LETTERS/OPINIONS
The SAVE Act
The Republicans are determined to pass it. It’s their Hail Mary pass for the midterms. If you can’t win an election fair and square, then suppress the votes. Disenfranchise those who aren’t likely to vote for you. Create a phony problem that you then have to solve. It’s an outrage. …
Are we safe anymore?
It’s time to ask some serious questions. As spring travel ramps up, a record 171 million Americans are expected to take to the skies. Airports will be crowded, security lines long, and for many travelers, a fundamental question will linger: Are we safe?
Lakeland Figure Skating Club presents ‘Finding Your Light’
The Lakeland Figure Skating Club will present its annual spring ice show, “Finding Your Light,” on April 11 and 12 at 1 p.m. at the Lakeland Hawks Ice Arena. This year’s production is dedicated to mental health awareness, weaving themes of strength, resilience, and self‑discovery into a program designed to …
Care Conversations help patients navigate serious illness decisions
Aspirus is strengthening support for patients diagnosed with serious illnesses through Care Conversations, structured appointments that provide dedicated time for patients and providers to discuss goals, preferences, and expectations for care. These conversations are designed to ensure medical decisions reflect what matters most to the patient as their condition evolves.
Public praise, private pettiness
To the Editor: In his recent letter to the editor, “Clarifying my contributions to Manitowish Waters,” supervisor Doug Zeise went out of his way to thank “the resident” who submitted a letter and expressed appreciation for “the resident” taking the time to speak up. As the actual resident who wrote …
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The economists who got it right
Politicians say they can “make the economy work better.” I once believed they could. But years of reporting taught me that politicians’ attempts to “fix” the economy usually make things worse.
Lakeland Times: Our View
It should not come as a surprise, but it should alarm all of us that Gov. Tony Evers, who has time and again exposed his addiction to power and privilege, did so once again this month when he went on a veto binge for the ages.
Facing financial reality in LdF
To the Editor: If perhaps you toured our brand new firehouse last October during the open house, or at least you’ve driven past it a time or two, you’ll have to agree we have perhaps the biggest and best fire barn in the area.
The way they talk
Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Host turned podcaster, is in the business of getting attention. This week, it worked. She got the attention of the President of the United States in her attack on fellow conservative talker Mark Levin, not to mention the support of fellow bomb thrower Marjorie …
Iran is losing. Why pretend otherwise?
Don’t fall for the propaganda. Iran is not holding its own in this conflict. It is being systematically dismantled. One by one, the senior figures of the Islamic Republic have been eliminated: generals, security chiefs and regime power brokers. The country’s leadership has been decapitated at the highest levels, leaving …
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Reader challenges reparations, shares his view of tribal history
To the Editor: A previous writer had asked for comments regarding places and things still carrying native american names and also brought up reparations. Regarding the latter, I know more about the indians from the southwestern part of the country because that’s where I grew up.
The inexplicable war
Why are we there? Is it because Israel was going to go there first/anyway, or because we wanted Israel to go? What are we doing there? Did we really bomb a girls’ school? How could we have made such a mistake? How can we not take responsibility if we did?
A missed deadline shouldn’t deny justice to Oneida County firefighters
On Sept. 5, justice was denied to thousands of firefighters in the United States when the filing window for Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) multidistrict litigation closed. Less than 13,000 cases were filed, comprising a sliver of the U.S. firefighter population. Almost 99 percent of those exposed never knew that the …
Lakeland Times: Our View
There is a simple yet durable rule in physics that systems tend to veer toward entropy unless external energy is applied. That is, in the universe, disorder is the default setting. Turns out, governments within social systems behave the same way, just substitute ‘accountability’ for ‘energy.’ Left to its own …
Student Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: In many areas of Wisconsin including Vilas and Oneida counties, deer are a common sight, especially white-tailed deer, where the population is very high here in Wisconsin. Deer are an important part of all local ecosystems and habitats, but their activity near roadways causes serious safety problems. …
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