LETTERS/OPINIONS
Weed control, out of control
To the Editor: When the weeds are gone, what else disappears? As someone who values the health of our communities, not just for people, but for the wildlife we share it with, I feel compelled to speak out about the continued use of toxic herbicides like Roundup in residential neighborhoods.
State rules push anglers and wake boats into risky waters
To the Editor: Aquatic Invasive Species: Is the Wisconsin DNR Fueling the Fire? Recent discoveries of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) in many Northern Wisconsin lakes raise an important question: Are state-level regulations — or the lack thereof — contributing to the spread of AIS?
Roadless Rule under fire
To the Editor: When I was a young guy, my dad was a small-town lawyer and a friend of Senator Bill Proxmire D-WI. Proxmire was a staunch fiscal conservative famous for his Golden Fleece awards; he would award the golden fleece to federal agencies wasting money. Long before I was …
A denial of denial
To the Editor: Your editorial last Friday entitled “The real election deniers” is a masterpiece of conflation and confusion. About the recent Los Angeles mayoral election you state both that “there is gigantic election fraud going on and anyone who denies that is the real election denier” and later “the …
Lakeland Times: Our View
There was a revealing discussion at the Oneida County zoning committee last week, and, to boil it down to its essence, it was mostly about how to punish people — nefarious people! — who found ways to exploit vague provisions of the county’s shoreland ordinance.
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Apology tour: Americans abroad experience humility and humiliation
For Americans traveling in Western Europe this summer, it’s a time of real humility, and some humiliation. You have to be quite the American exceptionalist to defend America these days, when what seems truly exceptional about our country is a presidency that is openly, even flagrantly, corrupt.
Putting ‘professionals’ in charge
I’m not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte — the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald Trump’s first choice for Director of National Intelligence — he was right to …
AARP Wisconsin urges Congress to protect earned Social Security benefits
To the Editor: Social Security is too important to wait. A new Trustees Report makes it clear: if Congress fails to act, Americans could face a 20 percent cut in benefits by 2034. For millions already struggling with rising costs, that is an urgent threat. If nothing changes, Social Security …
Democrats’ struggle with men reflects a deeper cultural disconnect
One of the more revealing political developments of recent years has been the Democratic Party’s growing concern about its declining support among male voters. After years of watching men drift toward the political right, many Democrats have begun asking a simple question: Why are men leaving?
The scammer
I woke up early to catch the latest news on the election results, only to find that the first text message I saw was not a news alert from Maine, but a warning from Apple Customer Support. Someone in Moscow, Russia, was trying to access my Apple account to make …
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Counting votes in California
There he goes again. As Democrats predicted before the first votes were in, President Donald Trump is, as is his way, challenging the results of the elections in California. With absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing, he took to Truth Social twice on Wednesday.
Which party will recover first from Its current self-harm?
Tuesday saw the usual first-week-of-June gaggle of state primary elections. It’s a feature of the American federal system that states choose when to hold primary and local elections.
Lakeland Times: Our View
So here’s a nifty little exercise. Everybody who thinks Joe Biden got 81 million legitimate votes in 2020, raise your hand up high and keep it there.
The man at the corner with the bucket
I was stopped at a red light when I noticed a man on the sidewalk pouring water over his head. He had a big bucket and a cup that he filled with water from the bucket to dump over his head. At first, I thought he might be trying to …
Democrats’ Maine Senate gamble raises questions about standards
The Democratic Party’s approach to Maine’s Senate race has sparked a debate that extends well beyond the state’s borders. At the center of the controversy is Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, whose campaign has been dogged by a series of damaging allegations and personal scandals.
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