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: Turning U.S. into armed state is wrong response to terrorism
Contrary to Eric Knutson’s op-ed in the Dec. 20 Inter Lake, the Second Amendment is not a justification for becoming vigilantes. Knutson wrote:
LETTER: Our 'Keystone Commissioners'
The Flathead County commissioners, like the hapless Keystone Cops, don’t seem to do anything right.
OPINION: Providing security has to be job No. 1
In the wake of yet another terrorist attack against the innocent people of our nation, all of the facts have not yet been disclosed or discovered. Yet the president and other Democrats use this as a tool to attack …
OPINION: Zinke: On the Omnibus bill, I did what I said I'd do
Yes, I voted for the 2,000-page spending bill which funds the government next year, known as the Omnibus. Yes, my staff and I read it. And yes, it was a difficult vote. I assure you, the easy thing to do in these s…
OPINION: This Christmas, let's recommit to what has made the USA great
After a tough year in terms of American prestige around the world and unshakable economic doldrums, people are undoubtedly wishing that the new year will bring better news. We all want success in defeating global t…
LETTER: Thanks to high school for Christmas music
I would like to thank Callie Langohr and the choir and band teachers at Glacier High School. They brought their students together and performed an extraordinary Christmas program.
OPINION: Reflecting on a Christmas past It's about service
It’s a dozen years later and much of the “Holiday Letter” I sent to family and friends in the early hours of Christmas Day 2003 still holds true. Far from loved ones this holiday, thousands of U.S. airmen, soldiers…
LETTER: Saint Joseph is an example for all fathers
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, I believe it is appropriate to focus a little time on His dad.
LETTER: Fighting slavery
We kids have two places in the world. Some are slaves and some are not. I hope we can help the slaves. A lot of the chocolate companies in the USA buy from people who use child slave labor. This Christmas we could …
LETTER: Reasons why Comet should be most famous reindeer of all
1. Comet sounds way cooler than Rudolph.
LETTER: Words are powerful
The words we utter can be calm, or wise, or kind, or brilliant, or angry, or hateful and threatening. Once uttered, the words belong to us. We create them, and we are responsible for what they create in the world.
OPINION: Empowering gratitude in an imperfect world
At most family gatherings during the holiday season, there is a formal or informal time for reflecting on what we are grateful for. Almost invariably a prominent object of that gratefulness is family, in its many v…
LETTER: Fighting Nazis provides lesson for humanity
In April of 1945 two war heroes died in Nazi Germany. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian theologian, hung by Nazis for conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and my own uncle, Lt. Thomas Zinkand, shot down while fly…
LETTER: Another resource for non-profit board members
We at the Whitefish Community Foundation are happy to see the recent dialogue started by Susan Repa and continued by Kristin Bruninga in letters regarding financial oversight of nonprofit boards.
LETTER: Mixed-up world needs you to help fix it
It seems history is repeating itself. About 100 years ago, my grandparents fled Norway in search of a better life. Norway was, and is, a very expensive place to live. They came through Ellis Island. I recently lear…