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Giving Together: Supporting those who care for others
For many caregivers in the Flathead Valley, caring for a loved one with dementia can become an around-the-clock ro…
Old jail had laid-back atmosphere
A story I wrote recently about Flathead County making plans to renovate the old jail south of the courthouse prompted a telephone call from Irma Cook Wells of Kalispell, who worked at the jail from 1947 to 1952.
Rewriting history and 'Looking Backward'
One thing that’s incredibly tiresome about being a conservative is how people rewrite history so that they can pigeonhole you as a racist, a fascist or a dangerous radical.
Immigration reform? Or a comprehensive transformation of America?
The so-called “comprehensive immigration reform bill” is just the latest turn of the screw in the ongoing campaign to fundamentally transform America into a socialist republic.
One fine day with mom to cherish
The train was running five hours late when I stepped onto the depot platform in Fargo, N.D., two weeks ago and immediately knew I was home.
Inter Lake has long roots across Northwest Montana
Rumors are nothing new in the news business. We hear all kinds of unfounded rumors every day, which we can usually file under the heading of either wishful thinking or malicious mischief.
Government overreach? Are you really surprised?
“Let me assure you that the trifling problem you brought us today is already put safely to bed... The memorandum itself is now being thoroughly and plausibly denied by its authors and blamed on an overzealous local…
Are we getting dumber?
Do you ever feel like your cellphone or computer are smarter than you?
Has the West already lost its will to survive?
Have the terrorists already won?
What Benghazi reveals about our nation ...
Spoken or not, love binds us
There’s rarely a phone conversation with my two daughters that doesn’t end with a tender “love you,” on one end, echoed by a “love you, too,” on the other end. We declare our terms of endearment easily and often, a…
Has climate agenda run out of steam?
I got an e-mail from Democratic lobbyist John Podesta last week that began “Dear Friend,” so I knew it had arrived at my inbox by accident.
Let the reader (of reader comments ) beware...
From time to time, I get a complaint from a reader who just read something outrageous in the online comments posted at www.dailyinterlake.com and wonders how we could possibly let people post such a stupid comment.
Immigration: Assimilation or devastation
On Friday, we were warned by Sen. Chuck Schumer not to “jump to conclusions” about “the events in Boston” or “to try to conflate those events” with the immigration reform bill hammered out by Schumer and the other …
Waiting for genocide: Islam and the West
Before the rise to power of the Nazis in Germany — which was arguably Europe’s most civilized country — there were approximately 9.5 million Jews living in Europe. As a result of Hitler’s genocidal policies, two o…