The Write Question, featuring Tami Haaland, will air on Yellowstone Public Radio Wednesday, February 10, at 6:30 P.M. If the program is well received, YPR may add it to their broadcast schedule. Fingers crossed!

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Former Humanities Montana Board member, Julie Cajune, was chosen to receive a $1.4 million dollar grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Julie will continue to work in the vein of Horward Zinn, historian, provocateur and author of A People’s History of the United States to tell the story of the American Indians. She will establish The American Indian Center for Policy and Applied Research in Pablo, Montana, to create authentic tribal histories in a variety of media.

Julie emailed Howard Zinn to te… Continue

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Timothy Egan is my guest this week on The Write Question. We'll talk about Egan's latest book, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, and find out how that fire generated funding for a fledgling government agency: the U.S. Forest Service.

Tune in to Montana Public Radio Thursday, February 4, at 7:30 P.M. to hear Timothy Egan on The Write Question (we're now streaming, yay!). Or listen online from the MTPR Web site:… Continue

Yesterday was different in many respects. I was in panic mode at work. I was calling friends and finding solutions, or possible solutions for the scenarios in my head. I was thinking, which helps and doesn't always follow when you are in panic mode. My brain kicked in and I was relieved to know that sometimes logic rules, even for a Sagitarian.

Later in the day there was an email from the school principal about my son, who had requested a meeting with her. Now, when the school principal emails… Continue