LETTERS/OPINIONS
ATV club calls for coexistence in Boulder Junction
To the Editor: The burning question in Boulder Junction for the last seven years, ‘should ATV/UTV trails/routes be allowed in Boulder Junction’? We consistently see the emotional reasoning of those who stand opposed to ATV/UTV recreation.
Joe Biden, political pinwheel
Joe Biden is not a person of principle or character. He is a lifelong politician who has spent decades shifting his positions on nearly every major issue. If one had to define Biden’s political worldview, it would be simply this: Follow the Democratic herd, and desperately attempt to place yourself …
No good answers
There are no good answers to the current situation in the Gaza War. President Joe Biden is trying to use a pause in weapons shipments to force Israel to do more to protect civilians against “collateral damage” that a bombing campaign in Rafah would no doubt entail.
Lakeland Times: Our View
The universe is a mysterious place, and so is Earth, as is whatever planet the nation’s progressives call home in their heads.
‘Drain the swamp’
Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to “drain the swamp!”
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If you can’t tell the bad guy in Israel versus Hamas, you’re the problem
The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is the most morally clear conflict in modern history. It pits an actual terrorist group that just engaged in the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust against a democratic country that protects citizens Jewish, Muslim and Christian.
Lakeland Times: Our View
This past week, one of the nation’s leading repositories of whackism, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, otherwise known as a bastion of academic elitism, announced it was flushing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion down the toilet.
Reader asserts ATV/UTVs not the answer for a season of little snow
To the Editor: The winter of 2023 — 2024 had no snowmobile season at all in our area of Vilas County. This resulted in a lot fewer people coming here.
Pro-Palestinian protests: A call for historical context, not antisemitism
To the Editor: The recent (and ongoing) protests over the Israel/Hamas conflict in Gaza have created headlines across America. The protesting has largely been portrayed as a part of a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli, even antisemitic movement. This is unfortunate. Antisemitism, one of civilization’s oldest conspiracy theories, is dangerous and unacceptable. What …
Campus riots and a Chicago convention: Deja vu all over again?
As the philosopher and baseball player Yogi Berra once (supposedly) said, it’s deja vu all over again. Student protesters are occupying campuses of famed universities across the country. In New York, Columbia University protesters occupied administrative offices in Hamilton Hall and were cleared out by police, exactly 56 years to …
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Deja vu all over again: A fractured America triggers memories of 1968
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has given us another gift, entitled “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s."
The Gaza protests are a mirror image of MAGA
Within the past 48 hours, student protesters occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University and then were forcibly removed by New York police. I knew that building well when I was an undergrad there in the 1970s.
Reader questions presidential immunity
To the Editor: If the Founding Fathers thought the President should have absolute immunity, why would they include impeachment in the Constitution?
Reader is grateful for local first responders
To the Editor: This message is to exhibit my sincere gratitude towards our local law enforcement and emergency personnel. At a recent cardiac event, I was fortunate to contact 911 and get the assistance needed by our local patrol in a quick manner.
Carbon footprints and growing your own food
To the Editor: I believe that understanding ones’ carbon foot print is helpful in knowing how to live each day. We can all see our foot print when we travel by car and put gas into the tank.
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