LETTERS/OPINIONS
Protecting roadless lands protects our future
The wild forests and clear waters of the upper Great Lakes region are the lifeblood of our people. These places ground us, feed us, and connect us across generations. For generations, the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe has been a caretaker of these lands, doing our part to protect the clean …
Reader urges respect for diversity, rejects hate and violence
To the Editor: Over the past year I have been deeply disturbed by the hate filled messages and violence directed to or about people of the LGBTQ communities, multiple nonwhite racial communities, different religious communities, and various groups of people who have sought refuge in America. Neither my parents nor …
The downfall of ICE Barbie
I’m the last person to defend her. For starters, I’m a dog lover and shooting a puppy you “hate” because you couldn’t train her to hunt pheasant is no way to win my respect. The fact that she told the story on herself in her autobiography, presumably to polish her …
Lakeland Times: Our View
Bruce Springsteen has spent at least half a century on stage. For many of us, it seems a lot longer, closer to eternity, quite possibly like we’ve been condemned to a front row seat in Hell. Say what you want, though, the man knows how to pack them in. Stadiums, …
Iran’s last hope is American division
The United States is winning. Anyone telling you otherwise is either mistaken — or rooting for a different outcome. That may sound blunt. But it happens to be true.
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Why?
A very bad guy is gone. We did it. Yes, we can. But was he a threat to us? Was his country? An imminent threat? Of what? Do they have nuclear weapons? How much of their capacity did we already destroy? Eliminating the nuclear threat? Regime change?
Lakeland Times: Our View
In Wisconsin, a legal dispute that could reshape private property rights in the state began with something so ordinary it barely seemed worth noticing, or, for the corporate media, hardly worth reporting.
Trump sets one trap at the SOTU, and falls into another
More Americans are realizing that both political parties have failed miserably in dealing with immigration. It’s true that President Donald Trump has squandered his advantage. His approval rating on immigration has hit record lows, with only about 39 percent of Americans approving of how he handles the issue. Many think …
Supreme Court throws out Trump tariffs and upholds Constitution
So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump’s …
A call to retire an offensive place name in Cassian
To the Editor: Remnants of racism remain in the Oneida County Township of Cassian as a call to people of goodwill to stand against cruel and insulting taunts directed at Native Americans.
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1 hour and 47 minutes
It clocked in as the longest State of the Union speech in history. Probably the only prize it could win? Nastiest? Most theatrical? Maybe. Full of Trumpism’s — phony symbolism all about him, overblown claims and outright lies — the usual stuff.
Mamdani’s NYC flirts with chaos
A brutal cold snap has gripped New York City and much of the East Coast, freezing streets, sidewalks — and, it seems, any remaining sense of civic restraint.
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.
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