LETTERS OPINIONS
River News: Our View
The Christmas season arrives every year with its stubborn insistence, quite like the sudden ringing of a bell on a quiet street, stopping us in our tracks to take a look around. It reminds us, with its cold weather and warm beverages, its white snow and bright lights, its soft …
Tiffany talks transparency as reader awaits action
To the Editor: I received an email from Rep. Tom Tiffany on Nov. 19. The subject line read, “Release the Epstein Files.” The body of it contained the same message as his social media post on the same topic, as follows: “I wanted to provide you with an update. This …
Understanding school funding, property taxes, and the facts behind the headlines
As property tax bills arrive in mailboxes across Wisconsin, it is understandable that many taxpayers are frustrated by increases they did not expect. Unfortunately, much of that frustration is being directed at local school districts — often based on misconceptions about how school funding actually works.
River News: Our View
At a Dec. 4 Oneida County Public Works Committee meeting, during which the county’s disastrous response to the season’s first major snowfall was discussed, supervisor Billy Fried uttered what may have been the most revealing sentence of the entire 45-minute deliberation.
What do we do about China?
The United States is confronting an existential threat — but not the kind defined by ships on the horizon or missiles in the air. The danger instead stems from a waning sense of national purpose and a growing doubt about America’s global role. Nowhere is this more apparent than in …
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River News: Our View
Wisconsin has never lacked for political passion, and that’s an understatement. From the Progressive era’s dismantling of the patronage system to Scott Walker’s toppling of public-sector unions that provoked tumultuous protests, the state’s residents are ready to have a go on almost any issue at almost any time, and from …
Secretary of embarrassment: Mr. Ethos goes to Washington
If you were looking for a great choice for a terrible Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth was always your man. It was entirely unsurprising that President Donald Trump picked him. No rational person could want Hegseth anywhere near America’s chain of command, and it’s unclear that any rational person ever …
Politicians, please drop your creepy Joker smiles
It seems half the country’s political figures have been instructed to grin like a theme-park greeter. Supposedly, that makes them seem friendly, approachable, relatable. When I want humanoid patter, I turn to chatbots. They’re more convincing.
Wikipevil?
Wikipedia is “Wokepedia,” complains Elon Musk. That’s because it’s become so left-wing. “It’s designed to push an ideological agenda that you can’t see,” says journalist Ashley Rindsberg in my new video. He runs “Neutral Point of View,” a Substack publication that exposes Wikipedia bias.
Trump’s war on drugs could be lunacy
Since President Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” in 1971, federal, state and local governments have spent an estimated $1 trillion fighting it — and losing. Donald Trump now seems fully engaged in that futile conflict, adding his own twisted brand of violence.
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Disparate impact
Google settled a racial bias lawsuit for $50 million. Merrill Lynch paid $20 million. Maryland taxpayers will have to pay $3 million to make a racial discrimination suit go away.
River News: Our View
What happened on Oneida County roads over Thanksgiving — or didn’t happen, as the case may be — was not merely a matter of routine public-sector incompetence but a complete and abominable public-safety failure. County highways remained snow-covered and icy through two of the busiest travel days of the year, …
Thank You Sheriff Joe Fath!
To the Editor: After more than four decades of dedicated service, Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath will be retiring this December. As someone who has known Sheriff Fath for many years, I want to take a moment to publicly thank him for his extraordinary commitment to the people of Vilas …
Gwendolyne Kerchefski (nee Mohr)
With her journey here on earth ending, Gwendolyne Kerchefski (nee Mohr) met peace and joy with our savior on November 30, 2025. She was born December 31, 1941, to late Raymond and Ruth V. Mohr. Also predeceased by her brother Leonard Mohr, nephew Richard Mohr, and special friend the late …
Mamdani could ease Trump’s return to New York
There’s no mystery why Zohran Mamdani wanted to get along with Donald Trump. The president threatened New York City with funding cuts, deployment of federal forces and other unpleasantries if its voters elected the self-described democratic socialist as mayor. But why after calling Mamdani all kinds of names, even warning …
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