LETTERS/OPINIONS
An open letter to Senator Johnson
To the Editor: President Trump promised to quickly end the war in Ukraine. I was skeptical: history tells us the only quick end to a war is surrender.
When the going gets tough
What do you do when the economy is going to hell, 401(k)s are going down the toilet and we’re bracing for higher prices on nearly everything? If you’re an average American, you worry.
Trump’s reality-driven U-turn
President Donald Trump did what he had to do. Last week, Trump dropped an economic neutron bomb by declaring tariffs on virtually every country on the planet — tariffs based not on reciprocal tariff rates, but on trade deficits.
Keep our local local
To the Editor: I do know that the economy is challenging. Would you be kind enough to explain why our “local” news is being fed half-way with Madison news? The Northwoods is not Madison. Please keep our local local.
Reader rejects Trump-Hitler comparison
To the Editor: I just read a letter to the editor which stated Donald Trump was behaving like Hitler in his desire to annex Canada and Greenland into the United States.
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Lakeland Times: Our View
This month is Autism Awareness Month, and for the first time in a good many years, we think there is really good news when it comes to addressing this ongoing epidemic, which has afflicted not just the United States but the world, and for far too long.
Surprise casualties in the war of words over antisemitism
Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? Before Hamas attacked Israel, American voters had not arrived at a consensus. They hadn’t thought much about it. Asked whether the two terms were synonymous, 62 percent of respondents to a Brookings Institution poll taken seven months earlier said they didn’t know. Fifteen percent replied yes, and …
Annexation: Lessons from the past
To the Editor: Annex. A google search for the best definition, uses Germany’s annexation of a part of Czechoslovakia as an example. Adding, to take or appropriate, especially without permission. Germany started its takeover of lands in 1936, by remilitarizing the Rhineland in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
A constituent call for accountability from Tiffany
To the Editor: If you want to express an opinion to our House of Representatives member, Tom Tiffany, don’t bother to call his Wausau office. For, there, you will not get someone who cares about the thoughts and concerns of his constituents. You will instead get a rather grumpy fellow …
The problem with Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
This week, President Donald Trump finally released his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Trump has long threatened that he would, if given the chance, levy massive tariffs on imported products from the rest of the world. The question for investors, however, was just what was driving such threats.
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Random acts of intimidation
According to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, “The White House, in coordination with the Department of Justice, has dismissed more than 50 U.S. attorneys and deputies in the past few weeks.”
Securing social security, solutions over scares
To the Editor: Let’s stay focused on the real problems and important long term solutions when it comes to Social Security.
Don’t let history repeat, don’t cut health care
To the Editor: I am very aware that there is wasteful spending on the part of the federal government and I am all for cutting out wasteful spending. However, the last place for budget cuts is the area of health care, particularly immunizations.
Lakeland Times: Our View
It’s sad, but around the country Democrats and progressives are well-known for knowing no shame. The best national example of this was at President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on March 4. Yes, there are expected to be partisan divides where one side claps and the other side doesn’t, …
The era of the wuss
American popular culture, ever promoting the myth that we live in the land of the free and the brave, wants us to believe that we stand up to bullying. Even if bravery is in short supply at times, like during McCarthyism, someone like attorney Joseph Welch ultimately comes to the …
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