Did Obamacare really cut Medicare?

I guess, if you repeat a lie over and over, you expect it to become true. This is not the case in Lester Still’s letter of Nov. 2, when he cites the supposed $716 billion cut from Medicare in the Affordable Care Ac…

Is tolerance a one-way street?

In November the Washington National Cathedral, a major Episcopal church, allowed Muslims to hold a service in their cathedral. The Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the Rev. Billy Graham, disparaged the action since it …

GOP shoots itself in the foot again

Why does the Montana Republican Party continue to do things that make our state the laughingstock of the nation? The recent move by Republican House leadership to issue a dress code has caused a firestorm on nation…

Don't celebrate killing of animals

Now we know who decides who gets to have an opinion...

Don't single out Agency on Aging

Water compact commission is classic overreach

Chip seal for gravel roads in county?

I do not live anywhere near the KM road but I use it many times a year. Might I suggest a solution to the paving issue.

Opponents of same-sex marriage can't give up fight

In the Nov. 23 paper, there was a letter entitled “What about 70 percent?” that wanted to know why the 70 percent of Montanans who opposed same-sex marriage were being ignored.

'Hands up, don't shoot' is Big Lie

Adolf Hitler once remarked to his inner circle of Nazis, “If you tell a big lie and tell it often enough, people will start to believe it” and so the Jews were the ruination of Europe according to Adolf Hitler and …

Family member appreciates kind words for co-op emergency team

I just read a letter to the editor from Keith Armstrong of Columbia Falls. This was such a wonderful gesture, thanking the employees of Flathead Electric Cooperative for the long hours they worked in frigid tempera…

Wrong target?

On Nov. 24, I was hunting west of Kalispell in the Thompson River Road area. I was a little over a mile behind a closed road while glassing a ridge for elk.

Tutvedt represents needed integrity

As a Montanan currently living in the east, I follow Montana politics.  It is refreshing to read about Sen. Bruce Tutvedt, R-Kalispell, who illustrates the integrity needed by officials in public office.  

Is Tutvedt really putting needs of constituents first?

 Sen. Bruce Tutvedt objects to being censured by the Flathead County Republican Central Committee. He believes his actions with respect to the Salish and Kootenai Reserved Water Rights Compact “best represent the m…

Property rights law: You can look it up

In the Nov. 25 edition of the Inter Lake, Mr. Wes James asserts, “Private property rights apply to the land which is at an elevation above the mean high water line while the state owns the land which is below the m…