LETTERS/OPINIONS
Lakeland Times: Our View
Well, it was another week and another bad decision from the state Supreme Court, a pattern we should have gotten used to by now. Over and over again the court has been thumbing its nose at the legitimate will of the people and embracing the prerogatives of the ideological elite, …
The Justice Department whistleblower
“If they can do this sort of thing to Abrego Garcia, to 238 people that nobody knows, and send them to CECOT forever with no due process, they can do that to anyone,” Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department lawyer who has filed a whistleblower complaint with the Senate Judiciary …
How to third party
Elon Musk says he is going to start a new third party. Assuming he’s serious, he’ll soon learn that the Democratic-Republican duopoly has made it insanely hard to break into their — emphasis intentional — system. As The New York Times observes, “Launching a new national political party in the …
It’s too damn hot
Speaking of his budget bill, which will kick millions of people off the health insurance rolls, give tax breaks to the wealthy and add $3 trillion to our kids’ debts, President Donald Trump said last Thursday in Des Moines: “(Democrats opposed the measure) only because they hate Trump. But I …
What the hell happened with the Jeffrey Epstein case?
This week, the internet was set abuzz by a memo from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice about the Jeffrey Epstein case. Epstein, of course, was found hanging in his cell in a New York jail in August 2019, after his arrest on charges of sex …
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Big bill, bigger debt, no plan
To the Editor: In the debate about the budget bill recently passed by Congress, an essential point got lost. Estimates are that the tax and spending bill will add $3.5 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years. Missing from the discussion is that this amount is on …
Lakeland Times: Our View
This week we take a moment to step back and appreciate the Lakeland community and all those who help to make the area what it is, and to offer a special thank you to all those who helped to make our Independence Day celebrations especially successful and sweet this year.
What’s wrong with the Democrats? They need more democracy.
What’s wrong with the Democrats and how can the party be fixed? When an insurgent outsider candidate from the party’s progressive Left defeats a moderate endorsed by the establishment, Democratic leaders reject the results and deny the will of their voters. They refuse the infusion of new ideas and tactics …
The end of patriotism?
America has a major problem: nearly half of Americans — 42 percent — don’t believe in America. According to Gallup, just 58 percent of adults say they are either “extremely” or “somewhat” proud to be American. That number has been in steep decline for a decade: In 2004, that number …
No room for relief, reader admonishes Aspirus
To the Editor: Aspirus Health is failing our community in one important aspect. Aspirus is one of the only clinic/hospital systems in our area, and it employs some very fine doctors and other providers. The administration, though, has made a decision that is making it hard for some people to …
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The big losers: our kids and grandkids
There are so many losers and so few winners in Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” that it’s a minor miracle that, as of this writing, Republicans appear poised to pass it. I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were deficit hawks who would chafe at adding trillions of dollars to …
Reader pleads for ignoring and stifling RFK Jr.
To the Editor: Please ignore and try to stifle the message from Robert Kennedy, Jr., HHS secretary. He is biased, ill-informed and just plain wrong.
Lakeland Times: Our View
A famous film director, Justine Bateman, has an expression of deep feeling pinned to the top of her X account: “Decompressing from walking on eggshells for the past four years.” Bateman posted that after last November’s election, and it captures the emotions of many Americans who feel that they can …
Who is an American
So now all the babies born to undocumented parents in the 28 states that didn’t challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order will have to sue (anonymously, of course, lest this administration deport them, which it would if it could find them) to demand that the Constitution be followed in their …
NYC to DNC: drop dead
The people have a message for the establishment: We hate you. We really, really hate you. The upset victory of Zohran Mamdani in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary — which, in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, makes him the odds-on favorite to win the general election — has profound implications for …
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