state legislatures to impose term limits on members of the U.S Congress. This individual was my constitutional law professor while I was in law … read more
Dear Editor, Over 15 years ago my wife Sherry and I were living back in California for a while. We went to a presentation on the Muslim religion put on by one of the local catholic parishes. An individual who … read more
Dear Editor, Recently a number of state legislatures have passed legislation that amounts to an end run around the U.S. Constitution or at least around the electoral college that is found within the constitution. read more
Dear Editor, In my medical specialty most of the patients that find their way to our offices do so because of pain complaints. Most of that pain is acute but some of it could be characterized as chronic. When a … read more
Dear Editor, Recently, I was asked what I meant by the term “case law”. Actually, it is another way of saying judge made law. More specifically it is law made by appellate court justices. One of the most well-known types … read more
Dear Editor: In just the first hours in law school a student is told that his goal in law school is to learn to think like a lawyer. Another thing learned early on in law school is that there are … read more
Dear Editor: During the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Montana, I heard general Flynn, an Obama-era officer, enthusiastically endorsing the one I call the flying sergeant, Troy Downing for U.S. Senate, on a Billings radio station. I may have … read more
Dear Editor: I became licensed to prescribe opioids over 40 years ago. When I first began performing surgery 40 years ago many of my colleagues routinely prescribed aspirin and Tylenol combined with an opioid after most of their surgical procedures. … read more
