LETTERS/OPINIONS
Reader supports Schimel
To the Editor: We have a disease in the country with activist judges trying to write new law rather than applying the existing law as written, intended, and validated from prior cases. Wisconsin is now being infected based on events after the State Supreme Court election and this activism could …
Reader supports Crawford
To the Editor: I want to encourage you to vote for Judge Susan Crawford to be elected to our Wisconsin Supreme Court. Susan Crawford grew up in Chippewa Falls, raised with values like hard work, common sense, responsibility and honesty.
Republican budget: Debt and denial
To the Editor: Suppose a friend of yours complained about how far in debt he was, “I’ll never get out of debt even if I live to be 1,000.” And then while having another beer he said “Did I tell you I’m going to part-time starting next week?”
Lakeland Times: Our View
This is Sunshine Week — a week to celebrate or bemoan the state of open government in America — and as usual we present our readers with our annual grades for local officials. As readers can see, there are a bunch of truly responsive government officials, and there are also …
The good, the bad, the undocumented
President Donald Trump is deporting immigrants — 11,000 last month. Some people are unhappy about that. Last week a judge ordered a stop to Trump’s removal of Venezuelan nationals. (Deportation happened anyway.) I definitely want immigrant criminals deported.
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Billionaire blunder?
To the Editor: Elon Musk intends to buy Wisconsin. Big money contributions bypass identification. Reporters think at least $1 million of Musk’s money supports Brad Schimel in our Supreme Court race. But Musk’s wonderkids are naïve. Funding an attack ad on Schimel’s opponent, they goofed, posting a Harvard professor’s photo …
Yes, Non-Citizen Terror Supporters Should Leave
It should go without saying, but America does not need more Hamas sympathizers. Yet this simple truth seems to confound a wide variety of commentators across the political spectrum. This week, the White House announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be deporting an apparently green card-holding Columbia University graduate …
Good for the Jews? No.
I probably don’t agree with anything Mahmoud Khalil has to say about Israel. He’s the Columbia University student activist who has been arrested and threatened with deportation in the name of fighting antisemitism. Trampling on free speech rights is no way to fight antisemitism. Neither is cutting off funding for …
It’s a new session in Madison
Do you know what a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) is? You should — they’re controlling your healthcare. This is why I recently introduced Cole’s Act, legislation to reform PBMs and ensure your doctor, not corporations, controls your drug decisions.
Reader criticizes Senator Baldwin and Democrats
To the Editor: An open letter to Senator Baldwin: In the past I have contacted your office to voice my displeasure regarding your response to Canadian Dictator Trudeau because of the Nazi/Gestapo tactics he used to quell the mostly peaceful trucker protest and to express my displeasure regarding your vote …
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Two faces of Trump
To the Editor: In the months leading up to the November 2024 Presidential Election, we saw the two faces of Trump. One face was the “message” one in which he promised to whip inflation, lower prices, protect social security and health coverage, etc.
Tariff troubles
To the Editor: Our farmers are worried about the tariffs (taxes) that are going to be put on exported ag products by our trade partners, and with good reason, they have been there before.
Tax the past?
Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas and electricity by taxing the past.
Lakeland Times: Our View
What’s really alarming in this country is just how many people simply don’t understand what speech is protected by the First Amendment, and what is not, or who enjoys constitutional rights and who does not.
Protecting Medicaid funding for our communities
To the Editor: Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of Americans, including children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. It provides essential healthcare services, ensuring that the most vulnerable members of our society receive the care they need.
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