This is a special time of year for me and my family. Presidents Day holds so much meaning and so many great memories for me even now as an adult. Every year when I was a kid, my brothers and I, with barely contained excitement and anticipation, would count down the days until that third…
I saw an interesting comment on ‘X’ recently referring back to a 2023 article in Forbes citing research showing that ChatGPT has a left leaning bias. I use ChatGPT sometimes but never really paid much attention to its political/ideological tilt, but I think the following personal example of how AI can be skewed to one…
The further we allow our country to drift towards the far left, the more apparent the hypocrisy of the American Neo Socialist movement becomes as it relates to basic economic realities. Even right here in Great Falls it’s surprising how many times I hear and read local progressives implying, or just coming right out and…
This is a special time of year for me and my family. Presidents Day holds so much meaning and so many great memories for me even now as an adult. When I was a kid, every year my brothers and I, with barely contained excitement and anticipation, would count down the days until that magical,…
There have been lots of headlines recently about the out-of-control violence and unrest in many of our country’s major metropolitan areas. Shootings in Chicago and NYC, as well as other big cities, have reached levels compared to the wild west or Middle East war zones. And of course the mainstream media always describes such madness…
Outgoing Great Falls City Commissioner Bill Bronson had a few things to say in the Tribune today, and wouldn’t you know it … he intoned that he just might be smarter than the rest of us. Your private property rights … who needs ’em?! Certainly not Bill Bronson. And who knows better than Bronson how…
Ahhh, here’s another submission from our local anonymous cartoonist. Have a great weekend, fine readers, and remember to keep your sense of humor.
_______________________________________________________________________ This cartoon was forwarded to E-City Beat anonymously. The obscenity notwithstanding, I think it’s quite funny and decided to publish it. Consider it an introduction to a new regular feature we are launching – Comedy & Satire On E-City Beat. If you are a budding cartoonist or satirist, send us your…
_______________________________________________________________________ There’s an idea floating around about the possibility of combining holidays or making one universal holiday. The latter has something to do with the notion that it’s unfair that Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ but not Buddha, Mohammed, Mother Gaia, the Universe, the Great Spirit, Satan, some goats, rocks and…