LETTERS/OPINIONS
Is Donald Trump the second coming of Andrew Jackson?
The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he entered for the first time as the 47th president.
ATV Club seeks common ground amidst ongoing debate
To the Editor: Regarding Steve Halverson’s letter to the editor in the Jan. 17 edition of The Lakeland Times; I managed to get through all of the confusion and rhetoric, and I’d like to say that he makes two very important points. These should be the focus, not what car …
Reader defends motorized sports, criticizes silent sports enthusiasts
To the Editor: I would like to point out what Steve Halverson refuses to mention, snowmobile and ATV/UTV riders all have club memberships and buy trail passes that raise money to pay for the ridiculously expensive equipment club members use volunteering to maintain trails, members and tourists use who spend …
Lakeland Times: Our View
As expected, Donald Trump’s second term got off with a bang and not a whimper as he took swift action to remake the United States in the people’s image, as opposed to the elite’s self-interest, and already a change in the mood of the nation is apparent.
The end of ESG
“Sustainability” investments became popular a few years back. So-called experts said companies shouldn’t just focus on profit. They should put more effort into being “nice.” Funds pushing ESG (environmental, social and governance) were all the rage.
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Minors and porn
Of course the state has a legitimate interest in preventing minors from accessing porn online that is intended for adults. Who could be against that? Certainly not the state of Texas, which overwhelmingly passed a law requiring porn sites to verify the age of users seeking access to their sites. …
Reader asserts Tiffany's bill endangers affordable medication
To the Editor: Are you a senior citizen on Medicare? Will you be? Did you know Representative Tom Tiffany is working to make it harder for you to afford medicine?
A breath of fresh air
This week, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees began their Senate confirmation hearings. After four years of the administrative malaise of the Biden administration, the nominees proved to be a breath of fresh air. They completely reject the failed philosophies of the Biden years — and the contrast is absolutely stunning.
Is Los Angeles toxic?
While I’ve been mainlining local news to see if my house, on the edge of an evacuation zone, was going to survive, my daughter (who I’ve been staying with) has been doing research on the air. As depressing as it has been to see these fires destroying my adopted hometown, …
The Parable of Michael Gableman, Part I: Rise and fall
Editor’s note: Part II of this guest editorial will be published next week. On November 19, 2024, the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) instituted a formal disciplinary proceeding against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman.
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Halverson responds to ATV proponents
To the Editor: First of all, I do not disdain motorized sports. I welcome and support snowmobiling; as do the towns of Boulder Junction, Manitowish Waters, and Winchester. I also support water skiing and most other motorized water sports. I do not support ATVing where the town government and the …
Reader's Rage: Sick and tired of ATVs/UTVs on roads!
To the Editor: I am so sick and tired of reading about ATV/UTV clubs and owners demanding their machines be allowed to operate on various town and county highways that I could scream! How do these selfish people justify their narrow interests over my safety and everyone else who drives, …
Gullibles’ travels: Trump routs America. Americans yawn
The Supreme Court’s narrow vote to permit a New York state judge to formally pronounce a practically meaningless sentence on Donald Trump pursuant to a jury verdict convicting him of 34 felonies was hailed by some as promising news, that there remain institutional guardrails constraining the 47th president from doing …
Anarchists versus libertarians
“Donald Trump will be a tyrant!” So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about “terminating” parts of the U.S. Constitution.
Lakeland Times: Our View
The “new journalist” — meaning drug-induced crackpot — Hunter S. Thompson once wrote a novel entitled Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas about two protagonists who pursue the American Dream in Las Vegas, of all places, using drugs as their fuel.
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