Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
Flathead Lake stewardship is a generational responsibility
It’s no accident that Flathead Lake is world class for clarity and water quality. It has been protected over time …
Letters to the editor Sept. 9
Apparently a brilliant judge in Florida has determined that a nurse anesthetist can call herself an anesthesiologist, a term, until now, reserved for doctors. So when an unsuspecting patient now has someone introdu…
Letters to the editor Sept. 8
The odds that Congress will reform the Electoral College are about the same odds as Congress reducing our $22 trillion dollar national debt.
Republicans need to remain united to win in 2020
Rugged-individualism, an independent spirit, a strong work ethic, personal responsibility, and a commitment to our families and communities — these are the values that define conservatives across our great state. A…
The guts to stand up to guns
The president has frequently repeated the NRA talking point that more extensive background checks on gun sales would not have prevented the recent rash of mass murders. Maybe so. It’s hard to accurately see what lu…
State should promote value-added centers
Montana has a geographical humidity advantage for growing hemp worldwide. Our issue is value-added centers for raw materials as a state. We as a state need to be working toward hemp production for CBD oil, hemp oil…
Letters to the editor Sept. 5
Whose side did you take with the spotted owl controversy back when it grabbed the national headlines? The environmentalists who argued that this small predator…
Letters to the editor Sept. 1
Medicaid was established for low-income children, pregnant women, the disabled and seniors. In 2015 Montana’s Medicaid program added adults without children, c…
Where corporations fail, unions follow through
This Labor Day I want to thank the workers of Montana — and especially those engaged in the labor movement.
Consider the injustice of forced union dues
As you shop for back-to-school supplies for your kids or food for the Labor Day cookout, consider this: the clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers and factory workers who make that possible can all be legally forced…
Tick tock. It's time to stop Rx sticker shock
As United States Senators representing the Big Sky state and Hawkeye country, older Montanans and Iowans keep a watchful eye on spending. Like millions of Americans across the country, they are mindful that they ne…
Letters to the editor Aug. 29
It’s time! Thank the Lord for President Trump who has started the process of modifying and modernizing the Endangered Species Act.
Letters to the editor Aug. 26
I am opposed to the red flag Laws that are being pushed on us by President Trump and the RINO Republican leadership. These laws violate the Second Amendment an…
Big pharma is out of control
Don’t be fooled by the current Washington, D.C. rhetoric about “reforming” the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently Sen. Chuck Grassley has been promoting hi…
Letters to the editor Aug. 25
Helena Rev. DeBree quoted Sen. Steve Daines in a letter printed in the Daily Inter (Aug. 18) Lake: “Many experts believe firearm restriction proposals would be ineffective in preventing violent crimes.”
Fixing Montana's rural health-care crisis
Montana is Big Sky Country. Rangelands, forests, and farmer’s fields spread between our towns and cities. Rural life is at the core of our identity as a state and as a people. Yet, as our country expands and moves …