LETTERS/OPINIONS
Shambles: America surrenders, unconditionally
There was a time when lying all the time was frowned upon, and when easily demonstrable lying all the time could get a fellow into trouble. If President Donald Trump has succeeded at anything, it is in proving that those days are over. Pathological, even felonious, lying did not impede …
‘Something sinister’: anglers sound alarm over DNR mismanagement
To the Editor: Politics and Science don’t mix. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of Wisconsin was created in 1967 when Governor Warren Knowles reorganized and combined the Conservation Department and the Department of Resource Development. For the first 28 years the DNR secretary was appointed by the Natural Resources …
Digging for answers in Minocqua
To the Editor: Is it not the right of a person to receive compensation when their personal property has been damaged or destroyed by another party? Not only is it a legal right but a moral one as well. So why does our township of Minocqua feel they have no …
Hillary is right
In a new interview this week, Hillary Clinton identified the key decision that resulted in President Donald Trump’s election in 2024. It all boiled down, in her view, to a “terrible miscalculation” - former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s decision to run for re-election. Mr. Biden made a “terrible mistake …
Lakeland Times: Our View
There’s a saying in legal circles — at least it’s rumored because we don’t actually run in legal circles — that people should keep an eye on dissenting opinions issued by courts because, sooner or later, they become majority opinions.
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An Iran agreement defined by unanswered questions
The Trump administration is promoting a new agreement with Iran as a diplomatic breakthrough. White House talking points emphasize Iranian commitments to forgo nuclear weapons, international verification, regional stability and economic incentives tied to compliance. Yet many of the details that have emerged so far raise more questions than answers.
Weed control, out of control
To the Editor: When the weeds are gone, what else disappears? As someone who values the health of our communities, not just for people, but for the wildlife we share it with, I feel compelled to speak out about the continued use of toxic herbicides like Roundup in residential neighborhoods.
State rules push anglers and wake boats into risky waters
To the Editor: Aquatic Invasive Species: Is the Wisconsin DNR Fueling the Fire? Recent discoveries of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) in many Northern Wisconsin lakes raise an important question: Are state-level regulations — or the lack thereof — contributing to the spread of AIS?
Roadless Rule under fire
To the Editor: When I was a young guy, my dad was a small-town lawyer and a friend of Senator Bill Proxmire D-WI. Proxmire was a staunch fiscal conservative famous for his Golden Fleece awards; he would award the golden fleece to federal agencies wasting money. Long before I was …
A denial of denial
To the Editor: Your editorial last Friday entitled “The real election deniers” is a masterpiece of conflation and confusion. About the recent Los Angeles mayoral election you state both that “there is gigantic election fraud going on and anyone who denies that is the real election denier” and later “the …
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Lakeland Times: Our View
There was a revealing discussion at the Oneida County zoning committee last week, and, to boil it down to its essence, it was mostly about how to punish people — nefarious people! — who found ways to exploit vague provisions of the county’s shoreland ordinance.
Apology tour: Americans abroad experience humility and humiliation
For Americans traveling in Western Europe this summer, it’s a time of real humility, and some humiliation. You have to be quite the American exceptionalist to defend America these days, when what seems truly exceptional about our country is a presidency that is openly, even flagrantly, corrupt.
Putting ‘professionals’ in charge
I’m not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte — the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald Trump’s first choice for Director of National Intelligence — he was right to …
AARP Wisconsin urges Congress to protect earned Social Security benefits
To the Editor: Social Security is too important to wait. A new Trustees Report makes it clear: if Congress fails to act, Americans could face a 20 percent cut in benefits by 2034. For millions already struggling with rising costs, that is an urgent threat. If nothing changes, Social Security …
Democrats’ struggle with men reflects a deeper cultural disconnect
One of the more revealing political developments of recent years has been the Democratic Party’s growing concern about its declining support among male voters. After years of watching men drift toward the political right, many Democrats have begun asking a simple question: Why are men leaving?
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