LETTERS/OPINIONS
It’s a new session in Madison
Do you know what a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) is? You should — they’re controlling your healthcare. This is why I recently introduced Cole’s Act, legislation to reform PBMs and ensure your doctor, not corporations, controls your drug decisions.
Reader criticizes Senator Baldwin and Democrats
To the Editor: An open letter to Senator Baldwin: In the past I have contacted your office to voice my displeasure regarding your response to Canadian Dictator Trudeau because of the Nazi/Gestapo tactics he used to quell the mostly peaceful trucker protest and to express my displeasure regarding your vote …
Two faces of Trump
To the Editor: In the months leading up to the November 2024 Presidential Election, we saw the two faces of Trump. One face was the “message” one in which he promised to whip inflation, lower prices, protect social security and health coverage, etc.
Tariff troubles
To the Editor: Our farmers are worried about the tariffs (taxes) that are going to be put on exported ag products by our trade partners, and with good reason, they have been there before.
Tax the past?
Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas and electricity by taxing the past.
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Lakeland Times: Our View
What’s really alarming in this country is just how many people simply don’t understand what speech is protected by the First Amendment, and what is not, or who enjoys constitutional rights and who does not.
Protecting Medicaid funding for our communities
To the Editor: Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of Americans, including children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. It provides essential healthcare services, ensuring that the most vulnerable members of our society receive the care they need.
The Democrats looked silly
There they were, dressed in hot pink, waving signs, banging on a cane. If that is what counts as resistance, we are all in trouble. The fact is that by showing up, the Democrats gave the president an audience he doesn’t deserve. Would they all have shown up at a …
Lakeland Times: Our View
President Donald Trump took to the podium for his presidential address Tuesday night and, in typical Trumpian style, he touted his administration’s whirlwind accomplishments over the past six weeks, castigating Democrats (Joe Biden in particular) along the way and even praising the beauty of the word ‘tariff.’
Defense of DEI
To the Editor: It’s interesting to see you tying yourself up like a pretzel over DEI [editorial, 14 Feb.], trying to value diversity, equity, and inclusion, while condemning DEI, a program that attempts to make those values real. Yet you claim that it was perverse to eliminate one small portion …
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Countdown to chaos: courthouse security
To the Editor: How long will it be before someone is murdered in the Oneida County Courthouse? The courthouse has multiple unsecured entrances, and anyone can walk in with a gun or knife. Hopefully no one will ever be killed there, but hoping isn’t a rational strategy.
Restoring objectivity
A critically important and consequential election is quickly approaching. In less than one month, Wisconsin will decide the future of its justice system. I have raised my family here and built my life right here in Wisconsin, and I am fighting tooth and nail to ensure that we do not …
What happened today?
The president and JD turned a meeting that was supposed to make nice in the White House into a segment for Fox News as they openly shouted at Ukraine’s leader for not being thankful enough for America’s aid and Donald Trump’s leadership.
Reader offers Bible lesson on mercy
To the Editor: “If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful toward the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.” (Rev. Benjamin Cremer).
The top task for team Trump
President Donald Trump has entered his second term with a bold agenda and unprecedentedly rapid action. In the first month of his presidency, he signed 73 executive orders; he unleashed his Department of Government Efficiency, spearheaded by Elon Musk, to identify waste, fraud and abuse across executive branch agencies; he …
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