LETTERS/OPINIONS
Boulder Junction town board will make the decision, but will they listen?
To the Editor: A referendum was held on Feb 17, 2004, asking Vilas County voters if they wanted to allow ATVs on county-owned land in Vilas County. The electorate said, ‘No’ by a 63% to 37% majority! The Vilas County Board followed the wishes of the voters – for about …
Pleased for spring hearing participation
To the Editor: What a great turnout at the Spring Hearing held on the 13th in St. Germain! Over 100 attendees filled the meeting room, reminding me of the attendance we use to have pre-Covid. I have told many people that the reason to come to the meeting, is to …
Lakeland Times: Our View
There is a moment in life when the curtains lift and what many suspected for years is suddenly visible in plain daylight. Such moments are rare in politics because the deception is so pervasive and the stage managers are posted in every political corner, but they have become more common …
The kindness of strangers
I’ve been playing in the public arenas of politics and commentary, of columns and television and campaigns, for long enough not to pretend that it was all warm and fuzzy back then. It was mean and sometimes scary. But mostly not. Even during the “hottest” times, we mostly managed to …
Willfully blind: American universities continue to squirm under Stefanik’s anti-semitism spotlight
Congressional hearings aren’t known for generating Must-See TV, so the rare exceptions tend to be notable. Attorney Joseph Welch’s takedown of the demagogic Senator from Wisconsin during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings — “At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency?” — became iconic.
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Reader recites quotes on war
To the Editor: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
How Biden’s DOJ went after pro-lifers
We now know something the Biden administration spent years denying: It wasn’t merely enforcing the law around abortion clinics — it was allegedly partnering with abortion activists to identify, track and ultimately prosecute pro-life Americans. And that should stop every honest person in their tracks.
Have we won yet?
Usually, when you’re talking about winning a war, it helps to know what you were fighting for. What was the goal of the war? If you don’t know that, how do you know the difference between winning and walking away? In a way, the Trump administration has made it easy …
Little kids, big government
Child care got expensive — more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York will fund free child care. Yay! But wait ... what government does isn’t free. Taxpayers pay. And taxpayers pay more because “government rules …
Long Covid: waiting for a cure
My daughter is suffering from long COVID. I have written about it before. I wish I had good news. I don’t. It is a nightmare you should do everything you can to avoid. Most people who get COVID get well and move on. That’s what we want to believe. No …
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Lakeland Times: Our View
In what free speech advocates are rightly calling a decisive victory for the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of a Mississippi street preacher who challenged a local ordinance restricting where he could speak.
Tax the rich?
“Tax the rich!” shout progressives. Why not? America’s richest people are ridiculously rich.
This is what a world superpower looks like
America is living through a moment difficult to describe without sounding a little unhinged. But here goes: We are watching the United States do things that only the United States can do.
Poor Pam
She did everything a loyalist could do. She bowed to his whims. She weaponized the Justice Department, turning it into the weapon and tool of a vengeful president. She fired all those who had dared to do their jobs and investigate him, or investigate and prosecute his loyal army of …
The sudden political star of Trump II: Marco Rubio
“White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict.” So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner’s website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb. 28.
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