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 …
Decline of the West
The decline of the West is now in full swing and a major political shift is occurring which will leave China as the only major world power and Islam as the only majority faith in the world.
Legislative update
The 64th Montana Legislature finished its third week of the session Saturday. There are 37 freshmen in the House this session. It has been a fast learning curve for them as the pace of bills being heard in committe…
Road crews did great job in bad conditions
I wanted to give an atta-boy to the County Road and Bridge Department men and women who executed their jobs admirably after we were deluged with the recent snowstorms and bad weather.
Emperor Obama?
Barack Obama, with his executive order giving amnesty to five million or more illegal aliens, has essentially made an end run around Congress. If this tactic is allowed to stand, it has ramifications far beyond thi…
Opinions about Islam just foment fear
Sadly, the last two Sunday’s Montana Perspectives’ disparagement of Islam (Daily Inter Lake, Jan. 11 and 18) serve more the interest of fear and division than of sober understanding and the rightful condemnation o…
Time to wake up and smell the oil
Oil, oil rules!
Reading the treaty language would be a good start
Both the Salish and Kootenai water compact, as proposed, and the lawsuit in federal court by the tribes both assume that private fee land is still in “reservation status” and was illegally sold to non-Indians in vi…
Compare and contrast: Toleration and appeasement
In November, the Washington National Cathedral, a major Episcopal church, allowed Muslims to hold a service in their cathedral. Most praised the action as a sign of tolerance. But the Rev. Franklin Graham, son of t…
'A modest proposal' on the topic of marriage
With acceptance of same-sex marriages in our nation as law, it is high time for an examination of our other mistakes with marriage over the years. Over 150 years ago, our federal government outlawed the marriage of…
Why do we support militaristic Israel?
A subject that has bothered me for years is the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. And equally bothersome, the billions we send to Israel year after year regardless of who is our president. This has bothered me for two …
Thank you for supporting youth home
I wanted to thank our generous community for their support of the Flathead Youth Home over the holiday season and throughout the year.
When does it end?
When do decent people of all colors put an end to the rampage of “thugs of color” who have seized a moment in our civil history to exploit it to their deliberate racist ends? What justifies a “thug of color” to rob…
What's behind water compact?
Individuals capable of looking beyond immediate ramifications of how this proposed Salish and Kootenai water compact will affect themselves personally, can see the possibility of a water control scheme.
Medicaid not for healthy single folks
Evidently Gov. Bullock and the Democratic Party think that the federal government is some abstract entity that exists somewhere in La-La Land. When in reality, Medicaid is federally expanded medical care for those …
Let 'animal lovers' get skin in the game
I liked the article about raising fees for hunters again. Seems that the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is more like the feds every day. Spend, spend, spend !