Mark Hanson

In this episode we are joined by medical ethicist and University of Montana philosophy professor Mark Hanson to discuss the transition to a more normal coexistence with COVID-19 and how we should treat one another during this latest phase of the pandemic.

Montana-Dakota Utilities is buying another wind generation facility to meet the growing demand of its customers for electricity.MDU is paying about $200…

Montanans love rivers. We float them, fish them; we hike and drive next to them. We just watch them go by. And sometimes we toss stones into them.Writer…

The upcoming election brings into clear view two of the strongest and most contradictory features of our American tradition. First is the democratic…

About a week ago, Henry McCollum walked out of a prison where he had been on death row for 30 years. DNA evidence showed him to be innocent of the crime…

Late July in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness area: a sweeping cloak of flowers still silently blooms on a high alpine meadow. Some are rare; all are…

Why do people vote the way they do? If we are supposedly rational, self-interested beings, why, for example, do so many people dependent on government…

Few topics in the West stir up controversy more quickly than public lands—those places all Americans own together. The latest headline involves some Utah…

When asked to name one idea that would change the world, venture capitalist Tom Perkins responded that wealthy Americans who pay more taxes should get…

Beware of Common SenseAs the 2014 political campaign kicks into high gear, politicians are beginning to feature a powerful rhetorical tool: the appeal to…