LETTERS/OPINIONS
All’s well that ends well?
Not exactly. First of all, it’s not clear what “all” exactly means. Was Iran’s nuclear capacity really eliminated? What capacity did they actually have? We don’t seem to have a consensus within the administration on even the most basic questions, or they wouldn’t be pushing back so hard against those …
One bad turn from a funeral
To the Editor: About 12:35 p.m. on June 24, we were traveling north on U.S. Highway 51. Three red pickup trucks in a row, and a red dump truck behind us. At County Road W in Manitowish Waters, the first two red trucks were turning right onto W, so was …
Disney dreams, debt realities
To the Editor: Our senator, Ron Johnson states that he’s against having a huge debt, “I know everybody wants to go to Disney World, but we just can’t afford it.” Senator Johnson needs to take off his Mickey Mouse ears and put on his Pinocchio nose, and start telling the …
Lakeland Times: Our View
Progressives in this country have a peculiar sense of justice. On the one hand, the left has tried for years to send Donald Trump to prison, literally for the crime of being Donald Trump. Trump Derangement Syndrome is a very real disorder, even more so than just plain old progressive …
Congress must act to help the new postmaster general pull USPS back from the brink
The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate increases and degraded service. David Steiner, who will take over as Postmaster General on July 14, has a …
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We support Ukraine. Shouldn’t we be supporting Iran?
In “1984,” one of George Orwell’s characters explains that “doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” There’s a less elegant, yet equally absurd, way to describe the behavior of a politician who expresses two contradictory beliefs at once. People …
Congregate meals unite community
To the Editor: Seniors, heads up! Earlier this year I was anticipating having major surgery and was seeking some way to get meals. I didn’t think we were eligible for Meals on Wheels since my husband was able to drive. One of my friends showed me a monthly menu for …
Israel’s stunning victory over Iran — and 2 big lies debunked
This week, Israel finally unleashed its firepower against Iran’s nuclear program in a devastating feat of intelligence work, technological competence and war planning. The Israelis not only caught the Iranian regime flatfooted, but they devastated Iran’s war-making capacity, degrading Iran’s missile launchers by half, its nuclear program by up to …
The little pink house
Is your home your castle? Not when eminent domain law lets politicians confiscate your property if they claim it’s for “public use.” Politicians say they need the power to take property to build public projects like roads and railroad tracks.
Parade over protest
To the Editor: Please do not give one line in next week’s paper to the planned idiocy gathering of people who have nothing else to do but make fools out of themselves with their ignorance and denial of what President Trump has accomplished in just a few months to make …
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Lakeland Times: Our View
For many years now, there have been grumbling and murmurs about how worthless the North Central Regional Planning Commission is, not to mention how anti-local government the very concept of it is, and every once in a blue moon the murmurs bubble to the surface.
Israel: An idea that no longer makes sense
People who support Israel, no matter what it does, tend to hang their hats on a series of familiar arguments. Israel, they say, is the only place Jews can live in security. Critics of Israel want to eliminate Israel. The abolition of Israel would render Israeli Jews homeless (ethnic cleansing), …
No kings
What does it say when Alex Padilla, a sitting member of the United States Senate, the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration, is wrestled to the ground and handcuffed like a common criminal?
Medicaid cuts will cost everyone
To the Editor: You would almost have to be living under a rock to have missed the passage of the new budget bill — the “Big Beautiful Bill” — by the House of Representatives. This bill contains huge cuts to programs that help us stay healthy and live well, one …
The protests in LA
I’m fine. Thanks for asking. Other than the endless and awful worries that come with caring for my daughter with long Covid, and the very real fear that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his boss will cut all the research programs that are the best and only hope for the …
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