DIL Editorial
Thoughtful perspectives from the Daily Inter Lake editorial board—local viewpoints on issues shaping Northwest Montana.
Mall redevelopment may be a gamble worth taking
Developers have proposed an intriguing plan for Kalispell Center Mall that promises a bright future for the town’s…
Wake-up call from Massachusetts
Massachusetts voters triggered an electoral earthquake Tuesday by decisively putting Republican Scott Brown into a Senate seat that has been held by the Kennedy family and its allies for more than 50 years.
Double dip? Not acceptable
The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week made strikingly vocal and dire predictions about the direction of the nation’s economy because of taxes and regulations being pursued by the Democratic leader…
Park visits perk up economy
Glacier National Park lived up to its reputation as the engine that drives the local economy last year, as — in the midst of a national downturn — visits to the park were up 12.4 percent over the previous year.
Haiti's desperate situation
The scale of the destruction in Haiti from Tuesday’s earthquake is still not known at this time, but it looks like it could easily rival the worst disasters in recent history.
States on hook for health-care tab
Forty-seven states are currently operating in the red. Fortunately, Montana is not one of them, but there are ominous clouds on the budget horizon that are being created by impending federal policies.
A simpler task for Congress
Sometimes we ask a lot of Congress: fix the national health-care system, monitor wars around the world, ratify world treaties, correct problems in the financial industry, to name a few.
Transparency in the dark?
“The Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after Democrats took control of the House in 2006.
Anti-terror tactics off target
At first glance, the story seemed ridiculous: a man tries to detonate highly advanced explosives concealed in his underpants on a Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, but instead sets himself on fire. Ou…
Ruling: Step in right direction
Montana now has the dubious distinction of being one of three states in the nation that will allow physician-assisted suicide, but that may not always be the case.
Ring in the new year safely
Happy new year!
Not the right consolidation
Having some form of consolidation for Flathead County’s 23 school districts isn’t a new idea, but the recent proposal to consolidate the Superintendent of Schools Office with the county treasurer’s office is a has…
A Christmas wish come true
The holiday season in the Flathead Valley was made a little brighter this year with the recent news that the Montana Army National Guard’s 639th Quartermaster Company is expected home from Iraq sometime around Jan.…
Give senators a lump of coal
It would be preferable to have a spirited, uplifting Christmas Eve editorial today, but we have the United States Senate to deal with instead.
Time to reappraise tax system
Montana’s system for reappraising property values is a tyranny of the majority, and the time has come to change it.
Grizzlies claw way to the top
Now there’s one left.