OPINIONS
Two cheers for Michael Schiek
We're never shy about telling things like they are, nor do we hesitate to admit when we're wrong, and it's the latter we are doing this week.
A chance for a new start at the DOT
A few years back, this newspaper called upon Gov. Scott Walker to fire DOT secretary Mark Gottlieb.
Of desperadoes and Russians
Back in 2009, just after Barack Obama was sworn in, the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh opined that he hoped the new president would fail.
A standing ovation for local election officials
As we report in today's edition, in the wake of the state's presidential recount, county, city, and town clerks are being inundated with open records requests related to the election, and some of the requests are quite significant.
The Buffoonery Factory
Seriously, we are not making this story up:Once upon a time, in a land far, far away from our planet - the Oneida County Courthouse - a few good old boys were sitting around behind closed doors doing what good old boys do, you know, figuring out the latest way …
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How can they sleep at night?
Let's be clear from the get-go: No one seriously believes the Russians stole the U.S. presidential election for Donald Trump, not even the political activists pursuing recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Giving thanks for the white noise
We hope our readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and are in the midst of an equally enjoyable weekend.
Redefining politics
This past July, the pundit Tucker Carlson, appearing on Fox & Friends, talked about the nomination of Donald Trump and the way he had single-handedly redefined the Republican Party.
The public safety committee, corporation counsel should be replaced
In a state chock-full of politicians opposed to open government, as Wisconsin is, where Republicans tried just last year to repeal the entire open records law, one can imagine that it might be difficult to determine whom the biggest enemy of open government is.Nay, nay, no it's not. We have …
By any just standard, Hillary Clinton is unfit to be president
It was quite a spectacle, yes it was, when those gathered at the Republican National Convention this summer began chanting, with reference to Hillary Clinton, "Lock her up, lock her up."
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Fighting the coup d'etat
The fix is in on this presidential election, and everybody knows it.The Democratic establishment, the Republican establishment, and the nation's media establishment have all decreed that Hillary Clinton shall be our ruler, and so in October they have engaged in an obviously coordinated plan to destroy Donald Trump.
A fitting farewell to the 'Republican Party'
Steamrolling into the election, the "Republican Party" as we have all known it is set to meet its expiration date, and the party's demise, after the antics this past week of establishment "Republicans," can hardly come too soon.
District disappoints in handling of Huseby matter
As we report in today's edition, Kelly Huseby has resigned her position as principal of Crescent Elementary School. School principals hold a unique place in any community as they are entrusted with the lives of innocent children every school day.
The Democratic scam on local control
Sometimes it's hard to know whether Democrats are hard-nosed hypocrites who lie profusely to reconcile all their contradictory positions, or if they are simply confused and disconnected from reality.Or both, like Hillary Clinton.
Local control vs. local liberty
We hear a lot about local control these days, mainly from local government officials who want more control, particularly at the county level. Ah well, that's the nature of being a county official.
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