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.
Clinic attack letter headline updated
In response to the attack on Susan Cahill’s clinic, the April 4 edition of The Daily Inter Lake published a letter to the editor by an R. Curtis Schroeder of Kalispell. The title given to the letter was “Eternal s…
Bring back tours of the landfill
It was a chilly day, spring of 1998, when the sixth-grade class of Kila School took the most fascinating of all field trips, to the county landfill. It stank, it was noisy, it was cold but each one of those kids re…
A conservative asks: Is the Republican Party suicidal?
Leave it to the Republican Party to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Is anger the key?
I have been reading all of these letters to the editor about the abortion clinic attack; finally I have to take a stand.
Miele column brings ironic enjoyment
I really enjoyed Frank Miele’s recent climate column in the Daily Inter Lake. According to Mr. Miele, climate science is part of a “campaign to marginalize conservatives and their traditional values.” Belief in cli…
Help prevent child abuse: Through the eyes of one child
Looking out the window, and cautiously waiting for the moment when his father gets home, the fear begins to set in. Many recurring questions start to develop in his head: “What will he do this time? Was it my fault…
Reader asks: What is really a hate crime?
When I read the letter in the March 28 Daily Inter Lake by Philip Crissman, “Was it a hate crime? You decide,” I could hardly believe anyone could overlook the glaring double standard in the thinking of those who s…
A vote for Fisher
I’ve known Tammi Fisher for a number of years now and what has struck me most are two things; what she has been able to overcome, and what she has been able to achieve at such a young age.
What about the U.S. debt crisis?
Responding to John Lewis’s letter of March 23 to the editor, on the subject of Medicare and the national debt:
Did Snowden's espionage play role in Ukraine?
Edward Snowden walks out of work with top secret NSA information and Obama becomes hysterical. He screams treason and does a worldwide hunt to drag this computer-nerd back to the States, while publicly threatening …
Great minds and mediocre minds
Thanks to Mr. Miele for his “2 cents” column of March 16. Our Declaration of Independence, our “Constitution and Bill Of Rights were given to us by a few people experiencing true moments of genius. These works have…
Does LBJ hold key for Obama?
“Well, what’s the hell’s the presidency for? So asked President Lyndon Johnson as he sat with key advisers at his kitchen table. They were working on Johnson’s speech to Congress right after Kennedy’s assassinatio…
Has Rep. Daines already lost touch?
Congressman Daines has been sending me a bunch of asinine mail and telephone messages for months now. I have sent him a letter asking him not to bother me. He continues to send me correspondence and recorded messag…
Energy exports editorial was a rant
Your March 27 editorial concerning energy exports seemed like a rant. The policy arguments among environmentalists, industrialists and the right wing do have a tendency to get distorted. There is practical reality…
Ex-commissioner supports Pierson for clerk and recorder
I am writing this letter in support of Debbie Pierson a Republican candidate for Flathead County clerk and recorder on the June 3 primary ballot.