LETTERS/OPINIONS
How Trump finally buried the Iraq syndrome
Something crucial happened with President Donald Trump’s recent actions in Venezuela. In fact, taken together with his earlier moves abroad, they mark the substantive death of what might be called the “Iraq syndrome” — a paralyzing mindset that has distorted American foreign policy for more than two decades.
Flu season
I thought I was reading something wrong. The same story had two “headlines” on the screen. One announced that the flu season surged in the United States over the holidays and already rivals last winter’s harsh epidemic. The other — the caption for the picture of a flu shot that …
Representative Novak applauded for work to protect public information
To the Editor: On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Governor Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 440 relating to the how government and court notices that appear in newspapers are published. The change, championed by Representative Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville) ensures the continued integrity and print quality of important government information known as legal …
Going to extremes: As our domestic cancer spreads, America flails
Five years to the week since the extremism-fueled, extremist-led Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol and with plentiful documentation of the metastasizing threat from extremism from both Right and Left, Farah Pandith could be forgiven for feeling that her life’s work combating hate is hopeless.
First Amendment and what it means to teen-agers
If you’re looking to get jazzed up about journalism, judge a news competition for professional reporters and editors. You’ll be impressed by the talent and dedication. If you’re looking to get jazzed up about journalism and inspired by terrific young people, judge the Wisconsin Civics Games editorial-writing contest.
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Lakeland Times: Our View
If you live in the Lakeland area and have been wondering what that smell is hanging in the winter air, well, first off, it’s not the folks at the Minocqua Brewing Company, as reasonable a thought as that might be. Not this time, anyway.
AARP: WI needs strong laws to stop crypto criminals from stealing in our local businesses
Criminals have found a new way to steal millions of dollars from older Wisconsinites. Before lawmakers adjourn this current legislative session, they have an opportunity — and we believe an obligation — to stop them.
Tatiana and Trump
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced the death of the late President’s 35-year-old granddaughter. “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”
Doomed?
While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, “We’re a nation in decline.” Now that he’s president, the left agrees. “We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire,” says Cornell West.
Lakeland Times: Our View
There is something wonderfully peculiar about New Year’s Day. It arrives every year with great ceremony and very little instruction. There’s no Christmas tree to put up — though we might take one down — or any great big list of gifts to buy. After Thanksgiving’s reflections and Christmas’s family …
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JD Vance gets America’s creed and heritage right
With America’s 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the right this season about what it means to be an American couldn’t be more timely. Vice President JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy — the 2024 presidential aspirant who hopes to be elected Ohio …
You don’t have to be Jewish
One of my most distinct memories of childhood is sitting in the back seat of my mother’s car with my sister on Christmas Eve as my mother explained that there would be no Christmas at our house because we were Jewish. It’s not your holiday, she told us. And it’s …
Criticism of the criticism: A call for reflection and forgiveness
To the Editor: I’m writing about the paper’s three attacks on the Oneida County highway commissioner concerning inadequate Thanksgiving snowplowing. You report that two of the possible causes may have been two broken trucks, and six trucks that hadn’t been delivered. It’s unclear why you blame the commissioner for those …
Socialism vs. capitalism
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union “wasn’t real socialism.”
Transgender teens
According to data from the CDC analyzed by the Williams Institute at UCLA, some 3.3 percent of American high school students ages 13-17 self-identify as transgender. Earlier studies, sometimes asking the question differently, have reported a range from 1.2 percent to 2.7 percent.
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