Sunday, December 14, 2025

Guns are NOT the problem

Like most Americans, I was saddened to read about the senseless slaughter of innocent students and teachers in Florida recently. And like everyone else, I wished there was an easy solution. I find it disheartening however to witness the frenzy staged by journalists, media personalities, entertainers and academia all professing …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Guns are NOT the problem

Like most Americans, I was saddened to read about the senseless slaughter of innocent students and teachers in Florida recently. And like everyone else, I wished there was an easy solution. I find it disheartening however to witness the frenzy staged by journalists, media personalities, entertainers and academia all professing …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Time to focus on cause of climate change, not effect

Let’s say you are in a hurry to get to work for an important client meeting. You go outside and your car won’t start, Because of this you will miss your meeting and might even lose your job. This is a classic example of “cause and effect.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Time to focus on cause of climate change, not effect

Let’s say you are in a hurry to get to work for an important client meeting. You go outside and your car won’t start, Because of this you will miss your meeting and might even lose your job. This is a classic example of “cause and effect.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

If only one voice is allowed, that's not free speech

One of the great pleasures of living in America is being able to speak one’s mind without fear of censorship or punishment. The First Amendment grants everyone an equal opportunity to voice a biased opinion.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

If only one voice is allowed, that's not free speech

One of the great pleasures of living in America is being able to speak one’s mind without fear of censorship or punishment. The First Amendment grants everyone an equal opportunity to voice a biased opinion.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: 'Wizard of Oz' remake could be based in D.C.

It has been over 75 years since the movie “The Wizard of Oz” awed viewers with its fictional fantasy. I find it bizarre how today’s political scene in Washington parallels the surreal storyline of this classical masterpiece. Let’s look at the original cast for specific examples.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Our 'Supreme' leaders are now false prophets

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Media brouhaha is not just about Confederate flag

Race-baiters and slick politicians with support from liberal news reporters and other celebrities have successfully convinced the public that the Confederate battle flag represents racism throughout the South in the wake of the heinous act committed by a single individual who was seen in a photograph standing beside such a …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Fire department dedicated

Several years ago a lightning strike close to our house set a large tree on fire. Seeing the smoke and flames my wife contacted the Bigfork Fire Department while I tried to stop the flames from spreading. Despite difficulty finding our house, several trucks and volunteer firefighters soon showed up …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fire department dedicated

Several years ago a lightning strike close to our house set a large tree on fire. Seeing the smoke and flames my wife contacted the Bigfork Fire Department while I tried to stop the flames from spreading. Despite difficulty finding our house, several trucks and volunteer firefighters soon showed up …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Trial lawyers have undue influence

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

The water compact scam

Recently I learned about a money-making scheme that surely Al Gore and his “global warming” scam would envy. You wouldn’t give con artists from Nigeria your hard-earned savings, so why do you sit idly by while the federal government and their slick team of lawyers attempt to steal valuable natural …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

The water compact scam

Recently I learned about a money-making scheme that surely Al Gore and his “global warming” scam would envy. You wouldn’t give con artists from Nigeria your hard-earned savings, so why do you sit idly by while the federal government and their slick team of lawyers attempt to steal valuable natural …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Salish-Kootenai Water Compact: Make sure it dies!

Recently I learned about a money-making scheme that surely Al Gore and his “global warming” scam would envy. You wouldn’t give con artists from Nigeria your hard-earned savings, so why do you sit idly by while the federal government and their slick team of lawyers attempt to steal valuable natural …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Conservation easements versus HOA covenants

Over the years I have read several opinions that have vilified conservation easements. I have a conservation easement on my property and consider it an asset, not a detriment. I can’t speak for other conservation easements, but the Montana Land Reliance in Bigfork has been terrific, offering me free, practical …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Bernanke's 'luck' is really hard work

There is no shortage of topics to gripe about today. Whether it is another political scandal, a further weakening of our nation’s sovereignty or more politicians caught in blatant lies to the public who elected them to office; our nation is under constant attack from within, especially from those working …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Social control, not gun control, is the answer

As expected, liberal lawmakers and Hollywood celebrities are using the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy as an opportunity to advocate legislation banning private ownership of certain types of weapons.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Charlie Brown, meet the Republican Party

Remember in the Peanuts comic strips when, every fall, Lucy promised “wishy-washy” Charlie Brown that she wouldn’t lift the football away when he tried to kick it? And year-after-year the hapless “blockhead” gullibly falls for the girl’s prank.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Republicans want to make life better for 'Bob Cratchit'

In his Daily Inter Lake opinion letter published on Dec. 9, David James tried to make a case that Republicans fit the role of the fictional character of Scrooge in the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Mr. James describes a fictional world populated by evil business owners and Republicans …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Do states ever have the right to secede? Why not?

A recent contributor to the Daily Inter Lake opinion page tossed into the fire pit of political discussion a conundrum regarding a state’s ability to tear up the agreement that binds the entity to the United States of America.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

America's freedoms are not to be abused

I was appalled to learn that here in Western Montana, where our freedoms are as tenaciously embraced as anywhere in the world, some bigoted, academic administrator in Ronan chose to deny his students the exceptional opportunity to hear the wisdom of a celebrated man willing to share his story of …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

America's freedoms are not to be abused

I was appalled to learn that here in Western Montana, where our freedoms are as tenaciously embraced as anywhere in the world, some bigoted, academic administrator in Ronan chose to deny his students the exceptional opportunity to hear the wisdom of a celebrated man willing to share his story of …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

America's freedoms are not to be abused

I was appalled to learn that here in Western Montana, where our freedoms are as tenaciously embraced as anywhere in the world, some bigoted, academic administrator in Ronan chose to deny his students the exceptional opportunity to hear the wisdom of a celebrated man willing to share his story of …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

The incredible shrinking dollar (and penny too!)

I am worried about our nation’s financial health. You should be too.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO