LETTERS OPINIONS
River News: 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 …
TikTok runs the table: After Mamdani, Democrats mull picking their poison
In Woody Allen’s iconic film “Annie Hall,” protagonist Alvy Singer instructs his new girlfriend that our existence is divided into two categories: the horrible and, if you’re really lucky, the miserable. For many Democrats who find Donald Trump and his presidency an abomination, their alternative seems a Democratic Party dominated …
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 …
The war should be turned back to Israel
Let me offer some rare praise for Donald Trump. His attack on Iran’s nuclear development sites was carefully executed. Nobody outside a tight circle knew about it in advance. And he was wise in shifting the talk into calls for peace.
Team feckless: Democrats’ blather on Iran does no one any good
While our avowed admirer of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un spent American taxpayers’ dollars parading military hardware through Washington, D.C., in order to celebrate his 79th birthday and sent troops to quell protests about the forcible detention of immigrants, Democrats scratched their heads wondering why they’re so unpopular among …
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Medicaid cuts will cost everyone
To the Editor: You would almost have to be living under a rock to have missed the passage of the new budget bill — the “Big Beautiful Bill” — by the House of Representatives. This bill contains huge cuts to programs that help us stay healthy and live well, one …
LA Is not on fire, to Trump’s regret
The president is doing his best to inflame passions within and at California. Calling in the National Guard against the governor’s wishes is a provocation. Sending in Marines to add drama to his show is an insult as well as incitement. The Marines are not a fashion accessory. They are …
The woke right
In 2018, some activists, appalled by woke nonsense being published by academic journals, submitted nonsensical research. One paper claimed researchers “closely and respectfully examined the genitals of ... ten thousand dogs” to learn about “rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks.”
The con and the con job: Trump proves a blowhard on Ukraine
Last week we marked another anniversary of D-Day, the landing by Allied troops at Normandy, launched to liberate Europe from its murderous occupation by fascists. Thousands of young soldiers died in the initial phases of the campaign to free Europe; many thousands more would die before the Nazis surrendered.
‘Abundance’ is abundantly confused
The hot-selling book “Abundance” is written by liberals who bash liberals, or more precisely, try to make them feel guilty. Sure, authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson shed some blame on conservatives for why America doesn’t build as easily as it used to. But it’s those liberals in expensive cities, …
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Hodag pride: Thank you for $300K in scholarships
To the Editor: On behalf of the Rhinelander Area Scholarship Foundation and the Rhinelander High School Class of 2025, I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the greater Rhinelander community for its extraordinary generosity and continued support of our graduating seniors.
The Human rights campaign
Why does Uber make videos where people say, “I’m non-binary or genderqueer”? And why does Lockheed Martin fund floats at Pride parades? Because companies want to raise their score on the Human Rights Campaign’s “Corporate Equality Index.”
The real problem with Joni Ernst
What do you do about Joni Ernst? The Republican senator from Iowa is being mocked by liberal media and beyond for her snarky response to a question about cuts in Medicaid: “We all are going to die.” That clumsy remark has been skewered for its insensitivity, but its greater significance …
River News: Our View
Well it’s Pride Month and Gov. Tony Evers hoisted the so-called progress flag high above the state capitol last week as the governor saluted LGBTQ “folks” all across the state. Nothing wrong with the salute per se, though raising the flag over the capitol is something else again. The problem …
Feeling sorry for Elon Musk is not impossible
Elon Musk may have thought that dropping more than $250 million into Trump’s reelection campaign would have bought permanent affection from the president. No, it was a show of obeisance that labeled Musk as one to be played. Besides, in Trump’s dog-eat-dog view of wealth, the far-richer Musk may have …
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