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Toxic femininity
“Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?” — Henry Higgins. Those are the words librettist Alan Jay Lerner penned for the fictional professor Henry Higgins in the 1956 musical “My Fair Lady,” and honestly, it could have been the title of Helen Andrews’ much-discussed recent essay in Compact. …
An open letter to congressman Tiffany
To the Editor: Tom, this is no time for the House of Representatives to be on vacation! There is so much you could be doing besides preparing to run for higher office.
Demolition zone: Trump’s wrecking ball is more than a metaphor
Donald Trump’s sudden demolition of the White House’s East Wing may have been ugly, but it sure is a metaphor. It’s hard to pinpoint the most stomach-turning aspect of the razing, though Americans, who disapprove of it by 53 percent to 23 percent according to a new YouGov America poll, …
Who’s afraid of big bad Bari?
There’s something bonkers in the hard left’s hysteria over Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News. A psych eval comes toward the end. John Oliver recently delivered an unhinged tirade against Weiss as a right-wing tool of MAGA. Oliver was his usual self — frantic hands, googly eyes and a …
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Clean CR, dirty consequences
To the Editor: For the people of northern Wisconsin, especially those relying on critical access hospitals in Tomahawk, Park Falls, Eagle River, and Antigo, the ongoing political brinkmanship in Washington is not a remote issue — it is a matter of life and death.
Bag man: Meet tough-talking Tom Homan, crime fighter
As the first and only convicted felon to serve as president, Donald Trump’s claim to be concerned about crime in America is a somewhat compromised one. And, of course, it’s not just the 34 felony counts on which he stands convicted by a New York jury but the federal criminal …
The normie revolution
Three weeks ago, The New York Times released a poll of Americans on the question of whether America’s political system could still solve the nation’s problems. The overwhelming response: no.
Pooping on the parade
If he can do it, I can say it. But why did he do it? You know why? The same reason your kids would — ridicule; mockery. A visible showing of contempt for a significant percentage of what we used to call your fellow Americans. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan …
River News: Our View
On Tuesday, on what would have been the late Charlie Kirk’s 32nd birthday, President Donald J. Trump awarded Kirk the highest civilian honor the nation has to bestow, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Life is always about choices: It’s always instructive to see what choices our leaders make, especially when …
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River News: Our View
This past week, the state Assembly passed a package of bills — in hugely bipartisan fashion — to make housing more affordable in Wisconsin. That the bills were hugely bipartisan — Republican sponsored and Democrat supported — tells us they probably won’t do a thing to help affordable housing, but …
Trump is right: tech visas are raw deal for U.S. workers
The time has come to praise Donald Trump. Let’s savor the moment. The president is right to challenge the tech worker visa known as H-1B. This is a temporary visa that lets American companies hire skilled foreign workers in “specialty occupations.”
Dream weaver: Camp for inner-city kids highlights a great man’s legacy
“What I’ve tried to do,” Boston mega-philanthropist Jack Connors told an obituary writer interviewing him as he lay dying of pancreatic cancer, “is to make sure that the folks whose net worth is $10 get a break, too.”
A billion views!
Eight years ago, I left network TV behind. I worried that moving to social media wouldn’t work — that not enough people wanted news alongside cat videos. I also worried that not enough of you would donate to pay for it.
Moms-to-be: Are you really taking advice from Dr. Trump?
Last Monday, Donald Trump issued an ignorant warning to pregnant women whose doctors prescribe Tylenol, a brand name for acetaminophen. “Don’t take Tylenol. Don’t take it,” he said. “Fight like hell not to take it.” And when in pain, “Tough it out.”
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