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.
A Day to Remember Pearl Harbor Day and America's future
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Regarding Suzanne Brooks’ letter to the editor in the Dec. 6, 2017, edition of the Inter Lake, as of that date eight women have accused Roy Moore of sexual har…
Senator: Bill will protect public use of public lands
In 1977, President Carter signed a law that required the Forest Service to study 973,000 acres in Montana to determine if they were suitable for wilderness. The findings were to be reported in five years and Congre…
The 2017 fires: Unmitigated disaster or natural rejuvenator?
Now that the smoke has cleared and passions have cooled, here’s a scientific perspective on the 2017 fires. Some have wondered whether the fire season was a rare apocalypse, or whether it was simply Nature being Na…
Tax plan didn't work for Montana
Where have the deficit hawks flown to? Are their heads in the clouds?
Maintenance lacking for military memorials
The big national parks in Montana are an obvious boon to our state’s economy, bringing in several million visitors each year. But with the passing of Veterans Day, it’s important to realize that the National Park S…
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Each fall for the past many, many years (at least 25 and probably more) the Friends of ImagineIF Library work tirelessly to give the community a book sale of i…
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On Oct. 1, 59 Americans were killed and more than 500 were wounded in a shooting spree we all know about.
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Regarding right wing claims that removing Confederate statues is nothing more than feel-good political correctness, consider the following words from despicabl…
End of 'net neutrality' is not end of World (Wide Web)
I get lots of email, including email from political advocacy groups trumpeting the Impending Doom of the Month. This month, that doom is the coming end of “net neutrality” at the hands of the Federal Communications…
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I am so sick and t ired of those sleazy self-serving politicans who are more interested in so-called Russian collusion and interference in the 2016 election, r…
Political correctness rests on a bed of lies
Have you noticed how some among us, including some in the media, have taken upon themselves the responsibility of assigning character attributes to anyone who professes to hold a differing political and/or cultural…
Internet rumors
Netroots activists and the liberal media have played loose with the facts and misled the public on the Federal Communications Commission agenda all year long.
Wealth inequity is an invention of the envious
The Iner Lake published a letter in October titled “Wealth inequity can be changed with tax policy.”
Wealthy capitalists are threat to freedom
The game of Monopoly was invented by Elizabeth Magie and patented in 1904. She wanted to create a way to inform the average person of how concentration of property ownership and acquiring of rents over time would …