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: Thanks to Zinke
This year, access to Montana’s natural resources was threatened in Congress by agendas that simply don’t understand our traditions and heritage. The Land and Water Conservation Fund became an unnecessary political …
Mixed-up world needs you to help fix it
Fighting Nazis provides lesson for humanity
Another resource for non-profit board members
Thanks to Zinke
LETTER: Iranians friendly
A few years ago I went to Iran to see for myself if what I was reading in our newspapers about that country was true. It wasn’t!
OPINION: Election cop's new rules need close study
The State Administration and Veterans Affairs Interim Committee has oversight of the Commissioner of Political Practices. Candidates file their election forms with this office and follow the rules for fair campaign…
OPINION: More questions about Turkey role in tribal issues
As the readership of the Daily Inter Lake may recall, on Sept. 2, 2015, my law firm filed suit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Interior on behalf of two Montana state sen…
LETTER: Trump is trouble
If Donald Trump can make disparaging comments about the other Republican candidates and Mexican immigrants, women, “the blacks” (his words), disabled people and now Muslims in general, then I can make disparaging c…
LETTER: Refugee solution?
I believe the way to solve the Syrian refugee problem is private sponsorship. Unlike Canada, which has had a policy of private refugee sponsorship for years, there is currently no legal program available in the Uni…
OPINION: Quran itself warns against Islam, reader says
This is written on Monday, Dec 7, 2015, five days removed from the San Bernardino massacre, and the president has finally called San Bernardino a terrorist attack, and Fort Hood as well.
Thanks to a great Glacier Park team for September rescue
Glacier National Park is a jewel in the crown we know as Northwest Montana. Glacier Park is critical to our local economy and our most accessible recreation site throughout the year. Glacier Park is operated and ma…
OPINION: Muslims are our allies in the war on terrorism
After I heard Donald Trump’s recent call to ban the entry of all Muslims into the United States, I realized most Americans never hear this simple truth: some of our most critical allies in the war on terrorism in t…
LETTER: A physicist's view of climate change
Aztec priests told people they must cut out their beating hearts to bring better climate for their crops. The people believed them.
OPINION: Autism should be treated under Medicaid
With a prevalence of one in 68 children, autism spectrum disorder and its effective treatment should interest us all.