LETTERS/OPINIONS
State of disbelief: Journalism takes a hit, and so do we
A publisher, Adlai Stevenson quipped, is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff — and then publishes the chaff. Significant segments of America believe just that: that the media are in the business of selling “product,” no differently than plastic goods manufacturers or car dealerships.
A candidate who cares about freedom
Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Libertarian Party convention, asking delegates to vote for him, promising, “I will put a libertarian in my Cabinet!”
River News: Our View
As we report today, in an astounding vote Tuesday, the Vilas County board of supervisors defeated a resolution 18-2 that would have recommended that clerk of court Beth Soltow be recalled, and it tabled a similar resolution for circuit court judge Daniel Overbey.
After talking to friend a reader has election integrity concerns
To the Editor: Did your vote count? Most people have voted several times. You check in, verify name and address, get your ballot, and go to the voting booth to vote. When you are done put your ballot through the machine. Easy, we have done it before.
The state of the race
The convictions should have made a difference. But did they? I was more troubled by what came out at Donald Trump’s trial than I thought I would be.
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The Democratic subversion of democracy
We have heard repeatedly during this election cycle that Donald Trump is a deep and abiding threat to democracy. That threat supposedly springs from Trump’s belief that he won the 2020 election, as well as his promotion of the specious legal theory that the vice president has the unilateral power …
Reader responds to editorial responders
To the Editor: I am responding to the June 14 letter to the editor written by a group of Bidenites aka Biden cult followers whining about an “opinion piece” written June 7 by Gregg Walker and Richard Moore.
Lakeland Times: Our View
Two days ago, on June 19, the nation celebrated the federal holiday of Juneteenth, though each year since it became a holiday in 2021 the celebrations have become more divisive and partisan — just like everything else in this country.
How Hamas defeated Israel
When residents of the Middle East woke up on the morning of Oct. 7, the Palestinian cause was in a sorry state.
You owe $100,000!
America is now almost $35 trillion in debt. That means every American owes $100,000.
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Reader asserts preservation bolsters Oneida County economy
To the Editor: Someone didn’t get the memo! The headlines this week report Wisconsin sees another record-breaking tourist season in 2023, and tourism is expected to break records in 2024.
The verdicts: Trump v. Biden
The contrasts could not be starker. Two juries did their jobs: carefully considering overwhelming evidence of guilt and reaching the only verdicts supported by substantial evidence. Against a highly politicized background, and in the face of intense media scrutiny, the criminal justice system worked.
Hunter Biden is guilty. But you knew that
Over the years, I’ve written a lot about drug offenders sentenced to decades in federal prison, even life without parole, for first-time nonviolent offenses.
Lakeland Times: Our View
They say there’s always a silver lining in a bad situation, and one of the silver linings of having schools closed during the pandemic is that, because of remote learning, parents actually got to see what educators were teaching their kids, many of them for the first time.
Climate activist urges vote for protection of northern ecosystems
To the Editor: Earlier this year, members of the Chequamegon Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) attended a Work Party in Stevens Point with CCL-ers from across Wisconsin to develop strategies for turning out environmentalists to vote in this year’s elections. The idea is to use our democratic system of government to …
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