LETTERS OPINIONS
A reader’s reflection on sacrifice
To the Editor: On Veterans Day, I thought about my father, he volunteered and risked his life fighting fascists during World War ll. I then reflected on Donald Trump disparaging Senator John McCain. He called McCain, who spent five years as a POW, a “Loser,” and said, “He was a …
Oneida County Court Report
The following cases were recently filed or heard in Oneida County Circuit Court:
Heartfelt thanks to local schools for honoring veterans
To the Editor: We wish to express our most sincere heartfelt gratitude to our area schools for the fantastic programs they put on to honor the veterans for Veteran’s Day. We appreciate that the programs are on different days so the veterans can attend several or all. Each program also …
A reader’s reflection on sacrifice and political controversy
To the Editor: On Veteran’s Day, I thought about my father, he volunteered and risked his life fighting fascists during WWII. I then reflected on Donald Trump disparaging Senator John McCain. He called McCain, who spent five years as a POW, a “Loser,” and said, “He was a war hero …
Exactly as warned: Trump’s AG pick is the bottom of the barrel
In just two weeks since being elected to return to the White House, Donald Trump has given those accused of suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome ample cause to feel, well, decidedly un-deranged.
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Your Right to Know: A fund to fight government secrecy
In 2022, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council created a designated fund to help cover legal costs associated with fighting to pry records into the public domain. Called simply the WFOIC Legal Fund, it has never had more than $4,000 in its coffers. But the council, of which I am …
Why Trump won
Donald Trump. He’s back. After the most dramatic election cycle in modern American history, Trump has won a sweeping victory, moving every single state in America in his direction from 2020.
The blame game
And now it begins. America has elected a very flawed candidate. An aging, raging bully. Not the first choice of many Republican leaders. Not an acceptable alternative. Not a moderate by any standard. Not presidential by any definition.
River News: Our View
America spoke with a loud and clear voice in the presidential election Tuesday, shouting out for a new direction and for a new unity by giving Donald Trump not only a significant electoral college victory but a popular vote win, too, the first time since 2004 the GOP has accomplished …
Politics is never over
The American political struggle will not end today. There. Having resisted for months making a prediction about the contemporary political scene, I have no hesitation making that one. But it doesn’t mean what you think it means.
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A glance at Neo-Marxism, Capitalism and DEI in America
To the Editor: Neo-Marxism, although fundamentally socialist/anticapitalist in nature, is not simply an economic system, but an extension or expansion of classical Marxism, the ideological framework upon which the implementation, governance or power structure of communism is based.
We must love one another
To the Editor: "We must love one another or die." These words from the poem, "September 1, 1939," were a call to people to respond with open eyes and hearts to a world-changing event.
Republicans have been ‘gaslighting’ Northwoods residents
To the Editor: I have been around long enough to get tired every two and four years of Republican gaslighting Northwoods residents just to get elected.
Readers urge “No” vote on constitutional amendment referendum
To the Editor: Vote no to your ballot referendum question for amending our Wisconsin Constitution by changing the word “every” to “only.” Once again, the Republicans are circumventing the traditional legislative process just to say that something that is already illegal is still and always will be illegal. Not a …
Dishonest, corrupt and ignorant
To the Editor: In response to the long-time overly dark and negative editorial policies of the Lakeland Times’ Richard Moore and Gregg Walker which in general mirror Donald Trump’s campaign speeches and tweets, I submit three points I feel will be Trump’s legacy:
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