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: Obama's gun talk misleading
I suppose someone is going to put Obama in for an Oscar for his tearful plea on gun control. What he should get is an award for selling more guns than anyone in the history of firearms.
LETTER: A billion dollar victory? Hmmm
My wife Cathy is a die hard Seahawks fan who almost blew out my eardrums when the Vikings’ field goal attempt went wide.
LETTER: Fix Montana IDs
I keep waiting for Gov. Steve Bullock, the Montana Department of Tourism and Business Development, the county commissioners, the Flathead Municipal Airport Authority and the Chamber of Commerce to address the issue…
LETTER: Stand up to federal overreach
After failing many times to get gun control legislation passed through Congress, the Obama administration is now bypassing the legislature and the constitutional rules that restrain him to enact new draconian gun c…
OPINION: Kalispell newcomer tells story of his first year 'out West'
Happy holidays to all the citizens of Savannah. As you might recall I practiced medicine in your uniquely beautiful city for a quarter century and offered a regular health column for the Savannah Morning News for 1…
OPINION: Just who's a natural born citizen?
I am prompted to write this letter as a result of Ted Cruz’ recent statement that he is a natural born citizen and eligible to be President of the United States, claiming that it is “settled law” — which it is not …
OPINION: What (or who) is holding down wages?
It appears that one of the major issues in the upcoming campaign for governor will be how to get high paying jobs for Montanans.
OPINION: Why I intervened in Kerr Dam license transfer
Many misconceptions about the interventions in the sale of Kerr Dam during the last year have been in the media. My interventions were not on the sale of Kerr Dam. I intervened in the license transfer proceedings t…
LETTER: Corporate elites declared war on America in '70s
Our conversations have changed in the last 40 years. There was a time of decency. Why has that disappeared? Honest discourse has been replaced by partisan ideology. Critical thinking is no longer sought to ascertai…
LETTER: America needs to wake up and elect leaders who will follow God
Can’t believe the attack on Glen Hook, of Kalispell, by Mark Suppelsa in his letter “Claims about Obama called lies.” What a joke! The problem we have with Mr. Obama is not what he is or what he says he is at the m…
LETTER: Was Obama's statement of faith more than a slip of tongue?
I am writing in response to Mark Suppelso’s letter to the editor in the Jan. 1 Daily Inter Lake, where he called Glen Hook a liar for saying President Obama was a Muslim.
OPINION: About that moose decline... What about wolves?
With all due respect, I found Sam Wilson’s article in the Jan. 4 issue (“Researchers track moose decline”) to be very vague, with few scientific facts and little research, data, or relevant information.
LETTER: Sizing up Gianforte's taxes
The probable Republican candidate for Montana governor, Greg Gianforte, published his taxes in an effort to be transparent. I commend him for that.
LETTER: Judge's sentence decision lauded
Let’s hear it for Judge Robert Allison for NOT believing in third, fourth, and subsequent chances, as so many other judges out there do, and for Prosecutor Travis Ahner for reminding the judge and standing up and b…
LETTER: Likes Obama's quiet strength
We are getting over and over again on our media from many and various sources this comment: “President Obama is simply weak on foreign policy. He does not show strength. Others walk all over him. He is not strong. …