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 …
Gratitude under fire: A thank-you from California
I don’t know where to begin with this post, but I thought gratitude might be a good start. If anything, this week has taught me that checking in and being connected is a sacred privilege. To all of you, thank you.
Why Trump's failure is so important to the left
Trump must not only fail, but “be assassinated,” according to one female Democratic legislator. Such violent hatred has reached levels of incivility previously unacceptable in our country. One would think this is a…
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Lew Weaver’s push for his water bottling plant presents an opportunity for self-reflection.
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Does ‘Montana values’ mean helping folks in Congress?
Nation's woes just worsen
Heroes never get paid. If a football player wants to be one, just quit. Give up your career and your multi-million dollar job for your beliefs. Soldiers do that. Bakers do that. But the NFL gets on its knees? I gue…
Sen. Daines, it's time to move on
By DAVE HADDEN
Secession odyssey: Catalonia to Cascadia
Since last November many of us in many places in the US have heightened dreams of secession, of new nation-states, new sovereignty. It is true that many of us have had less intense versions of that fantasy for deca…
Education: What has been happening to it? and why?
In 1992 the earth-changing Rio Conference launched Agenda 21, sustainability and the march towards the New World Order. This was also the year we retired and moved from Chicago to Montana, where I became aware of t…
Save the Basin Commission
As so often in the last few decades, the Flathead Basin is in imminent danger. But this time, the threat to Montana’s crown jewel is coming not from mining int…
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Please join us in supporting William Hileman for Whitefish Municipal Court judge.
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All across the Flathead Valley students will be receiving Red Ribbons to commemorate and celebrate Red Ribbon Week — the national drug awareness campaign.
Fuel and fire - A case for federal forest management and reforms
For most Montanans, the summer of 2017 was not just another fire season. The 2017 season started early and continued in much of the state until October. Unfortunately for the thousands of people evacuated from thei…
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I have heard many reasons to vote yes or no to the Somers School Building Bond. One common theme has unexpectedly emerged as a source of pride and inspiration …
Time to focus on cause of climate change, not effect
Let’s say you are in a hurry to get to work for an important client meeting. You go outside and your car won’t start, Because of this you will miss your meeting and might even lose your job. This is a classic examp…
Alternate reality
We do indeed seem to live in interesting times. I watched the bipartisan frenzy of anti-Trump rhetoric regarding the white supremacist march in Charlottesville with amazement. Of course, one expects the Democrats a…