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.
Sunshine Week defends the right to know
The second full week of March is always a busy one around Montana as the snow melts and the bears and residents come out of hibernation.
Turn back the clock
Daylight Saving Time is a scam. First proposed by Ben Franklin (with tongue firmly in cheek) in 1784 as a way of conserving candle power, DST does not save any…
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On March 14, Flathead Valley public schools will be participating in a nationwide school walkout. Organized by the national political activist movement known a…
Responding to violence in America
Each time there is a mass shooting in America, the left starts beating the drums in favor of stricter gun-control laws. They seem to think that without guns there would be no mass killings; however rational people …
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This student walkout is the most courageous and prophetic act of civil engagement in America since the student civil rights movement of the 1960s. Like then, young people are doing what their parents, teachers and …
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Certain decisions have been made and are being made that will have a negative effect on Bigfork and the residents who live here.
We need to keep talking - and listening - to each other
After reading through the Daily Inter Lake on Sunday afternoon, I determined I should at least respond to a couple of the letters to the editor. The subject matter is of importance since both letters basically atta…
Making sense of gun violence
By MARK HOLSTON
The Great Gun Debate 'Guns ARE the problem'
I’m putting my vote with the students from Florida and across the country; any politician who takes a dime from the NRA will be wearing a badge of shame and wi…
Guns are NOT the problem
Like most Americans, I was saddened to read about the senseless slaughter of innocent students and teachers in Florida recently. And like everyone else, I wished there was an easy solution. I find it disheartening …
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On March 10 the Flathead Republican Central Committee and Last Chance Patriots will host the conservative author, filmmaker and provocateur Dinesh D’Souza in t…
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During the Whitefish Planning Board hearing of Jan. 18 regarding the proposal for Fresh Life Church to construct a church on Central Avenue, a Whitefish reside…
What kind of violence is more acceptable to you?
Another mass killing at a declared “gun-free” congregation of innocents, and now come the predictable cries for more stringent ?rearms regulations to somehow magically bring mass killings to an end.
Don't leave God out of the equation when solving school shootings
I want to applaud the letters to the editor last Sunday — Jim Garvey’s, Dee Arm-strong’s, Grant Kier’s — as well as Frank Miele’s excellent column. They were well done — each suggesting good reasons and solutions t…
Taking stock of Hollywood's gun-porn hypocrisy in a post-Harvey 'Me Too' world
For decades of decadence, Hollywood and its minions have made billions exploiting women, both on camera and off.