LETTERS/OPINIONS
Student wants help for local restaurants
To the Editor: My name is Victor, and I am a junior student at LUHS in Minocqua. This letter is about large restaurant chains taking over smaller, local restaurants, which threatens the variety of food options and harms the financial health of local communities. Also, my letter is for a …
Student addressess the state of mental health
To the Editor: I’m a seventeen year old student here at LUHS and the purpose of this letter is to address the state of mental health. I’m writing a letter about this because I’ve noticed both in and out of my own life and others that there are a lot …
A smoke shop next to LUHS at student’s dismay
To the Editor: My name is Bella Wewasson and I am a Junior at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, Wisconsin. There is a smoke shop located right next to our High School. As a concerned member of the community, I am writing to express my opinion that smoke shops …
‘Teachers are the real Heroes’
To the Editor: Hello! My name is Gavin Peters from Lakeland Union High and I am a junior in high school writing about an issue I feel strongly about in the school community. Teachers mean the world to some people and create strong habits for later life.
Student asks Times to review mental health crisis in teenagers, offers his findings
To the Editor: My name is Frankie Plahuta, I’m a Senior at Lakeland Union High School. It has recently been brought to my attention that mental health issues are much bigger than how it is being dealt with currently.
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The Zohran Mamdani revolution
They did it. They finally did it. Those maniacs. They blew it up. As New Yorkers walk dazed through the streets of the world’s greatest city, seeking perhaps the half-buried Statue of Liberty lying beneath the silent sands of a deserted beach in the Forbidden Zone, one thing has become …
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 …
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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 …
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.
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