LETTERS/OPINIONS
Thank You Sheriff Joe Fath!
To the Editor: After more than four decades of dedicated service, Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath will be retiring this December. As someone who has known Sheriff Fath for many years, I want to take a moment to publicly thank him for his extraordinary commitment to the people of Vilas …
Disgrace in Dublin: Insulting an Irish son — Ireland debases itself
Belfast-born, Dublin-raised Chaim Herzog was a son of Ireland, through and through. Educated at Irish colleges, fluent in Irish and with an Irish brogue he carried with him through life, Herzog was a rugby star and a boxing champion. His father was the Chief Rabbi of Ireland, dubbed the “Sinn …
Disparate impact
Google settled a racial bias lawsuit for $50 million. Merrill Lynch paid $20 million. Maryland taxpayers will have to pay $3 million to make a racial discrimination suit go away.
Lakeland Times: Our View
What happened on Oneida County roads over Thanksgiving — or didn’t happen, as the case may be — was not merely a matter of routine public-sector incompetence but a complete and abominable public-safety failure.
Grace and disgrace: Amidst the latter, we’re reminded of the former
In an America presently diseased by crudeness and cruelty, the scene last week at Washington’s National Cathedral for the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney was a welcome display of grace by leaders who embrace an ethos currently out of vogue. It’s an ethos of bipartisanship, of respect for …
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Thanksgiving socialism
People are turning to socialism. Two-thirds of Americans ages 18-29 hold a “favorable view” of it. New York just elected a “proud socialist” mayor. My video explains why his ideas would make things worse.
Enforcing immigration laws is not the moral equivalent of the Holocaust
Whence cometh the conviction, in America and even more in Britain and Europe, that open borders is the only moral immigration policy? Of course, not everyone believes that, and many who do stop short of saying so. But the contrast between the rhetoric and policies of the first two decades …
‘Seditious behavior punishable by death’
This week, President Donald Trump called for the execution of six veterans who are members of Congress for posting a video telling members of the military that “they can refuse illegal orders.”
Lakeland Times: Our View
The Rolling Stones, in their inimitable, ageless way, once offered up some wisdom for the ages in a single verse: “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find that you get what you need, oh yeah.” Oh yeah.
An open letter to Congressman Tiffany
To the Editor: The United States has a terrible health care system. Compared to other developed countries, we don’t live as long, infant and maternal mortality rates are higher ... the list goes on. For these abysmal results, we pay twice as much per citizen as any other country.
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Wreaths across America Day
To the Editor: We would like to thank The Lakeland Times and the community for publishing and contributing to the recent Veterans Day insert, Veterans Salute. This paper highlighted local veterans who served our country. We’re grateful to see our veterans being recognized for their service by the community and …
Roundabout doubt spurs overpass proposal
To the Editor: I recently wrote a letter concerning the proposed roundabout regarding the Highway K - Swamp Lake Road - Highway 51 intersection. Stacy Hagenbucher claims their computer model said it would work.
Veterans Day deserves respect: Progressive rejects extremism
To the Editor: First of all, on behalf of the local citizens of the northwoods communities please accept my sincere apology to Brian Jopek, his family and all veterans regarding the despicable behavior of the protesters that he encountered outside of his employment at The Lakeland Times building on Nov. …
‘Get the word out’
It took three weeks for President Donald Trump to speak up. In the meantime, Tucker Carlson’s chummy interview with white nationalist and outspoken anti-Semite Nick Fuentes was tearing Trump’s MAGA crowd apart. And when he finally did speak up, it was to defend Tucker Carlson — and Nick Fuentes.
The Epstein grifters
There are plenty of serious questions to be asked about Jeffrey Epstein. Where did he get his money? Why did so many major figures hobnob with him long after his plea agreement on sex charges with minors?
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