Friday, December 19, 2025

ARTICLES BY JERRY STRAKA

Tax cuts are bad for middle class and economy

Now, I realize that facts don’t matter to a growing number of people. Tribal distrust has been nurtured for years. Claims with no evidence are believed, and overwhelming science is questioned. This tribalism cannot be conquered with facts. It needs leaders with a moral and ethical compass. Instead we got …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

Tax cuts are bad for middle class and economy

Now, I realize that facts don’t matter to a growing number of people. Tribal distrust has been nurtured for years. Claims with no evidence are believed, and overwhelming science is questioned. This tribalism cannot be conquered with facts. It needs leaders with a moral and ethical compass. Instead we got …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

Whitefish a parking mess

What a mess! Driving and parking in downtown Whitefish should not be an adventure.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Money & politics shouldn't mix

It’s the political season. Not sure why it has to be so long. And it brings the usual discourse. Blame. All the bad things are because of the opposition and all the good things are because of us (depending on who “us” is). The circus goes on.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Take that, Fox News!

I try to give Fox News a chance. I listen to it on a daily basis, just to see what they espouse. They never disappoint me in their obvious bias and misinformation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

It's the revenue, stupid! No really, look it up!

So here I sit, at the computer listening to the Sunday morning talk shows. The Republican chorus of “we have a spending problem” is echoing across the airwaves from station to station to station. The verbiage is nearly exact from spokesperson after spokesperson.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Occupy Wall Street is the real heir to the Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. It was a protest against corporate interests condoned and imposed by “dynastic” government.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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