LETTERS/OPINIONS
Election day as a national holiday, and the need to preserve voting access
To the Editor: If at first you don’t succeed, cheat, lie, and cheat again. This is the old adage with a twist from the actions of President Trump and the Republican House and Senate. First, Trump repeats and repeats, ad nauseum, the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from …
Two impossible problems that seem to be beyond fixing, but we can fix them!
Below are two seemingly unsolvable problems for which I will give you the solutions in the space of this article.
This Black History Month, Black veterans in Northern Wisconsin emphasize the essence of equity-focused services
Long before Wisconsin became famous for its forests, freshwater lakes, and manufacturing centers, African Americans were already part of its story. Beyond fur traders, laborers, and entrepreneurs, Black troops contributed significantly to the state’s early economic and civic foundations as far back as the 1700s.
Lakeland Times: Our View
Some conservatives have joined progressives in raising their eyebrows at a proposal requiring social media companies to obtain parental approval in Wisconsin before a minor can open an account.
Rubio’s case for a stronger West
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that stood out not for its bombast but for its clarity. In a room filled with political figures from across the Atlantic — and from both parties at home — Rubio was unmistakably the adult …
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It’s not a big job ...
It’s just that they are so shameless about it. On Thursday, the Commission of Fine Arts will welcome the newest, youngest, and least qualified member in its 116-year history. She is Chamberlain Harris, the president’s 26-year-old receptionist/executive assistant, the only job she has ever had.
The first responders we don’t see
To the Editor: Emergency dispatchers are often called the first responders, yet their role is frequently misunderstood and undervalued. I’ve been a police officer for 24 years and understand how important dispatchers are to an officer’s and the public’s safety and how their mental health struggles are often overlooked, or …
Immigration is shaking up political parties in Britain, Europe and the U.S.
As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign for his appointment of Epstein-tied Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, one is struck by the sudden instability of British governments. In the 28 years between 1979 and 2007, Britain had only three prime ministers, while in the …
Judge Richard J. Leon
My hero for the week is yet another federal district judge, who is holding the line on the worst of the Trump administration’s excesses. Richard Leon is a former President George W. Bush appointee to the District Court for the District of Columbia. On Thursday, he issued an order at …
Random Act of Kindness Day
To the Editor: Random Act of Kindness day is Feb. 17, and it is a day to celebrate kindness and the whole pay-it-forward mentality. The movement of Random Acts of Kindness inspires people every day.
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The con consuming American politics
There is a growing sense of frustration coursing through American politics, and it is no longer confined to one party or ideology. That frustration has real roots. Major institutions badly damaged their credibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, the excesses of the Black Lives Matter movement, and years of breathless coverage …
So much for the murderers and rapists ...
Remember back in the campaign when “immigration” meant deporting the rapists and murderers and gang members who were supposedly flooding across the border and wreaking havoc in our cities? That’s what mass deportation meant — not mass deportation of gardeners and day laborers from Home Depot.
Change the culture, save the officer
To the Editor: As we enter 2026, I want to speak directly to police officers, supervisors, and leaders, not from a position of theory, but from lived experience.
Lakeland Times: Our View
Suddenly, as if old Wile E. Coyote was speeding across the plains hot on the trail of a road-running Dr. Snake Oil, the medical establishment is sprinting wildly away from its previous position on “gender-affirming care” for minors, otherwise known as the gender mutilation of children.
Will falling birth rates mean a more conservative world?
George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written for the Britain in Pictures series in 1947, written just as Britain was emerging from wartime rigors into an uncharted postwar future, Orwell noted that despite an …
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