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River News: Our View
First, let’s begin with the good news. A lot of Wisconsinites are breathing heavy sighs of relief now that the socialist Francesca Hong was sent to the gallows by her own party earlier this week.
Ogres on pikes: Americans embrace the politics of decapitation
Anyone looking for an actual liar about COVID-19 shouldn’t be eyeing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who spent 50 years protecting the public health and earning every accolade he got. If Republicans wanted to highlight bona fide lying about COVID, the guy they’d haul in for questioning would …
Naked dressing: From Studio 54 to the bridal procession
Brides should know that they already have a man. They don’t have to use their wedding to attract a date for Saturday night. They’ve supposedly secured one for the foreseeable future.
Who’s to blame when parents choose not to vaccinate their young?
What is the death count under Donald Trump? We’re not talking about loss of life in his war with Iran. We’re not talking about natural deaths by aging or unpreventable diseases. We mean Americans who die because they refuse safe vaccines that Trump or his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy …
Saved by the boys of summer: Baseball to the rescue, again
At my age, I shouldn’t care so much whether the Boston Red Sox win or lose, let alone permit my daily mood to rise or fall accordingly. It’s only a game. It’s supposed to be a pastime (according to AI, something that “helps make the hours pass pleasantly when you …
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River News: Our View
They sure do love to talk a big game. That would be the Botch Brothers, Oneida County zoning director Karl Jennrich and county board and zoning committee chairman Scott Holewinski, just in case you haven’t seen them give one of their performances. Jennrich is known for writing tough-talking letters to …
Pete Hegseth’s war
So far, the number is $37.5 billion. That’s how much we’ve spent so far on the war against Iran. What have we got to show for it, other than lost American lives? What could we do with that money at home?
Americans are free to be suckers
Many of today’s consumer loans are legal but abusive. Payday lenders and used car sellers often steer customers into costly contracts they barely understand. Low-income borrowers with jobs, and therefore, dependable cash flow to siphon off, are favored targets.
Dark season: The oldest hatred deepens and spreads
Time-honored wisdom holds that if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. The explosion of venom, vitriol, vandalism and violence against Jews since Israel was attacked by genocidal killers on Oct. 7, 2023, begs the question: Is what certainly looks …
License to lie: In Trump’s America, you just say anything
“I cannot tell a lie,” young George Washington supposedly told his father when asked if he’d cut down a cherry tree. That there was no tree and George never said those words hasn’t impeded the myth that holds otherwise, popularized by one of Washington’s early biographers. Ever since, Americans have …
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3 reasons not to visit Europe this summer
For some reason, many Americans seem convinced they have to tour Europe this summer — despite the heat, oppressive crowds and high prices all descending on the continent. And if anyone needs a fourth reason, it’s to recognize the growing resentment among many Europeans as the tourist hordes turn their …
‘Time to shut down Enbridge Line 5’
To the Editor: Since February, the pipeline corporation Enbridge has been wreaking havoc on some of Wisconsin’s most precious woods, streams, and wetlands. Why? So the oil industry can keep expanding the most destructive industrial project in human history: mining the Alberta tar sands.
River News: Our View
On the fundamental question of whether the Oneida County Board of Supervisors should enact a one-year moratorium on data centers, the answer is a certain yes.
Graham Platner’s disqualifying behavior
The Washington Post put it this way: Platner, before the latest allegation, faced scrutiny for old social media posts dismissive of sexual assault, a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol that he has since covered up, sexually explicit text messages he sent to other women after he married in 2023, and …
Dropping candidates is getting to be a habit — and it’s not a sign of strength
It’s beginning to be a habit. It, in this case, is the messy business of center-left political jettisoning one leader suddenly deemed unelectable and, without resort to the usual rules or democratic procedure, designating a replacement. It’s the process that came fairly close to giving Americans President Kamala Harris in …
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