Ed has written and spoken on important issues hundreds of times in Bozeman and around the State. Here is a smattering of those writings and talks:
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-the-property-tax-increase-that-didnt-have-to-happen/article_e3d51550-21a7-11ee-a915-13d21db600f2.html
Reducing Property Taxes
for Ordinary Montanans
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-first-pay-the-overdue-bills-then-some-tax-relief/article_39bd05e4-2d53-11ed-b0d1-17e42451a3fd.html
Responsible Government
Spending
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-montanans-deserve-better-than-a-special-session/article_e790117f-a353-5a88-a19e-0ad3e76846f6.html
Defending Fair Elections
& Voting Rights
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-the-gops-many-attempts-to-pack-montanas-courts/article_9d426992-6f65-5fd6-8d70-515b4973b9d9.html
Judicial Independence & Court packing
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/religion/diligently-teaching-our-children/article_6bf2352d-1fdc-5289-85ff-89b4c4ed9e23.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-eroding-public-schools-role-as-the-great-equalizer/article_aeff6b67-daef-5cd9-a797-fa93b0aff737.html
Supporting Public Schools
“Guest column: A tragic pattern of abandoning Montana children” Bozeman Daily Chronicle, by Rep. Ed Stafman, February 26, 2026
Protecting our Children
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/city/article_b0c39c60-ac89-11e3-a1af-0019bb2963f4.html
Advocating for
LGBTQ Rights
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/religion/hanukkah-s-lessons-for-today/article_b851b164-59c0-58d1-8fe7-cf12693259e9.html
The Dangers of Nationalism
https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-bill-would-designate-antifa-as-domestic-terrorism/article_9246d79c-66d7-5602-995a-570504758143.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/we-must-all-work-toward-justice-righteousness/article_e54fa900-74da-5977-8550-9a45b76cd2ac.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/religion/anti-semitism-what-it-is-and-what-it-isn-t/article_55555961-3e04-5dd7-aed9-6581722f7015.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/sen-daines-position-both-appalling-surprising/article_e94caff9-6c2e-5d6a-b78d-342060f509d9.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/in-montana-white-supremacy-hiding-in-plain-sight/article_16b2589e-a6aa-5016-8787-74965b5e8a84.html
Demanding Justice, Opposing Racism, Anti-Semitism, and White Supremacy
"Second Commandment v. Second Amendment”
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-the-second-commandment-vs-the-second-amendment/article_942ac800-f5ca-11ed-b0fe-f74f0b5ec713.html
Gun Safety
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/bozeman-area-candidates-give-leftover-campaign-funds-to-local-nonprofit/article_e37aed00-8b36-551c-838c-4d37a6cb31cc.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/editorials/fork-spoon-donation-a-worthy-venture/article_f23db25b-b8b8-5c7a-abdc-db87d289c81f.html
Advocating for Our Non-Profits
https://youtu.be/VJcI_TYg_JM
Working with refugees
& deportees at the
southern border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agDRAt4uoYc
Bozeman's Interfaith Project
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/religion/road-rage-kills/article_46747466-a753-593c-bd8f-e5e8facb87e5.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/religion/hope-in-time-of-despair/article_6b528f46-1f66-5c61-9cfb-ab41b956909f.html
The Advantage of a Positive Outlook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im7YWK7cYzc
The Bible &
Homosexuality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCZ3I3IjUeE