Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
OPINION: We aren’t mad enough about PFAS in Montana’s rivers
For many Montanans, rivers and lakes are more than scenic landscapes.
LETTER: Life-after-death is just a theory
There are often letters to the editor which either imply or directly state that there is “life-after-death.” This is a basic concept in many religions and is commonly used to recruit people to join. Offering eterna…
LETTER: Thanks for vote on Falun Gong resolution
On June 13, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 343, which expresses concern regarding persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-con…
LETTER: Just which water compact are we talking about?
Farmers and Ranchers for Montana (F.A.R.M.), an organization formed and funded, at least partially by dark money, is at again. Have you heard or seen the recent media blitz across our great state touting the high p…
LETTER: How hard is it to NOT force your opinions on students?
In Joan Gates’ June 12 guest opinion she stated that as a teacher, “The conservative nature of this area has always felt a bit oppressive, so understandably, one of the more difficult parts of the teaching job has …
LETTER: Megalomaniac with bad hair? Name that world leader ...
A thin-skinned blowhard of a reactionary megalomaniac with bad hair and an itchy nuclear trigger finger who delights in putting people down. Sound familiar? Actually, I’m referring to North Korean dictator Kim Jong…
LETTER: Climate change hoax equals energy collapse
Very few thinking people still believe the hoax of human-caused global warming/climate change. But unfortunately many don’t relate a lock-up of energy resources to the serious threat of total economic collapse.
EDITORIAL: Absent students and missing values
If you don’t show up, you can’t learn, and more and more young people just aren’t showing up for school.
LETTER: Concession plan for park is wrong
Concessions are contrary to the state parks. Ultimately there will be signage. Where does it lead? It’s a precedent, and I foresee food concessions — hot dogs, sodas, etc. — resulting in trash. We all hopefully rec…
LETTER: Deny illegal aliens free stuff
Why do illegals from Mexico cross the border? The answer is simple; they want a better life for themselves that their country is unable to give them. For their pregnant wives, they get free prenatal care and birthi…
LETTER: Local water use must be protected
In January 2004 we returned home from a trip. The drive had been grueling because of icy roads and frigid temperatures. We wanted to warm up with a hot shower but when we turned on the water, there was only a dribb…
LETTER: Commissioners should act to stop bottling plant
Do you think the water right you have on your well guarantees you will have the water you need to supply your home or farm?
LETTER: Lives well lived
Recently the Flathead Valley and the Flathead Catholic community lost two men, both of whom were examples of lives well lived, and though in different fields, their work and personality was much the same.
OPINION: Muhammad Ali: a reporter's remembrance
I met and interviewed Muhammad Ali before one of his biggest fights.
OPINION: A tribute to Dr. Chuck Jonkel
The highly intelligent, much esteemed by everyone who knew him or heard of him, renowned worldwide, Dr. Chuck Jonkel, of grizzly bear and polar bear behavioral scientific research fame and advocate for their surviv…
OPINION: Heritage Center would protect common legacy
As the rhetoric ramps up leading to the election and the next legislative session, so does the finger-pointing at the failure of the past Legislature to pass meaningful infrastructure funding in the final form of S…