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.
LETTER: Montana's native species need protection
Warren Illi continues his praise for alien species in his latest sermon in the Inter Lake (July 14). His discourse in support of nonnative fish claims to be about the “realities” of fisheries management although hi…
LETTER: Look at the German model for harvesting timber
The recent announcement of the closure of Plum Creek Lumber Mill in Columbia Falls got me to thinking (always a danger!). In terms of how our federal government should handle our national forest, I think they shoul…
LETTER: Bullock wrong on refugees; vote for Gianforte
I would like to let anyone wanting to come to the U.S. in, but we have to think about the safety of Americans first. Letting people into our country that may want to do harm is unacceptable.
LETTER: We are at war
The first thing to identify is who we are at war with. In a nine-page Homeland Security document dated April 7, 2009, Janet Napolitano defined Domestic Terrorists as veterans, right-wing extremists, pro-life, pro-g…
LETTER: The republic is under assault
The refusal of the FBI to bring charges against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is just the latest evidence that the hostile takeover of our republican form of government by the progressive administrative…
LETTER: Think carefully about value of city airport
This is just a short letter to the Kalispell city manager and the entire City Council concerning the fate of the city airport.
LETTER: Congress, needs to commit to ending cancer
Recently I attended the Cancer Moonshot Summit hosted locally at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. During the summit on June 29, Vice President Biden asked us to personally commit to help end cancer.
LETTER: Zinke is selling lemons with his public-lands vote
There’s a long list of unreasonable sorts of people that reasonable people tend to watch out for. Two of the most unpopular types of people on this list are used-car salesmen and politicians.
LETTER: Pilot says best alternative to landing at Kalispell airport would be Polson
I just returned from another fabulous week on Flathead Lake, flying my small plane in and out of Kalispell City Airport all the way from Ohio.
OPINION: No good reason to keep Kalispell City Airport open
Monday night the Kalispell City Council had a workshop about the Kalispell City Airport. They had the public get up and state their views on the airport first. And they wanted to hear what the people wanted to say …
OPINION: Letter writer wonders if his critic is also offended by Islamic murder
This is a response to the letter “Muslims are like all other people,” from Jonathan D. Jones, in the June 24 Daily Inter Lake. Jones is reported to be a 1992 grad of Flathead High School residing in San Antonio, an…
OPINION: Trump and the rockets' red glare
As the Fourth of July passes, and I look back on all the big, loud, ostentatious, oh-so-provincial colorful explosions I may or may not have set off, I’m reminded of Donald Trump’s candidacy.
OPINION: Let's look for solutions to save Flathead's middle class
Our neighbors in Columbia Falls received devastating news about the closure of plants that will cost the valley 200 jobs. We can point the blame in a lot of different places, or we can use our resolve to find solut…
LETTER: Nutrition experts don't always get it right
Over the past four decades, I’ve read or skimmed hundreds of popular nutrition books. I recently stumbled across a 1990 book by Randy L. Wysong. In Chapter 8, with remarkable clarity and brevity, the author explain…
LETTER: Gun control will stop the killing
Richard Reed of Kila knows more about guns than I do, and I can live with that. But the question is not what is or is not an assault weapon but how to stop mass shootings.