Welcome! Here are the topics for today’s common-sense commentary: 

• Final Enforcement Notice
• Jonathan Windy Boy
• The Last Minute
• Pulitzer Prize
• One More Thing

FINAL ENFORCEMENT NOTICE:

I was feeling kind of left out when I saw many people receiving a “Final Enforcement Notice” from the State of Montana in the District Court of Yellowstone County Traffic Division.

I received mine on Sunday! (Photo)

It’s a scam. 

The good folks at Yellowstone County have alerted people via their website:

We are aware of phishing scams in which individuals receive unsolicited emails or text messages falsely claiming to be from a government agency regarding an outstanding traffic violation or moving violation fine.

Do not click any links or open attachment in these messages. Scammers send these messages indiscriminately – receiving one does not mean you have an actual violation on record.

One other thing that got my attention is how inspiring it is that so many people have earned their PhD in ‘Scam Studies’ from the University of Facebook. 

JONATHAN WINDY BOY:

Several sources, including the Montana Free Press (MTFP), are reporting that Legislative leaders from both sides of the aisle removed state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, from his interim committee and commission assignments Monday.  This is due to allegations of sexual abuse. 

MTFP also reported that Windy Boy’s removal from two interim committees and one commission came at the request of Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, and Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers, D-Belgrade, according to a joint press release from Republican and Democratic Senate staff. 

The latest allegations came up last month. While sexual abuse allegations are serious and violators should be dealt with harshly, it would be nice to see the clowns that run the circus in Helena move that fast on members who are charged with drunk driving.

THE LAST MINUTE:

In case you missed it, 60 Minutes has a segment called “The Last Minute,” in which people discuss the 250th anniversary of American independence.  

On Sunday, Historian Jill Lepore appeared. Lepore is a professor of American history at Harvard and a staff writer for The New Yorker. She discussed her view that the American legal system is founded on the philosophy of amendment. (Source) 

By the way, Lepore won the Pulitzer Prize for History on Monday. (Source) 

Check out The Last Minute HERE. It’s worth your time. 

PULITZER PRIZE:

Check out the 2026 winners of the Pulitzer Prize HERE. 

ONE MORE THING:

Social media has taught me a couple of things. First, there are incredibly brilliant people in the world. Second, they are vastly outnumbered. 

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