A word to the wise: Overthrow your tech overlords while you still can
When the history of the 21st century is written, odds are that it will be the story of the slow but willing enslavement of the masses by the tech overlords.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
A word to the wise: Overthrow your tech overlords while you still can
When the history of the 21st century is written, odds are that it will be the story of the slow but willing enslavement of the masses by the tech overlords.
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'I am part of the resistance inside the news media,' and I'm not anonymous
Over the years, I’ve been asked to run anonymous letters dozens of times, but I’ve never done so. The explanation is always the same: Our readers have a right to judge the validity of a submitted opinion based on who you are and whether you have an ax to grind …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'I am part of the resistance inside the news media,' and I'm not anonymous
Over the years, I’ve been asked to run anonymous letters dozens of times, but I’ve never done so. The explanation is always the same: Our readers have a right to judge the validity of a submitted opinion based on who you are and whether you have an ax to grind …
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Saying goodbye: Thirty-four years in the blink of an eye
If you need to know the truth, I just got wore out.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Saying goodbye: Thirty-four years in the blink of an eye
If you need to know the truth, I just got wore out.
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Journalists used to fight fake news; today they pretend it doesn't exist
How — I am sometimes asked — can a journalist like me question the ethics of a fellow journalist reporting about the White House? Shouldn’t all reporters and editors stick together?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Journalists used to fight fake news; today they pretend it doesn't exist
How — I am sometimes asked — can a journalist like me question the ethics of a fellow journalist reporting about the White House? Shouldn’t all reporters and editors stick together?
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The left's love affair with doublethink
If you have a hard time following the logic of some liberal arguments, don’t worry. It’s not you.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The left's love affair with doublethink
If you have a hard time following the logic of some liberal arguments, don’t worry. It’s not you.
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Looking back at 18 years of the 'Best of the Flathead'
In Sunday’s edition of the Daily Inter Lake, you will find the 18th annual “Best of the Flathead” magazine.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Looking back at 18 years of the 'Best of the Flathead'
In Sunday’s edition of the Daily Inter Lake, you will find the 18th annual “Best of the Flathead” magazine.
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Democrats embrace Ayn Rand's wary blueprint for the decline of America
As the Democratic Party lurches, nay lunges, leftward, it is instructive to reflect on the writings of Ayn Rand, the prophet of capitalism.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Democrats embrace Ayn Rand's wary blueprint for the decline of America
As the Democratic Party lurches, nay lunges, leftward, it is instructive to reflect on the writings of Ayn Rand, the prophet of capitalism.
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Walk away? Been there, done that ...
Have you heard of the #walkaway movement?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Walk away? Been there, done that ...
Have you heard of the #walkaway movement?
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Trump goes trolling for East Coast liberals in Montana!
Two weeks ago, Donald Trump Jr. went fly-fishing in Montana. Last week, his father went fishing on Montana, too, but with a different target in mind.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Trump goes trolling for East Coast liberals in Montana!
Two weeks ago, Donald Trump Jr. went fly-fishing in Montana. Last week, his father went fishing on Montana, too, but with a different target in mind.
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'20 Under 40' is just the start of the talent that's up and coming in the Flathead
Did you see the Inter Lake’s special section recently when we featured the winners of the second annual “20 Under 40” contest?
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'20 Under 40' is just the start of the talent that's up and coming in the Flathead
Did you see the Inter Lake’s special section recently when we featured the winners of the second annual “20 Under 40” contest?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Immigration 'crisis' brought to you by the Media Matrix
You can either see what the Deep State Media Matrix wants you to see or you can look behind the cable charade and see the truth.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Immigration 'crisis' brought to you by the Media Matrix
You can either see what the Deep State Media Matrix wants you to see or you can look behind the cable charade and see the truth.
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Author exposes Butte underbelly - for second time
The 1960s were another era. Fifty years ago, everything was different. Politics, religion, morality, journalism — if you didn’t live through it, you would never even recognize it as the same America we live in today.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Author exposes Butte underbelly - for second time
The 1960s were another era. Fifty years ago, everything was different. Politics, religion, morality, journalism — if you didn’t live through it, you would never even recognize it as the same America we live in today.
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Trump acting presidential is tough pill for left to swallow
Last week, I argued that Donald Trump’s frequent and decisive use of the presidential pardon, which has been challenged by the national media boo-birds, is a prime example of how he takes seriously his constitutional powers, but there is an even more absurd challenge of this president’s executive power that …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trump acting presidential is tough pill for left to swallow
Last week, I argued that Donald Trump’s frequent and decisive use of the presidential pardon, which has been challenged by the national media boo-birds, is a prime example of how he takes seriously his constitutional powers, but there is an even more absurd challenge of this president’s executive power that …
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Pardon me, CNN, but Trump is the president, not you
Let’s just say that there is this thing called the Constitution, and let’s pretend that it is the supreme law of the land.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pardon me, CNN, but Trump is the president, not you
Let’s just say that there is this thing called the Constitution, and let’s pretend that it is the supreme law of the land.
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Strange Dr. Halper: Or how the left learned to stop worrying & love the CIA
The ability of the intelligence community to shape public opinion through both overt and covert means was never more obvious than in the 10 years following the JFK assassination.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Strange Dr. Halper: Or how the left learned to stop worrying & love the CIA
The ability of the intelligence community to shape public opinion through both overt and covert means was never more obvious than in the 10 years following the JFK assassination.
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A week of celebration and blessings
It was quite a week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
A week of celebration and blessings
It was quite a week.
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Gov. Bullock lurches leftward on way to Iowa
Montana’s two-term Democratic governor will be looking for a new job in 2020, and Steve Bullock may have signaled last week that he envisions a future where the Mexican border will be more important to him than the Canadian border.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Gov. Bullock lurches leftward on way to Iowa
Montana’s two-term Democratic governor will be looking for a new job in 2020, and Steve Bullock may have signaled last week that he envisions a future where the Mexican border will be more important to him than the Canadian border.
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Socialism, bribery and the death of the republic
The day I wrote this column, I had a conversation with a local businessman who told me, in all earnestness, “I have a hard time finding employees who want to work.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Socialism, bribery and the death of the republic
The day I wrote this column, I had a conversation with a local businessman who told me, in all earnestness, “I have a hard time finding employees who want to work.”
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Can Kanye West lead a rebellion for black voters?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about Diamond and Silk, the black political commentary duo who have been deemed dangerous for the most peculiar of reasons — they are black AND conservative!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Can Kanye West lead a rebellion for black voters?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about Diamond and Silk, the black political commentary duo who have been deemed dangerous for the most peculiar of reasons — they are black AND conservative!
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Zinke explores ways to keep public lands well-managed
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Zinke explores ways to keep public lands well-managed
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Zinke: 'I believe in the American spirit' despite the 'attack dogs of the left'
“Do right and fear no man.”
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Zinke: 'I believe in the American spirit' despite the 'attack dogs of the left'
“Do right and fear no man.”
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Zinke unleashed: A candid interview with a 'change agent' in the D.C. swamp
The secretary of the interior is no stranger to me. Ryan Zinke has been a local hero in the Flathead Valley for years — first as a prep football star in Whitefish, then as a military hero who served with the Navy SEALs.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Zinke unleashed: A candid interview with a 'change agent' in the D.C. swamp
The secretary of the interior is no stranger to me. Ryan Zinke has been a local hero in the Flathead Valley for years — first as a prep football star in Whitefish, then as a military hero who served with the Navy SEALs.
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Basketball madness keeps this dad young
I never thought I would care about anything related to basketball — in my mind it’s the most boring game ever invented, or at least a close second to curling.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Basketball madness keeps this dad young
I never thought I would care about anything related to basketball — in my mind it’s the most boring game ever invented, or at least a close second to curling.
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An education in how things went so wrong
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
An education in how things went so wrong
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As we go over the cliff, just who is in the driver's seat?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As we go over the cliff, just who is in the driver's seat?
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Our society's tragic sickness can't be fixed with Band-Aid
It is natural in the wake of any tragedy to ask questions, to seek answers, to place blame, and particularly to ask how a similar tragedy can be avoided in the future.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Our society's tragic sickness can't be fixed with Band-Aid
It is natural in the wake of any tragedy to ask questions, to seek answers, to place blame, and particularly to ask how a similar tragedy can be avoided in the future.
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FEMA FLIP: Maybe Whitefish Energy wasn't so bad after all!
Whitefish Energy probably won’t say so, but the power contractor won vindication of sorts last week when it got a shout-out from a FEMA official for its work restoring power in Puerto Rico.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
FEMA FLIP: Maybe Whitefish Energy wasn't so bad after all!
Whitefish Energy probably won’t say so, but the power contractor won vindication of sorts last week when it got a shout-out from a FEMA official for its work restoring power in Puerto Rico.
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Baby on board: Protect our precious U.S. Constitution
You know those signs on the back of cars that say “Baby on Board”? The idea is to reinforce the idea of precious cargo, so anyone tempted to act recklessly will think twice before putting an innocent in danger.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Baby on board: Protect our precious U.S. Constitution
You know those signs on the back of cars that say “Baby on Board”? The idea is to reinforce the idea of precious cargo, so anyone tempted to act recklessly will think twice before putting an innocent in danger.
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A luncheon truce: Keeping the lines of communication open between left and right
In a week when the political left and right in this country were pulling apart like the two halves of the San Andreas Fault, I found myself breaking bread with a liberal from California.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
A luncheon truce: Keeping the lines of communication open between left and right
In a week when the political left and right in this country were pulling apart like the two halves of the San Andreas Fault, I found myself breaking bread with a liberal from California.
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Trump's year of living dangerously
The Associated Press delivered its traditional Top 10 list last month and while the choices actually made more sense than usual, they were particularly antiseptic — as if the AP were afraid to give context to the stories.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Trump's year of living dangerously
The Associated Press delivered its traditional Top 10 list last month and while the choices actually made more sense than usual, they were particularly antiseptic — as if the AP were afraid to give context to the stories.
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A finger in the dike holding back the fake news
I took a rare shift as news editor last Saturday, which gave me an unexpected chance to put my finger in the dike holding back the flood of fake news caused by those afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
A finger in the dike holding back the fake news
I took a rare shift as news editor last Saturday, which gave me an unexpected chance to put my finger in the dike holding back the flood of fake news caused by those afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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Christmas memories are forever
Probably my earliest memories revolve around Christmas Day on Kennedy Drive in Waldwick, New Jersey, where my older brother Angelo got all the cool presents and I just got to break them! That was in the late 1950s, so there was a mix of space-age gadgetry like ray guns and …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Christmas memories are forever
Probably my earliest memories revolve around Christmas Day on Kennedy Drive in Waldwick, New Jersey, where my older brother Angelo got all the cool presents and I just got to break them! That was in the late 1950s, so there was a mix of space-age gadgetry like ray guns and …
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Swamp critters target Ryan Zinke, but I'm betting on the SEAL
If anything speaks authoritatively on the partisan mess that is Washington, D.C., it is the vilification of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, seemingly the left’s favorite target after President Trump himself.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Swamp critters target Ryan Zinke, but I'm betting on the SEAL
If anything speaks authoritatively on the partisan mess that is Washington, D.C., it is the vilification of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, seemingly the left’s favorite target after President Trump himself.
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A final farewell to J.B. Stone (and his mom)
Last week’s column about J.B. Stone’s crusade for justice for Navy veterans who had been the victims of shipboard testing of hazardous materials brought a lot of positive response, but sadly also bad news.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
A final farewell to J.B. Stone (and his mom)
Last week’s column about J.B. Stone’s crusade for justice for Navy veterans who had been the victims of shipboard testing of hazardous materials brought a lot of positive response, but sadly also bad news.
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Get it done for J.B. Stone, the indomitable 'human test rat and raconteur extraordinaire'
A press release from Sen. Jon Tester that I received last Tuesday held some apparent good news for a small group of veterans who have been fighting a private war against the Pentagon for three or four decades.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Get it done for J.B. Stone, the indomitable 'human test rat and raconteur extraordinaire'
A press release from Sen. Jon Tester that I received last Tuesday held some apparent good news for a small group of veterans who have been fighting a private war against the Pentagon for three or four decades.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Get it done for J.B. Stone, the indomitable 'human test rat and raconteur extraordinaire'
A press release from Sen. Jon Tester that I received last Tuesday held some apparent good news for a small group of veterans who have been fighting a private war against the Pentagon for three or four decades.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Get it done for J.B. Stone, the indomitable 'human test rat and raconteur extraordinaire'
A press release from Sen. Jon Tester that I received last Tuesday held some apparent good news for a small group of veterans who have been fighting a private war against the Pentagon for three or four decades.
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Jim Oliverson more than deserving of the title of Great Chief
Jim Oliverson was named Great Chief by the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night, and as was to be expected in a man of true greatness, he was humble, self-effacing and somewhat shocked in accepting the award.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Jim Oliverson more than deserving of the title of Great Chief
Jim Oliverson was named Great Chief by the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night, and as was to be expected in a man of true greatness, he was humble, self-effacing and somewhat shocked in accepting the award.
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More 'fake math' in the service of class envy
Last week, I praised the president for “exposing the fake math of Obamacare,” and explained how the Affordable Care Act only penciled out because the federal government had agreed to shovel taxpayer money at insurance companies.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
More 'fake math' in the service of class envy
Last week, I praised the president for “exposing the fake math of Obamacare,” and explained how the Affordable Care Act only penciled out because the federal government had agreed to shovel taxpayer money at insurance companies.
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Trump exposes the fake math of Obamacare
When Congress runs into a problem, it has one solution: Throw money at it.
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Trump exposes the fake math of Obamacare
When Congress runs into a problem, it has one solution: Throw money at it.
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Standing for the flag is standing up for our nation - Just do it!
President Trump did us all a great favor when he drew the nation’s attention to the flag of the United States of America, the inspirational symbol of “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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Standing for the flag is standing up for our nation - Just do it!
President Trump did us all a great favor when he drew the nation’s attention to the flag of the United States of America, the inspirational symbol of “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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How do you 'compromise' when you are falling off a cliff?
When did politics change? Or did it?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
How do you 'compromise' when you are falling off a cliff?
When did politics change? Or did it?
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
How do you 'compromise' when you are falling off a cliff?
When did politics change? Or did it?
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Hail to the thief: Trump steals the hope of conservatives
The silent coup has apparently succeeded. President Trump has been convinced to abandon his revolutionary program of putting “America First,” and has decided to play footsy with globalists like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Hail to the thief: Trump steals the hope of conservatives
The silent coup has apparently succeeded. President Trump has been convinced to abandon his revolutionary program of putting “America First,” and has decided to play footsy with globalists like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.
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Filibuster is Senate invention to aid and abet senators
First of all, let’s get it straight. There is no such thing as filibuster in the United States Constitution.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Filibuster is Senate invention to aid and abet senators
First of all, let’s get it straight. There is no such thing as filibuster in the United States Constitution.
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The human cost of hate, and the high price of love
If life were as simple as the mainstream media makes it out to be, then we would have the luxury of never having to think about anything.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The human cost of hate, and the high price of love
If life were as simple as the mainstream media makes it out to be, then we would have the luxury of never having to think about anything.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The human cost of hate, and the high price of love
If life were as simple as the mainstream media makes it out to be, then we would have the luxury of never having to think about anything.
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Politically correct and intellectually intolerable
There is no issue more clearly delineating right and left (or perhaps I should say right and wrong) than political correctness.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Politically correct and intellectually intolerable
There is no issue more clearly delineating right and left (or perhaps I should say right and wrong) than political correctness.
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Inter Lake's grizzly story 'repurposed' by the Post
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Inter Lake's grizzly story 'repurposed' by the Post
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Monster swamp vs. swamp monster: A D.C. allegory
Politically speaking, I’m caught between a rock and a hard place, or more appropriately between a monster swamp and a swamp monster.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Monster swamp vs. swamp monster: A D.C. allegory
Politically speaking, I’m caught between a rock and a hard place, or more appropriately between a monster swamp and a swamp monster.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Monster swamp vs. swamp monster: A D.C. allegory
Politically speaking, I’m caught between a rock and a hard place, or more appropriately between a monster swamp and a swamp monster.
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'Witch hunt' tried to take down another president in the 1950s
What a difference 65 years makes — NOT!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
'Witch hunt' tried to take down another president in the 1950s
What a difference 65 years makes — NOT!
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Trump and the 'Mean Girls' of the media
The preening journalists who have made a profession out of hounding Donald Trump probably see themselves as avatars of Woodward and Bernstein in “All the President’s Men,” but I think they are sadly miscast.
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Trump and the 'Mean Girls' of the media
The preening journalists who have made a profession out of hounding Donald Trump probably see themselves as avatars of Woodward and Bernstein in “All the President’s Men,” but I think they are sadly miscast.
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'The day the music died': Long live Faz
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'The day the music died': Long live Faz
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Montana's original hothead in Congress (Hint: It's not Gianforte)
Greg Gianforte has been excoriated by the national media, state media, Democrats and even some Republicans for “body-slamming” a reporter the day before being elected Montana’s sole congressman on May 25.
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Montana's original hothead in Congress (Hint: It's not Gianforte)
Greg Gianforte has been excoriated by the national media, state media, Democrats and even some Republicans for “body-slamming” a reporter the day before being elected Montana’s sole congressman on May 25.
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Mike Muri: A bartender who became a lifesaver
My friend and mentor Mike Muri says I have to write about him every 10 years whether I like it or not — at least if he lives to pass another milestone.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Mike Muri: A bartender who became a lifesaver
My friend and mentor Mike Muri says I have to write about him every 10 years whether I like it or not — at least if he lives to pass another milestone.
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The war of words over Trump and the Civil War
I was minding my own business driving home from Libby last Monday when my peace was shattered by a collision — not with a deer as usually happens on that stretch of U.S. 2, but with the latest vitriolic, whiny complaints of self-important conservative talk-show host Mark Levin as he …
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The war of words over Trump and the Civil War
I was minding my own business driving home from Libby last Monday when my peace was shattered by a collision — not with a deer as usually happens on that stretch of U.S. 2, but with the latest vitriolic, whiny complaints of self-important conservative talk-show host Mark Levin as he …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Trump hands monumental task to Zinke
On Wednesday, President Trump signed yet another executive order, and like most of them it was based on the concept of reining in government overreach — and as usual, his critics were howling mad.
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Trump hands monumental task to Zinke
On Wednesday, President Trump signed yet another executive order, and like most of them it was based on the concept of reining in government overreach — and as usual, his critics were howling mad.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO
Trump: Is he the best of a bad lot - or just more of the same?
Last year, I told conservatives who would come to visit me in my office that there were three main things to remember about the presidential election:
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO
Trump: Is he the best of a bad lot - or just more of the same?
Last year, I told conservatives who would come to visit me in my office that there were three main things to remember about the presidential election:
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Community news keeps newspapers as relevant as ever
Among the many fake news headlines making the rounds on the internet, one of the most popular is “Newspapers are dead.”
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Community news keeps newspapers as relevant as ever
Among the many fake news headlines making the rounds on the internet, one of the most popular is “Newspapers are dead.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Trump's war with CIA was preceded by Kennedy's
The New York Times, in a front-page story, said that the president “wanted to splinter the CIA in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Trump's war with CIA was preceded by Kennedy's
The New York Times, in a front-page story, said that the president “wanted to splinter the CIA in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.”
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Learning about race from the good folks of the Flathead
It’s been an unexpected pleasure to get to do part of the reporting on the Inter Lake’s series on black history in the Flathead, and as we wind up the series today, I wanted to reflect on some of what we learned.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Learning about race from the good folks of the Flathead
It’s been an unexpected pleasure to get to do part of the reporting on the Inter Lake’s series on black history in the Flathead, and as we wind up the series today, I wanted to reflect on some of what we learned.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
'Black in the Flathead': The evolution of a DIL news project
One year ago in January, I was a guest in the Museum at Central School’s John White Speakers Series, where I participated in a panel discussion on “Flathead News.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
'Black in the Flathead': The evolution of a DIL news project
One year ago in January, I was a guest in the Museum at Central School’s John White Speakers Series, where I participated in a panel discussion on “Flathead News.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
President's soft on Russia, hard on press? Must be FDR
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
President's soft on Russia, hard on press? Must be FDR
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Trump and FDR: Precedents for a brash president
It’s no wonder that President Trump has been rebuked and challenged by those on the left for his unprecedented mix of brash outspokenness, stubborn determination to remake America, overweening confidence in his own abilities, and willingness to counterpunch when attacked.
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Trump and FDR: Precedents for a brash president
It’s no wonder that President Trump has been rebuked and challenged by those on the left for his unprecedented mix of brash outspokenness, stubborn determination to remake America, overweening confidence in his own abilities, and willingness to counterpunch when attacked.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
A century of football: The 'ideal' and risk of 'decadence'
The Super Bowl will be played today between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. Longtime readers of this column will know that, as a diehard Seattle Seahawks fan, I had hoped for a different outcome even before the game is played.
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A century of football: The 'ideal' and risk of 'decadence'
The Super Bowl will be played today between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. Longtime readers of this column will know that, as a diehard Seattle Seahawks fan, I had hoped for a different outcome even before the game is played.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Local man rises to occasion when he's accosted on plane for supporting Trump
Millions of people saw the video last week of an airplane passenger being accosted by a woman who was angry at him for saying that he was in Washington, D.C., to “celebrate democracy” rather than to protest Donald Trump.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Local man rises to occasion when he's accosted on plane for supporting Trump
Millions of people saw the video last week of an airplane passenger being accosted by a woman who was angry at him for saying that he was in Washington, D.C., to “celebrate democracy” rather than to protest Donald Trump.
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Trump's victory was on shoulders of American people
It was approximately 18 months ago when I wrote my first column about Donald Trump. Like many of the columns I have written before and after it, the focus was illegal immigration.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Fake news, or: 'The Art of the Fail'
In the old days, philosophers used to meditate about how many angels could fit on the head of a pin. These days, deep thinkers want to know how much fake news CNN can squeeze into an hour.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
A Christmas message
Every year about this time, liberals like to taunt conservatives such as myself by asking, “So how’s that war on Christmas going?” The implication from the disdain in their voices is that there is no such thing as a war on Christmas, and that only an idiot would say there …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Like her politics or not, Rankin's place in history is undisputed
Two important anniversaries converged in the past month that provide a significant vantage point on Montana’s penchant for independence and darned cussedness — as personified by one lone congresswoman.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Anti-Semite charge bounces off Trump and sticks to Democrats
For months, Democrats have been taking shots at Donald Trump and his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, formerly the CEO of Breitbart.com, as notorious anti-Semites, people who hate Jews.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Don't assault Constitution over partisan complaints
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Tolerance is easier to preach than practice
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
The fragility of power, and the power of the people
What a difference a day makes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Dishonest media 101: 'Your bias is showing'
Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about what Donald Trump calls “the dishonest media,” and I did so because as a member of the news media myself, I feel a sense of obligation to hold my profession to the same standard of accountability that I would expect for any …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: 'Dishonest media' ratchet up the attacks
Some of the loudest cheers Donald Trump gets when he’s holding a rally is when he blasts the “dishonest media.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Dead voters and other horror stories
There is nothing more aggravating in the entire liberal canon than the myth of voter suppression.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Obama's terror talk [amplified & expanded]
INTRODUCTION: Last weekend, the United States suffered through yet another terrorist attack — wait, two terrorist attacks — by an enemy to be named later... well, to be named by someone other than the president of the United States.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: A 'deplorable' immigration policy revisited
I took an interest in border politics in 2005 — about the time that Sens. Ted Kennedy and John McCain introduced their first immigration “reform” bill, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Finding a niche for outstanding Montanans
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: GOP suicide and other liberal leaps
Longtime Clinton operative James Carville said last week that the Republican Party is committing suicide by supporting Donald Trump.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Who's scarier? Republicans or refugees?
A family of six Congolese refugees arrived in Missoula last week to begin their new life far from the Tanzanian refugee camp where they had lived for many years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: A primer for Republicans on how to lose elections
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Carrying a burning passion for news too far?
Usually when I “make the front page,” it means I am designing tomorrow’s paper and building the page for our Daily Inter Lake readers, but two weeks ago, I actually made the front page the hard way — I was in the news.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: 'Mediagate,' the scandal you won't hear about on cable news
In the last two weeks, it has become obvious that a political scandal is unfolding which exceeds in scope anything seen previously in our country’s 240-year history.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Tower of Babel, a warning for the Information Age
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Trump's vision of hope looks dark to media elites
The word of the day is “disconnect.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: You can't 'fact check' opinions
One of the constant complaints I receive in my role as managing editor of the Inter Lake is that letters to the editor we have published contain inaccuracies.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: The Wicked Witch and the Wizard of Laws
Call me Dorothy, and please get me out of “Kansas” — NOW!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: No expiration date on America's fight against tyranny
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Sit in, shut up and disarm: The Democratic response to terrorism
If you are old enough, you remember how campus after campus in the 1960s had the president’s office “occupied” by students who would rather be making demands for “social justice” than actually attending class. These ruffians were loud, petulant and self-righteous, and they considered their issues more important than civil …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: After Orlando, isn't it time to fight back?
Do you get it yet? ISIS, al-Qaida, and millions of Islamic extremists have declared war on the United States and Western civilization. It’s not an accident that people who believe in the Quran keep picking up guns, bombs and machetes and attacking people who don’t believe in the Quran.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Vietnam heroes straddled two worlds with honor
The ceremony in Kalispell earlier this month that saw roughly 200 local Vietnam War veterans receive lapel pins for their service in the war was a heartfelt reminder of the sacrifice and bravery of our military in even the most trying of circumstances.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Never Trump? Don't stop there! Never anybody!
The Never Trump movement may be dead, but like Frankenstein’s monster, it keeps being sewn back together out of a hodgepodge of scary parts.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Our '1984': An equal opportunity gender disaster
My daughter has been reading George Orwell’s “1984” in high school this month. Too bad it’s not required reading for all citizens — especially before they vote. If it were, then perhaps Americans would not be so gullible about everything the government tells them.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Consent of the governed and judicial tyranny
If you had thought the far-left lunacy that has taken over Washington, D.C., could not possibly reach into Montana and cancel out our Big Sky common sense, then you had better check your dose of medical marijuana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Love of country-the key to Trump's success?
It appears the Montana presidential primary will once again be relegated to irrelevance, at least on the Republican side, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Montana doesn’t have considerable influence on the national debate.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Bureaucracy, anarchy and the lost Constitution
Anarchy and bureaucracy are virtual opposites, but they are also in a very real sense best friends that feed off each other in unexpected ways.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
COLUMN: Minimum wage or maximum deception?
Every April for the past three years, I have devoted a column to debunking the phony statistics and false economics behind the liberal assault on reality called Equal Pay Day.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
COLUMN: Montana, no limit (on state slogans)
“The Sky’s the Limit.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
COLUMN: Changing the rules on refugees - Are you surprised?
See if you recognize the irony in the following statement: “If I didn’t know better, I would think that our government was out to get us.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
COLUMN: Will Trump survive abortion minefield?
There are some things you just don’t say.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
COLUMN: A good day to meditate on evil and righteousness
Today is Easter, a remembrance of the resurrection of Jesus, and a reminder of God’s boundless love for mankind, but it is also just four days after the brutal attack in Brussels that took place on March 23 — a reminder of man’s destructive nature.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
COLUMN: Flathead Journal 2.0 coming Monday
Twenty-five years ago, I was the wire editor at the Daily Inter Lake, and watched the launch of a brand new publication called the Flathead Business Journal.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
COLUMN: Shutting down free speech in college - and in politics
When I was trudging through my high school years, one thing that kept me going was the vision of “higher” education — the belief that once I got to college, I would be surrounded by intellectuals engaged in lively debate and the exchange of ideas. Think of Plato’s “Symposium” except …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
COLUMN: Romney trumps Reid with tax attack betrayal
Hypocrisy, thy name is Mitt.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Yikes, I hope I didn't spell anything wrong!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Is Trump Emerson's 'Man of the World'
I have already invoked the words of philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once to describe Donald J. Trump, a presidential candidate whose “self-reliance” has given him the courage to speak his own mind and risk contradicting himself or being “misunderstood.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Bern me twice, shame on me
Last week, I referred to Bernie Sanders as a “true believer” and acknowledged that his consistent, constant dedication to a cause makes him an attractive candidate to many Americans who have grown weary of politicians who pander, pivot and posture.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Bernie Sanders: 'True believer' socialist is part of the new Democratic 'establishment'
On Monday the first real votes of the 2016 election campaign will be cast when Iowans caucus to decide how their delegates will vote at the nominating conventions later this year.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: The secret of Donald Trump's success
I’ve written before about my journey from New York City to Kalispell, Montana, and more particularly my peculiar odyssey from big-city liberal to Main Street conservative, so it was with some amusement that I watched Ted Cruz try to brand Donald Trump as a purveyor of “New York values.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: 'Flathead News' is the story of our remarkable citizens
Two important things are happening in my life today.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: 'It has nothing to do with being a Muslim' and other liberal fallacies
On Thursday night, Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett was sitting in his patrol car when a man dressed in Muslim garb walked up to him and fired 13 shots through the driver’s side window.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Trump vs. the machine: Three hu-u-ge stories
Despite Time magazine missing the story (surprise!), Donald Trump was the man/person/celebrity/politician/comedian/revolutionary of the year for 2015.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Christmas pageantry, American tradition and a dose of common sense
"That touch of red on the clown’s nose makes it look just right, doesn’t it, dear?”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Boehner with a beard: Paul Ryan's legacy of surrender
On Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, Congress held up a white flag and surrendered its constitutional authority to make laws and to regulate spending on behalf of the United States government.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: I was there for 'The Birth of the Mirth'
One of the most popular features in the Daily Inter Lake’s is the Law Enforcement Roundup, our version of the daily police blotter that informs readers about interactions between citizens and the local constabulary.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Trump and the truth: Why his version resonates with voters...
On Friday, the Republican establishment and the mainstream media got terrible news: Donald Trump had doubled his lead over his nearest rival from 10 points to 20 points.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Trump and the truth: Why his version resonates with voters...
On Friday, the Republican establishment and the mainstream media got terrible news: Donald Trump had doubled his lead over his nearest rival from 10 points to 20 points.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: 'Fear itself': A tale of two speeches
You can count on two things happening whenever America faces danger. First, Republicans will demand action to keep the republic and its citizens safe, and second, Democrats will accuse the Republicans of fear-mongering.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: U.S. terror policy: 'Catch and release'?
One day after the attack on Paris, an incident occurred that is the perfect metaphor to describe U.S. policy on Islamic terrorism.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Great Chief Award tells story of past and future
Thursday night, at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet, the celebration of our forward-looking community was mixed with a sense of history.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: The (assisted) suicide of Europe and the West
What’s in a name?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: A debate that will live in infamy
As I write this, it’s approximately 48 hours since CNBC launched a sneak attack on the Republican presidential candidates in Boulder, Colorado, and the political battle lines are still being drawn, but one things is certain: War has been declared.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Didn't they know Hillary would win?
I suppose I owe it to my faithful readers to weigh in on Hillary Clinton’s appearance before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Boehner, McCarthy and the big bad media
Learning the news through the prism of the 24-hour cable news channels is rapidly becoming an exercise in futility. For the most part, you are neither learning, nor getting the news.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Is it time for a new statesman?
Have you heard of Daniel Webster?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Obama's pen strikes again
The most important story of the past two weeks was not the visit of Pope Francis to Congress. It was not the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House. It was not the resignation of John Boehner as speaker of the House. It was not the debate …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Actually, there IS more to fear than fear itself
It was the great historian Arnold Toynbee who said “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.” That puts it very well, and takes the blame off the Islamists or the Mexicans, and puts it squarely on ourselves. If this country, this civilization is going to perish, then it will be …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Reflecting on fire season
This weekend for the first time in a long time, we in Northwest Montana can breathe a sigh of relief, and then breathe in fresh clean air that doesn’t smell of smoke.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Refugee horrors are not new, and not easily solved
It could have been called “On the Beach at Bodrum.” The photo showed a uniformed Turkish police officer carrying the lifeless body of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned attempting to reach Greece with his refugee family.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Can Europe be saved? And can we?
Karl Marx wrote in 1848 that “A spectre is haunting Europe.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Heroes 'for a time such as this...'
What do Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson and Zell Miller all have in common?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Summer fun done to a 'T'
Tomorrow will be the last day of T-ball for a dedicated group of 4-5-year-olds who have spent Monday evenings in Kalispell for the past two months learning the fundamentals of baseball.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Trump trips up the rich and famous (media elites & GOP snobs)
It certainly is satisfying to see the Republican Party establishment squirm at the meteoric rise of Donald Trump to front-runner status in the GOP presidential race.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Eternal vigilance: It's really a good idea... no matter who said it
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Vandalism and values: What side are you on?
Last week, the Ten Commandments Park north of Columbia Falls was vandalized for the second time in a month.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
COLUMN: Asleep for the last 60 years? Wake up – and brace yourself
I turned 60 last week, which got me thinking — not about myself and the many changes I have been through in six decades, but about the nation’s fundamental transformation in that same time span.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
OPINION: John Roberts: Worst chief justice ever?
I’m giving the chief justice of the United States the benefit of the doubt by including a question mark in my headline. There have certainly been bad chief justices before, and bad decisions rendered by probably all of them, but it is hard to imagine a more self-serving, self-important tool …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A day to be proud - and to remember
Happy Father’s Day!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Port insecurity: Is it going to be terminal this time?
One of the many times I deservedly poked a stick in the eye of President George W. Bush (yeah the Republican one) was when his administration tried to put the United Arab Emirates in charge of major shipping operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
OPINION: Wake up and smell the chaos
Keeping track of the decline and fall of Western civilization is a thankless task, but someone’s got to do it. Fortunately, the Internet has made it relatively easy to monitor the speed and scope of the suicidal plunge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Benghazi: A smoking gun and the rush to avoid judgment
Four months ago, I lamented the lackadaisical approach of Congress to ferreting out the truth about the murder of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
For once, Sen. Warren is right
If politics make strange bedfellows, then bad trade deals make for even stranger politics.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
School threat suspect faces felony charge
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Do the right thing and be 'one of us' - really!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Youths weigh in during mock election
Sixty schools across Montana participated in a mock election Thursday, and — in the absence of tea leaves — politicians and journalists will no doubt be studying the unscientific results for any hint of how grown-up voters will be leaning on Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Familiar perspectives: War of words about wilderness is at least 50 years old
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act being signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on Sept. 3, 1964, we thought it would be enlightening to look back at the Opinion page of the Daily Inter Lake from that area.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
125th anniversary of Inter Lake: From 1889 in Demersville to 2014 in Kalispell
I had been working at the Daily Inter Lake for about five years in 1989 when the Inter Lake celebrated its 100th anniversary.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Inter Lake staff shows support for advertisers
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Benny, Ed and the death of treason
One of the many signs of the imminent collapse of the United States is that we can’t even agree on the meaning of treason any more.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Let's build a fence around John Boehner
The last few weeks I’ve explored ways in which liberals have worked to undermine conservatives in the American political scene. This week, let’s look at one typical instance of so-called conservatives shooting themselves in the foot.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Final word: Lee Oswald either did it or he didn't
The JFK assassination may never be solved completely. Too much time has passed and too many witnesses are dead. But there is also far too much evidence of a conspiracy to ever conclude decisively that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
It's a new era for Glacier National Park
It’s a time of significant changes in Glacier National Park, and our hope is that new people and programs on the park scene will be productive in years to come.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
No excuses: Judge Baugh should resign
District Judge G. Todd Baugh has said he’s sorry about the crass comments he made regarding a 14-year-old rape victim who later committed suicide, but that’s hardly enough.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Give us your best shot! - Photo contest starts today
The Daily Inter Lake is pleased to announce a photo contest for our readers — “Flathead Valley Through My Eyes” — that features more than $2,500 in prizes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Leap Day paper one of the largest in 123 years for Inter Lake
What you hold in your hands today is one of the biggest editions in the 123-year history of The Daily Inter Lake, which started as a weekly newspaper in Demersville in 1889 and became a daily in 1908.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Recipe for disaster: Ayers, Alinsky, Cloward & Piven
When last we left the revolutionary Bill Ayers, he was furiously scribbling the "Weatherman" manifesto in 1969 and learning how to build nail bombs while actively encouraging not just one, but "two, three, many Vietnams," in an effort to bring down the United States government.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'The purpose of education' - and the failure to pursue it
It would seem obvious that how we educate our children is also how we preserve our culture. It is the solid foundation that allows us to even speak of a culture — a shared experience that defines who we are.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Howse, history and the spirit of exploration
Exploring history is a lot like exploring a strange new continent — there are lots of dead ends and false hopes, and the occasional high promontory that offers a clear view of, in one case, where we have been, and in the other, where we are going.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Lay claim to Constitution - or lose it?
One of the most worrisome social trends today is that many Americans no longer claim ownership of the Constitution.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
A tempest in a nuclear reactor?
Where's the accountability?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
States to Congress: 'Don't tread on me...'
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the dismal performance of California legislators as they rushed to pass $200 billion worth of health-care reform at a time when their state is facing bankruptcy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
From China ... with love
Today is Valentine’s Day. It is also Chinese New Year.
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California dreamin': Damn the deficit; full speed ahead on health care for all
I thought maybe this was a joke, but I researched it and found it to be utterly, jaw-droppingly, stupefyingly true:
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Flathead publisher to retire
KALISPELL — Daily Inter Lake publisher Tom Kurdy has announced that he will retire in late spring after 40 years of service to the Hagadone Corporation, the newspaper’s parent company.
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America: Are we being 'transformed' and ... if so ... into what?
The week before he was elected president, President Obama made the bold statement that, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
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The people's veto: Has its time come?
Last week I proposed that politicians would benefit greatly from paying attention to what the voters are saying — about issues and about their elected leaders.
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Do the will of the people - or feel the people's wrath
You can get a sense of the disconnect of America’s leadership from the people they serve by contrasting the voices coming out of Washington with the vox populi that you hear in the local barbershop.
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Harry Reid, heal thyself
Polls show approval of Congress at about 25 percent, but if one needed more specific evidence of America’s disgust with Congress, it can be found in Nevada.
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World gone wrong? A look at the year ahead
In the spirit of Robert Heinlein’s “Future History” series, Managing Editor Frank Miele has prepared a brief fictional primer on the major threats that are likely to afflict us in the coming year. (Warning: Satire ahead!)
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2009: A year of new lows
What a difference a year makes! Last year, it was all about “hope and change.” This year, it is all about “smoke and mirrors.” Last year was “post-partisan”; this year is “post-partisan depression.” Last year we had a Constitution; this year we don’t.
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Big Brother, can you spare a dime?
They say you can’t put the genie back in the bottle, and the same goes for presidents. The voters summoned President Obama into existence with their chant of “Hope and Change” and now he is poised to grant three wishes held dear by liberals:
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Wake up and smell the debt!
I didn’t know whether to headline this story, “It’s the debt, stupid!” or “Wake up and smell the catastrophe,” so I settled on “Wake up and smell the debt!”
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Save the Seals! Navy heroes to be put on trial
Dec. 7: “A date which will live in infamy.”
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Note to the global-warming crowd: Your agenda is showing
Michael Crichton must be rolling over in his grave, but the good news is it’s because he’s having a good laugh.
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Freedom or slavery? You make the call
Health-care reform?
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First things first: Protect your freedom
Free speech is not free. Like all of our freedoms, it was earned with the blood of patriotic Americans who put their principles ahead of their personal safety. It has been defended by generation after generation, but it should not be taken for granted.
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Fairness and free speech: A mismatch?
"You cannot have an opposition movement without opposition media." -Van Jones, former Green Jobs Czar for President Obama.
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Take a memo: Watch your back if you are a conservative
Everyone knows that the administration doesn't like being criticized. No administration does.
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Health care: Cheap at any price (hint... $900 billion)
Last week, we had the cheery news from Madame Speaker Pelosi that the cost of the House's health-care reform bill was going to come in under $900 billion.
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Who says they're your kids? Not in Montana
The Montana Supreme Court just made it a whole lot harder to be a parent, and a whole lot easier to become one.
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From CNN: 'Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh... communism still can win'
Reporter Carol Costello had a report on CNN's "American Morning" Friday asking whether the time was ripe for a third party in the United States.
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Inter Lake upgrades Website
The Daily Inter Lake introduces a number of changes on its Website today beginning with the new look of our home page at www.dailyinterlake.com
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The rest of the story
Sometimes people ask me why I insist on writing column after column about Barack Obama, or before him George W. Bush, when I am just a small-town editor.
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A look at the lighter side? Nah!
With all the crazy stuff going on, it was hard to know what to write about this week. No matter what a little old country editor picked, it seemed like someone somewhere would accuse him of fear-mongering, far-right-wing extremism or outright racism.
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Just who do they represent?
Virtually every day when Congress is in session, I get a press release or two from each of Montana's representatives explaining how they are looking out for our state.
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Charity and the good ol' Constitution
"Where do you find in the Constitution any authority to give away the public money in charity?"
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Debt crisis must not be 'wasted'
In a recent column, I wrote, "Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid are wonderful benefits, especially since we don't actually have to pay for them…" and was taken to task by a few readers for "not knowing" about the payroll tax.
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Health care and the ailing Constitution
Here's the question I didn't get a chance to ask President Obama when he stopped by Montana recently. So far as I know, no one else has asked it of him either:
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Hey, stupid! Fix health care
The most effective tactic used to stifle debate in politics is name-calling.
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The costs and obligations of health care (and freedom)
Everyone loves free stuff - except the people who are paying for it.
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Palin's war with media may not be her 'last stand'
President Harry Truman, known as "Give 'em hell Harry," famously said, "I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell."
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D.C. shell game: Now you see it, now you don't!
President Obama's poll numbers were down last week, but poll numbers don't stop a president from doing what he wants to do - not if he controls both houses of Congress.
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Bushwhacked: My years with W
What is it about George W. Bush that drives people crazy?
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Lincoln's warning: Beware changes brought about by 'towering genius'
Barack Obama has made no secret of his admiration for Abraham Lincoln.
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Is literature the canary in the mine?
If we in the 21st century stand on the shoulders of giants, it must be a particularly light load for the giants - as there seems to be a dearth of intellectual weight in the current era.
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'Manchurian editor' writes from the Gulag
One thing I have learned from online reader comments is that I don't really need to write my column at all to enjoy the privilege of having people criticize me and call me a pinhead.
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Middle of the road? Not when it comes to the middle name
I had occasion to make a passing reference to "George W. Bush" and "Barack Hussein Obama" in this column recently, for which it was suggested in a back-handed manner that I had a nefarious motive.
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Huxley's 'Enemies of Freedom' - revisited
It seems we really are going "back to the future," to quote the title of a popular movie. As a matter of fact, you could make a pretty good case that the future is an open book that was read (or written) in the last century.
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Huxley's 'Enemies of Freedom' - revisited
It seems we really are going "back to the future," to quote the title of a popular movie. As a matter of fact, you could make a pretty good case that the future is an open book that was read (or written) in the last century.
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Sarah Palin vs. the media: The rematch
Sarah Palin is back in the news, which not surprisingly delights her fans but also has her enemies licking their chops enthusiastically.
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Sarah Palin vs. the media: The rematch
Sarah Palin is back in the news, which not surprisingly delights her fans but also has her enemies licking their chops enthusiastically.
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Winter: It's not the end of the world
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
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JFK theories will never be exhausted
There is no shortage of diversions in this day and age, but only one that is guaranteed not only to last a lifetime but to have the potential to solve the greatest crime in American history.
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Stupidity on steroids
Probably as long as there have been human beings on the planet, there has been stupidity.
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President Bush returns home - to Mexico
President Bush's recent trip to Mexico was something of a homecoming for him.
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Tomb: Major discovery or scientific oddity?
Imagine: You are minding your own business, which just happens to be archaeology, when in the midst of a routine salvage job cataloguing the contents of a burial ground that turned up on a construction site, you make an unexpected discovery.
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Morality is the real 'inconvenient truth'
Do you remember when you might get your mouth washed out with soap for using a dirty word in front of your parents?
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To do - or not to do - whatever we want to do
Shame is nothing new.
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Shame on us
With a little more shame we'd see less of Britney
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Bordering on insanity
The strange case of Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Compean deserves your attention. More importantly, it deserves the attention of President Bush.
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So what's worse? Fear or foolishness
The Daily Inter Lake
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Do you really feel more secure and prosperous?
The Daily Inter Lake
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Faith in a world of good and evil
The Daily Interlake
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Revisiting 'nanny,' with a mea culpa
The Daily Inter Lake
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'Back to the Future': Iraq and Vietnam
The Daily Inter Lake
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10 years that changed everything
The Daily Inter Lake
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Something more important than politics or issues
The Daily Inter Lake
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Dylan's journey through our times
Bob Dylan's life more or less spans what we think of as the modern era, the time of the greatest advancements in science, technology and human progress ever known to man.
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Will we fight terrorism or not?
Thank God for Jack Bauer.
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A hard day to forget, but do we remember?
I remember.
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'Outing' the outrage: News only matters if it hurts Bush
Where is the outrage now?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Do we solve our problems or just talk about them?
Call me crazy, but every once in a while, I actually start to think we have turned the corner and will solve a problem instead of just talking about it.
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Plunder, politics and a prized writer
Who is Frederic Bastiat, and why is he saying those wonderful things about me?
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Easy labels and hard answers
Someone called the office the other day to ask if I was Jewish.
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Neighborhood bully, revisited
Here is the beginning of wisdom: In a war of words, the man with the gun always wins.
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Sweet land of liberty believe it or not
I am always bemused by people who are concerned about the loss of civil liberties in our fair republic as we fight the war on terrorism.
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Loyalty yes, but to what?
Loyalty is generally considered a virtue.
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More on 'merger': Three nations under God?
One of the good things about writing an opinion column is that you hear back from readers with their opinions, too.
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And now for a few dissenting opinions
You may have noticed a new ad running in the Inter Lake the past few days promoting this column.
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Dads and kids and the ties that bind
Is it Father's Day again?
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A 'Declaration of Interdependence'
I once believed that the United States was sovereign - you know, that we could make our own laws and govern ourselves - but I have gotten over that misguided foolishness, thanks to the illegal immigration debate.
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It's time to send a message
Let's TP the U.S. Capitol - and maybe the White House, too.
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'Culture of corruption'? Or just plain dumb?
A few months ago I made a case for heeding the plain language of the U.S. Constitution instead of allowing courts and special interests to insert their wish list of rights, duties, obligations and cotton candy into the document.
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Help us protect the neighborhood
Suppose you knew that your neighbor was a drug dealer. A nice guy otherwise, but still a drug dealer.
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A day to remember
I suppose every year about this time my thoughts will return to mother - though not a day ever goes by when I don't think of her at least a hundred times.
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The good, the bad and the border
Sometimes borders are a good thing.
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'Our crack team of experts assures us '
How would you like to see this headline in tomorrow's newspaper: "Inter Lake hires team of doctors and scientists to inspect local restaurants."
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Health care over easy, with fries on the side
People sure are funny.
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Will Karl Marx have the last laugh?
Karl Marx lost the battle, but he may be winning the war.
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Reporting, opinions and 'just plain rude'
Last week's column on the mainstream media elicited many responses, most of which agreed with me that East Coast reporters have a tendency to skew the news with their own left-leaning viewpoints.
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More mainstream media madness
Leave it to the mainstream media.
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Good, bad and ugly
Probably the Titanic offers the best example of good news/bad news in history. "The good news is we're unsinkable. The bad news is we're sinking." In that spirit, I offer a few observations about America, observed while rearranging deck chairs on our own sinking ship:
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Precedent and wisdom in the Supreme Court
I always like to be able to see both sides of any issue, but it is hard to see anything good in the Supreme Court's famous Kelo vs. New London ruling of last year that gave cities permission to take people's private property because other people wanted it for themselves.
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Shipping is global, but national security is not
Have you heard the one about the Trojan horse?
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Chewing on Cheney's ankles
If we needed evidence that there is a total disconnect - a short circuit - between what happens in Washington, D.C., and what happens in the rest of America, we certainly got it last week.
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Schweitzer dares to be himself
Politics these days is too much about political correctness, which is why it was refreshing for the governor of Montana recently to show up at a meeting with the editorial board of the Inter Lake with a gun.
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Fantastic football
What a difference a year can make.
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Iraq and Iran and consensus
When you read what our nation's leaders have been saying about Iran's continuing effort to develop nuclear weapons, you have to think there is a pretty good chance that our war in Iraq could soon shift east to Tehran.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
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