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.
OPINION: Forest bill strikes out
How do baseball teams win championships? Base hits, teamwork, and fundamentals.
OPINION: Ensuring every Montana child achieves
My mother had an unshakable faith in the power of public education. With her encouragement, the first job I took after college was teaching at my childhood elementary school.
LETTER: Are discrimination laws too vague?
OPINION: Gender ID - On the brink of absurdity
LETTER: Religion shouldn't ask government to sanction marriage
OPINION: Our 'Supreme' leaders are now false prophets
OPINION: An 'early' criticism of the deal with Iran
I am starting this letter with the date on which it was written — April 21, 2015. Why begin this way? To make certain, regardless of the date of publication, that all my liberal friends finally understand how inept…
OPINION: Montana coal workers deserve fighting chance
On Wednesday, I introduced legislation that would stop the Department of the Interior from enacting another cumbersome rule that would change the way coal is valued when mined from public land. The end result would…
OPINION: Elect those who will work against climate change
Kudos to Lowell Rathbun for his insightful letter on global warming.
OPINION: Politics trumps science, but that has to change
Managing Editor Frank Miele published his best Sunday Daily Inter Lake front page ever, June 14, 2015, when he ran two different stories about two wildlife biologists: Rick Mace, retiring MFWP grizzly bear speciali…
OPINION: Grizzly bears need our continued help to recover
The June 21 edition of the Daily Inter Lake included the article “Experts studying path toward delisting grizzly,” and the companion editorial “Is it time to delist the grizzly bear” containing the claim that, “Yea…
OPINION: Editor's view of history too narrow
As a journalist and consumer of many varied periodicals to feed my thirst for news, I respect the idea of learning from a great array of editorial opinions.
OPINION: Editor's view of history is right on
The “Asleep for the last 60 years?” piece in your paper by Managing Editor Frank Miele was right on target.
Minimum wage rules ought to be accompanied by minimum standards
Minimum wage has become a hot topic lately. Solutions are so simple but no one wants to simply say that business owners should have the right to hire the person who best fits their needs.
Forests go too far in scheme to hasten delisting of grizzlies
The Flathead and Beaverhead Deer Lodge national forests have food storage requirements on the entire forests, even areas outside of occupied grizzly bear habitat.