LETTERS/OPINIONS
Let the groundhogs hibernate
To the Editor: Groundhogs are wild animals and true hibernators, yet every year they are pulled out of captivity — not their natural dens — for a tradition that has nothing to do with their well‑being. The practice began with German immigrants in the 1800s, who used hedgehogs or badgers …
ICE is coming, ready or not
To the Editor: Like it or not, it’s just a matter of time before US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes to Wisconsin, if they’re not already here. After witnessing the chaos that ensued in Minnesota, we have nothing to look forward to here except more of the same, unless …
The ATV safety argument comes full circle
To the Editor: Who now has safety concerns? The Jan. 27 issue of The Lakeland Times included an article discussing an Arbor Vitae town board letter of support for an ATV/UTV trail to run through the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest. The proposed trail would connect Arbor Vitae and …
What the polls show
It was the Fox News poll of voters that a reporter asked the president about, the one that showed 59 percent saying that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had gone too far. Hard to dismiss as fake news, but the president wasn’t biting. He ignored the question, just sat resolutely …
Girls vs. boys
Am I sexist? I think there are differences between men and women — traits beyond obvious physical ones. But when I was young, feminist leaders said there were no differences. The only reason men ran most things was sexism. There was plenty of that. One example people forget: Until 1974, …
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Lakeland Times: Our View
Most people in Oneida County don’t know it yet, but the county will soon make its biggest personnel decision in decades, a decision that will, in no small measure, impact our ability to make a decent living, to run a small business, to use our land reasonably, and to pay …
Democrats’ response to Minneapolis chaos could be to their detriment
The unrest surrounding federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis did not arise by accident. It is the product of a combustible mix: deliberate obstruction by Democratic officials, wall-to-wall legacy media coverage and two tragic incidents that were mishandled by senior figures inside the Trump administration. Together, these forces have produced exactly …
Bovino’s exit
Getting rid of Gregory Bovino, who had been the face (intentionally so) of President Donald Trump’s war on immigrants, is a first step, but it is hardly enough. “You know, Bovino is very good, but he’s a pretty out-there kind of a guy,” Trump said in a Fox News interview …
Reader is nauseated over media’s ‘predictable’ mantra of chaos caused by ICE
To the Editor: Perhaps it is understandable, understandable that a political party with the means and opportunity, would use its power and authority to insure survival. Knowing that newly arrived immigrants, legal or not, would favor the entity offering this open invitation, “Biden world” ignored immigration law. Democrats willfully removed …
Uncommon criminal: The perp walk President protected from prison
It wasn’t enough last week for Americans to stomach the global humiliation of watching an untethered president babbling about “taking” territory from a NATO ally, or listening to his hourly cascade of lies about everything, from the sacrifices the allies he dissed had made on our behalf or the latest …
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Jack Smith
Jack Smith finally got his chance to defend his investigation publicly in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Smith is a dinosaur by this administration’s standards. He is the polar opposite of Pam Bondi, which should be a frightening thought. He is a career prosecutor who doesn’t play …
Lakeland Times: Our View
There has been no shortage of news stories in recent weeks about the coming November elections and the battle for control of the Wisconsin Legislature. Republicans are fighting to hold the Assembly. Democrats are making an all-out push to flip the Senate. It’s a good bet right now that each …
Big news: We aren’t going to invade Greenland
But Minneapolis is still on the table. The news out of Davos on Wednesday morning was that President Donald Trump told world leaders that he does not plan to use force to take Greenland.
The C-SPAN of Wisconsin must be saved
A bright light went out at the state Capitol last month. Lawmakers should plug it back in, with help from the public. WisconsinEye, an independent nonprofit, stopped broadcasting gavel-to-gavel coverage of legislative floor sessions, press conferences, public hearings and more from the statehouse and across Wisconsin.
The Insurrection Act
President Donald Trump made the threat, where else, on Truth Social: “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who are only trying to do their job, I will institute …
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