OPINIONS
We're all Native Americans now
So much for diversity.As it turns out, most Americans can now claim themselves to be Native American.
Living in the age of impeachment
If Democrats win the U.S. House of Representatives next month, they are going to be a very busy bunch of radicals. (subscriber access)
Beware the new sexual McCarthyism
Writing in the Wall Street Journal this past week, the noted civil libertarian attorney Alan Dershowitz decried the spectacle that is otherwise known, first, as the confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, and, more recently, as his show trial for alleged crimes of sexual assault.
Swing low, sweet media
This is now the third recent editorial in which we have decried the collapsing standards of the mainstream media - each one made necessary by an incident in which the media took journalism to a new low. (subscriber access)
The court jester and his treasonous friend
The ink wasn't even dry on our editorial last week about the decline of American journalism - its dishonesty, its hypocrisy, its bias, its absolutely brazen disregard for journalistic standards - when none other than The New York Times published an anonymous opinion piece that took journalism to a new …
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Defending a truly free and independent press
America's long and cherished free press - the vital Fourth Estate that stands as the people's watchdog over our three branches of government, tasked with providing the accountability necessary to keep people free and self-governing - is crumbling before our very eyes, and only time will tell if it can …
The need for consistent zoning
The vote by the Oneida County Board of Supervisors this week to rezone a 10-acre parcel of land to allow a gravel pit in Hazelhurst stirred up a lot of passion, and it may or may not have been the right vote, but it once again shows the need for …
By no means a mandate
The sheriff's race is effectively over - with all due respect to Tom Wakely, who garnered eight votes and will be on the ballot in November - but we do have a few takeaways from the primary election.
At Oneida County sheriff's department, dysfunction rolls on
This past week, the Dane County district attorney's office dismissed sexual assault charges against former Oneida County deputy Lee Lech, who was accused of rape by former deputy Sara Welcenbach.
Voting is critical this year
In the Political Digest section today, there is a reminder for all residents to make sure they have the proper ID for voting in this year's elections, and we echo the call, for both the Aug. 14 primary and the November general election are shaping up to be critical ones, …
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To Russia, with hate
Trump Derangement Syndrome has been on full display this week after the president's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
Yet another bad decision on the Fourth Amendment
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not as well known as its First and Second Amendment counterparts, but the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government is vital to liberty.
Sulfide mining in a special-interest world
As Oneida County continues to write a new mining ordinance, and with pro-mining and anti-mining forces galvanized because of a huge zinc and mineral ore deposit in the county, we so far remain agnostic about the need to extract it, and whether it would be environmentally wise to do so.
Hold the line on gas taxes
It's springtime, and that always gives us the comfort of familiar things: mud and road construction, but also rising temperatures and flowers and picnics.
We're taking bold actions to protect Wisconsin's hunting traditions
Wisconsin is ready for bold, decisive action to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). (subscriber access)
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