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: Bruce Jenner just one of many lost sheep; what about you?
Diane Sawyer’s fawning two-hour interview special with Olympic champion Bruce Jenner regarding his fierce “desire to be a woman” and to thus “fulfill himself,” was followed by hundreds of thousands of Tweets of “Wa…
OPINION: GOP should focus on core principles
Next week the Republican Party will be meeting to choose their state leadership for the next election cycle. This election represents a watershed event for the heart and soul of the party, and for the message that …
OPINION: Ten reasons why Whitefish should go ahead with City Hall construction...
Top 10 reasons to move forward with the current City Hall/Parking Project plans:
OPINION: Questions about the coming fire season
Excellent article in the Inter Lake on the increased fire danger this year.
OPINION: Bearing arms might help to save innocent lives from killers
Unarmed churchgoers shot dead! Intruder empties weapon, reloads numerous times while members do nothing! WOW! Ban guns immediately!
OPINION: Vandalism attack shameful, wrong
The facts that have recently come to light about Zachary Klundt’s rampage against All Families Health Care reinforce that, legalities aside, the attack was motivated by hate.
OPINION: So what if McCain had won in 2008?
What if? Where would we be today? What if in 2008 the McCain/Palin ticket had garnered the 53 percent plurality from the 62 percent of eligible voters in American instead of Obama? Just think about it. Where would …
OPINION: Don't use 'guys' for mixed group
I so enjoyed Hilary Matheson’s Sunday piece about Kalispell Middle School young filmmakers. It sounds like the film projects have been used to address some tough issues that young teens and all young students face …
OPINION: There's no free lunch
Americans do not question what is happening around them, and ignore national and international decisions shaping their and their children’s lives.
OPINION: Our go-it-alone president...
President Obama has been able to achieve what one of the first progressive presidents, Woodrow Wilson, only hoped to accomplish.
OPINION: Don't be silent in face of those tearing down country
Mr. Bill Payne, I have never met you but for some years I have appreciated your common sense letters to the editor.
OPINION: High school needs to pay for parking problem it caused
Flathead High School has a parking problem. I wonder how long the leaders of Flathead High School knew that?
OPINION: Thank the EPA for efforts to protect health, environment
Back-to-back letters to the editor attacking the Environmental Protection Agency as one of the main causes of all the country’s problems leave me little choice but to respond.
OPINION: Tester thanked for vote against Obama trade deal
Thank you, Sen. Tester, for your thoughtful input on the current trade deal discussion.
EPA's new rules on water exceed proper authority
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency pushed forward new rules through the Clean Water Act, declaring their jurisdiction over many water bodies that were previously under the supervision and control of sta…