LETTERS OPINIONS
New rule will hurt local economy, calls for others to contact elected officials
To the Editor: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a dangerous new rule beginning Oct. 22 that will threaten the healthcare of millions of Americans. The rule, “Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments,” will effectively end Americans’ ability to personally import their prescription medicines.
If Hegseth wants to strip the military of weirdos, he should resign
Where did this guy come from? How did a TV personality end up leading America’s defense department, especially in a time of war? Donald Trump put Pete Hegseth in charge of the Department of Defense. It’s now officially called the War Department, but I’m not ready to go there.
Genocide poppycock: The targets of genocide accused of committing one
The attempt to massacre Israelis that played out on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week was both extraordinary and more of the same. The Omani co-pilot stabbed the pilot and tried to seize control of the plane, telling investigators that he intended to crash it at …
Stop buying votes. Everybody!
It would be hard to find a more insulting offer than to exchange money for your vote. That’s exactly what President Donald Trump did in announcing that if voters keep Republicans in power come the midterms, he’ll send every adult citizen a $5,000 check.
Time with Teddy: It’s good to share a dog’s life
“Everyone thinks they have the best dog,” wrote W. R. Pursche, “and none of them are wrong.” Those who’ve never had a dog don’t get it, and you can’t blame them. People who’ve never had a Toll House cookie likewise have every right to be ambivalent on the subject.
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‘Externalities’
To the Editor: Once upon a time the World was in balance. Trees and abundant other forms of plant growth needed, and absorbed, carbon-dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere. They gave back their waste product, oxygen. A limited population of humans and numerous animal species needed the oxygen, and gave back their …
Free AI
Cell phones made my life easier. So did the internet. Artificial intelligence may enrich it even more. But lots of people are worried. “Stop AI or we’re all going to die!” shout protesters.
River News: Our View
If you want to know why we have so much poverty in northern Wisconsin, not to mention right here in Oneida County — and we do have more than our fair share — we urge you to read the article in this week’s edition about the DNR’s plans for the …
September 11 seems like yesterday in New York City
Smoke still rose from the ruins of the World Trade Center, and the smell of nearly 2,000 deaths lingered miles uptown. A reporter asked New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani whether he worried that the city’s Muslim neighborhoods would be attacked in revenge for that Islamist-inspired atrocity. Giuliani responded that he …
The Best of us: 25 years later, reflecting on windows of hope
For those who remember the way savagery shattered serenity on Sept. 11, 2001, the last 25 years haven’t dimmed the memory of the evil that occurred that day. One remembers the photos of the missing, murdered plastered on Manhattan’s buildings and street poles and The New York Times obituaries — …
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President Bush addresses the nation
On the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, millions of Americans were struggling to make sense of the events that occurred earlier that day. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, Americans were forced to confront the unsettling reality that America was under attack.
Fashion queen’s luxury splendor, moral squalor
Anna Wintour spent nearly four decades reigning over Vogue magazine. She was chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and its glitzy gala. Wintour is an inspiration for the imperious fashion editor in “The Devil Wears Prada.” With her trademark bob hair, sunglasses and snotty English accent, Wintour …
Rent control ... still doesn’t work
In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control. I said that would lead to bigger problems. Was I right? My update video reveals what happened.
Into the breach: Global Camps Africa works to rescue Africans’ future
Historians may settle on President Donald Trump’s demolition of the United States Agency for International Development as the perfect exemplar of America’s precipitous plunge: the nullification of the best and most idealistic of what we have to offer by those whose values are the worst and most cynical we’ve ever …
Harry and Meghan. Who are these people?
It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and move back to England. What was that to me? I …
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