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: Learning from our mistakes?
A couple questions. Is the French president — due to the Friday, Nov. 13, ISIS attacks — going to arm his police officers on the streets of France’s cities?
LETTER: GOP needs to stick together
The Middle East is in flames; Putin is saber-rattling in the Baltics; The U.S. has a huge debt. People are struggling to feed their families; the Republican presidential field is the best in years. And what are Rep…
LETTER: Candidate vows to fight to halt Syrian refugees
Now that it has been confirmed a Syrian refugee in France was one of the ISIS members responsible for the attacks in Paris, it is high time that Gov. Bullock lead Montana in joining the host of other governors acro…
LETTER: U.S. can't just provide for everyone
Last month American scientist Richard Heck died outside of a Manila hospital. He was 88 years old and had won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2010. On Oct. 9, outside of the Manila hospital, being deathly sick and…
LETTER: Beware Muslim Brotherhood's impact on schools
We write with a strong sense of urgency to alert moms, dads, grandparents, and other concerned adults as to what is happening around our country by the daily infiltration of Muslim Brotherhood front groups into our…
LETTER: Paris attack is no surprise to those paying attention
Readers, why are you surprised at the attack in Paris? Due to bleeding heart liberals filling the courts with BS about “rights,” they have destroyed the secure borders of the world!
LETTER: Cowards in cloth? Pastors need to respect 10 Commandments
I recently learned that several local clergymen have asked the progenitor of all of the God’s Ten Commandments signs here in the valley to cease putting them up. The reason is that these overt signs “turn people of…
LETTER: Thanks to Scouts, United Way, for making life better
Saturday morning the doorbell rang. Much to my surprise, when I opened the door there was a group of boys with rakes in their hands.
LETTER: Suspect in crime should not get off without care for his mental state
I recently submitted a letter of concern similar to this one to the county attorney regarding David Joseph Lenio.
OPINION: Europe's culture will be history; will America's?
There were two turning points of history when Muslim armies were defeated in their attempts to subjugate Europe and destroy Christianity. Circa 725, Muslims attacking from Spain were defeated in France at the Battl…
OPINION: The land of illusion
The bad thing about reality is that it keeps intruding on our pleasant fiction.
OPINION: Tax credit for wind energy will also hurt coal, Montana economy
Here’s a question for Montana’s U.S. senators and representative: Do you support raising state gas and electricity bills by nearly $500 in the next five years?
OPINION: Zinke wrong on vote to support Export-Import Bank
Should taxpayers be on the hook for billions of dollars every year in handouts to well-connected corporations in Saudi Arabia, China, and Russia? Apparently our Congressman Ryan Zinke thinks so.
LETTER: Retool the old high school and build a new one
I am curious and maybe this idea has already been discussed. They are talking about building one to three different schools in Kalispell, which to me is a waste of money.
LETTER: Closed primary would not benefit Republicans
Montana Republicans want U.S. Judge Brian Morris to declare the open primary unconstitutional so only registered Republicans can choose their candidates.