LETTERS/OPINIONS
Lakeland Times: Our View
The chairwoman of the state Public Service Commission, Summer Strand, must surely think we’re stupid. She surely thinks U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany is none too bright, given her response to a letter he wrote to her expressing concerns about the state’s utility future. As we report today, Tiffany recently urged …
Open letter to Congressman Tiffany
To the Editor: I recently read in a column by Bruce Murphy in the publication “Urban Milwaukee” that in an interview with him regarding smoke from Canadian wildfires, you indicated that you don’t believe that man-made climate change has been proven, calling it a “theory that needs to be tested …
Reader upset over publication of ‘offensive’ column
To the Editor: I was reading the Friday, Aug. 8 edition of The Lakeland Times and came across the opinion piece by syndicated columnist Ted Rall “Israel no longer has a right to exist.” I found the column to be very offensive and upsetting.
Up in smoke
To the Editor: How interesting that the best, most objective coverage of the biggest story in the Northwoods (the Canadian forest fire smoke) was provided by the letters to the editor by Tom Wiensch and Peter Truitt in the Aug. 8 edition of The Lakeland Times.
The case for political performance ratings
Political opinions are like posteriors; with a few exceptions, everyone has one. And those opinions, like what comes out of rear ends, frequently look and smell terrible, the more so after the passage of time.
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The ‘roving patrols’
In June, the court found, discriminatory “roving patrols” of ICE agents terrorized Los Angeles and its residents, targeting not those who had committed crimes (remember those promises), but anyone who looked Hispanic or spoke Spanish or was hanging out in Hispanic neighborhoods where men find jobs, at car washes and …
My socialist mayor
I live in New York City. “Proud Democratic Socialist” Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I’m not happy about it. But I am outnumbered.
The forever war
The pictures are almost too painful to look at: the starving children and their desperate mothers, the frail and emaciated hostages, the memories of the bodies on Oct. 7.
Hamas understands the myopia and moral imbecility of the West
Just a few weeks ago, it was widely thought that Israel and the terrorist group Hamas were nearing a deal to end the war in Gaza. In that deal, Hamas leadership would agree to go into exile, Israeli hostages would be freed from their hellish captivity and surrounding Arab nations …
Blame Canada?: smoke and mirrors
To the Editor: I was embarrassed to read the letter of Representative Tom Tiffany and others to the Canadian Ambassador to the United States, scolding Canada for allowing wildfire smoke to enter our country. Tiffany and company claim that Canada has failed to use good forest management and firefighting technology.
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Lakeland Times: Our View
It was the ad heard — and seen — round the world. There was the actress Sydney Sweeney — blonde, buxom, blue-eyed, and, God forbid, white — talking provocatively about how good her “jeans” were. And there was the expected blow-back from the unhinged and clueless left, which is the …
Laura Loomer strikes again
Laura Loomer, the right-wing influencer and conspiracy theorist who describes herself as “pro-white nationalist” and who is so far out there that she herself could not make it through the vetting process for a job in either the Trump campaign or the Trump administration, has some new scalps to add …
Towns, DNR duck public-trust responsibility as milfoil spreads
To the Editor: Our lake organizations have lost municipal and state DNR financial support, grants for tax monies, for treatment of our public waters. It is the state and local municipalities’ legal responsibility to keep our public lakes open from Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive species, and provide navigational and recreational …
Smoke and smokescreens: Tiffany’s climate stance under fire by reader
To the Editor: On this very smoky day, I’m wondering (indoors) if Congressman Tiffany has read — all of it — “Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report - Summary for Policymakers” by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Class of 1975 gives thanks for a walk through hallowed halls
To the Editor: The 1975 class of Lakeland Union High School, would like to send a heartfelt thank you to LUHS district administrator Dr. James Koepp for giving our class a tour of our high school on Saturday July 26. We had our 50th class reunion July 25-27.
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