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 …
Where is the outrage now?
For the past eight years the country has been filled with the worst vitriol and hatred I have ever read. The president was called a Muslim who hates America, his wife and children referred to as monkeys, the first …
Legislature just missed on Heritage Center
It’s been 12 years — spanning seven legislative sessions — that Montana lawmakers have tried to find a way to finance a new heritage center for the Montana Historical Society.
National-monument decrees are way to control public lands
We should all respect and treasure history. We must preserve our past and the artifacts from historic times. The Antiquities Act established by President Theodore Roosevelt simply requires presidential signature to…
The birth of a movement - self-sanctuary or bust!
The Muslim mayor in an obscure New Jersey town has declared that it is now a “sanctuary borough.”
America's current civil war
My two granddaughters and some liberal friends have taken me to task for expressing my conservative views. I personally disavow any political affiliation and c…
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I was extremely disappointed that both Rep. Greg Hertz and his son, Rep. Adam Hertz, voted against the much needed GOP sponsored infrastructure bill, SB 367. T…
The forces of good and evil
For the past 30 years we’ve had presidents that were no more than puppets of the elites: Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr. and Obama, taking orders to further the New World Order and Agenda 21 programs to imprison humani…
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We do need that wall. Those Democrats back there in D.C. are so smoked up on drugs and behave so stupid-stupid. I would like to see a bill passed that would require that their mamas sit beside them with a bar of so…
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My, how the cycle of political realities changes colors. During the Cold War red was the color ascribed primarily to the Soviet Union in particular, to its all…
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The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project is a great example of Montana’s vision for collaborative conservation. This project is over a decade in the making…
If only one voice is allowed, that's not free speech
One of the great pleasures of living in America is being able to speak one’s mind without fear of censorship or punishment. The First Amendment grants everyone an equal opportunity to voice a biased opinion.
Extremism casts shadow over Montana
Recently, President Trump signed an executive order instructing Secretary Ryan Zinke to review dozens of national monuments with an eye towards either shrinking the monuments or eliminating them altogether. The ord…
Does Whitefish really want low-income housing?
Citing high and constantly rising housing costs, the cabal that runs Whitefish frequently and vocally proclaims its intent to promote construction of low-cost housing in Whitefish, but never seems quite willing to …
Instrastructure fight shows weaknesses of system
The most significant infrastructure bill in over a quarter of a century was passed by the 2017 legislative session. It was the six-cent increase in motor fuel taxes which will make it possible for Montana to contin…
A soldier's final silence ...
Life’s timing can be uncanny. Shortly after my grandfather passed away, I first saw the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, a story of men changed by their experien…