OPINIONS
It's just another day
The liberals had their way again at the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands this week, with the big-government politicians - attorney general Brad Schimel and secretary of state Doug La Follette - outnumbering state treasurer Matt Adamczyk in voting to buy almost 1,000 acres of land in Oneida County.
The time to act on health care is now
There is apparently only one thing that is worse than having Democrats in complete control of the federal government, and that is having Republicans in control of it.
Time to deep-six misinformation about Carlin Club
There's always two sides to every issue, at least, and a contested attempt by Carlin Club LLC to pump water out of its well adjacent to Carlin Lake is no different, with a lawsuit set to be heard in November.
More nonsense
It is just amazing to us how sensational and dishonest the mainstream media and liberals can be when it comes to anything Donald Trump.
For every season
As we celebrate the Fourth of July, there's one thing most of us know to be true, or at least we should: It's great to live in America, with all the riches and opportunities this nation still possesses.
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The GOP tries to hammer free speech again
OK, let's just say it: When it comes to open government and free speech, the Republicans are just a rotten, lousy party. They like neither free speech nor open government.
An American trademark: Free speech
These days the First Amendment is on shakier ground than it has been in a long, long time.The attack on free speech by the Left has been going on for years, of course. It started decades ago with the banning of displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms and courthouses, …
The overwhelming success of Obamacare
President Donald Trump came to Wisconsin this week, and among the things he did while in the Badger state was to meet with some of the "victims" of Obamacare, which he called a catastrophe that must be reversed.
Citizens deserve answers, information in dog neglect case
The prosecution file is shut tightly on a recent decision by an Oneida County assistant district attorney not to charge the owner of a dog-rescue operation who was accused of serious animal neglect and abuse, but the assistant DA, Mary Sowinski, needs to open it and let the sunshine in.
A toast to Martha Milanowski
In the opening scene of Woody Allen's movie "Stardust Memories," Allen plays a character sitting in a train car that is full of somber and sad people as they wait to depart the station: Older couples stare blankly ahead; no one is smiling; the conductor's face is expressionless and motionless; …
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Supervisor gone rogue
There are many ways to say it.We could say he's insane, but that would surely require us to have some type of government license. We could say his wheels have come off, but we cannot proclaim to be engineers.
Due process in the crosshairs
It's time for the Oneida County planning and development committee to do its job and make a decision regarding the conditional use permit applied for by Marshfield Clinic to construct a hospital in Minocqua.
Oneida County: Where government lawlessness lingers longer
Under the category of What Else Is New ....Once again Oneida County district attorney Michael Schiek has determined that the county has violated the open meetings law, but once again he doesn't believe anybody should be held accountable.
Trump's biggest enemy: The Republican Party
Some people never learn, and by that we mean the establishment of the Republican Party.
When it comes to science, beware the scientists
As we report in today's edition, a major controversy has erupted around the Trump administration's decision to not ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which is widely used on fruits and vegetables and which has been linked to numerous neurodevelopmental problems in children, including higher incidences of autism.The mainstream media and environmental …
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