OPINIONS
Time now to deal with radical Islamic terrorism
A terrorist has inflicted another horrible tragedy on the United States and its citizens, and, as usual, there's one more casualty than the number reported by the mainstream media.That would be truth itself, which lies mortally wounded in the hail of proclamations fired off by the media, by liberal and …
Our unelected parallel government
As we report in today's edition, a U.S. Senate panel held a hearing last week on the multiplying costs of unfunded federal mandates hoisted upon state and local governments by an array of federal agencies, such as the EPA.Those costs are dramatic, and they undermine the ability of states to …
Famous last words
The media wants you to know that Donald Trump is in big, big trouble. That's the message put out by NBC and others after Trump's news conference this week. The issue for the media, it seems, is that Trump has a temperament problem.
A dishonest-to-goodness good-old-boy cover-up
The revelation that the Oneida County Sheriff's Department was less than honest in its attempt to protect the reputation and career of former deputy Lee Lech, whom a co-worker has accused of rape, is profoundly disturbing, and should not go unpunished by the county.Let's be clear: The sheriff's department lied …
The Nurse Ratched election
The 2016 presidential election just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser, as they say, and we're not talking about the Republicans.Oh sure, the mainstream media keeps focusing its fire and fury on Donald Trump, as if they believe they can somehow sink him, though hundreds of millions of dollars in attack …
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On transparency and executive overreach
It is an established if underreported fact that the Obama administration is one of the least open regimes in recent history, despite Obama's oft-repeated goal of being the most transparent president ever.He may be transparent in his own mind, and in the minds of the media charlatans who give him …
Obama's war against Main Street
It's not particularly news that President Barack Obama has little love for Main Street.By Main Street, we mean the small businesses that provide the economic lifeblood in smaller communities outside major urban centers, as well as the cultural and social institutions that grow up in these little havens of America. …
Things don't go better with Koch
One thing about Donald Trump, whether you love him or hate him, he has certainly exposed the true politics of those populating the leadership of the Republican Party, and for that reason the Republican Party will never ever be the same, if it survives at all.For many years, the "conservative" …
De Niro asks the questions that need to be asked
Ask serious scientists and doctors these days about the causes of autism, and most of them will tell you it's caused by a genetic predisposition likely coupled with an environmental trigger.That's the easy part. Then the questions begin.How strong are those environmental triggers compared to the genetics? And just what …
President Obama, President Bush: We owe you a very big thank you
It's not often we give a big thanks to President Barack Obama or former President George W. Bush, but this week we feel we have to give credit where credit is due.That's because the hallmark of both administrations is and was massive, naked political corruption. With Bush, it was shameless …
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Once again: Beware the rising tide of censorship
During Sunshine Week, we bemoaned the rising tide of censorship not only in the government and its increasingly closed doors and suppression of information but in the larger culture.The tides have only swelled in size in that short time.Subsequent pictures of the sombrero-wearing students, otherwise known as cultural oppressors, caused …
The president is a disgrace to the nation
We do not agree with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on a lot of things, but we very much agree and applaud his characterization this week of President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba.In short, as Rubio posted on Facebook, it was "one of the most disgraceful trips ever taken by a …
Sunshine Week: The Northwoods River News' 2016 open records grades
In honor of Sunshine Week - a celebration and advocacy of open government - The Northwoods River News presents the newspaper's 2015 awards and grades for openness in conducting public business.The following grades are calculated using several measures, including how responsive officials have been this past year to open records' …
Bradley's foul mouth; the Left's foul intentions
Supreme Court justice Rebecca Bradley sure let us know how she felt when, as a young college student, she let loose with some blunt language about Bill Clinton and various constituencies within the Democratic Party and the political Left.
Illegal immigration is a humanitarian crisis
The horrific reports coming out of Washington about unaccompanied immigrant children, as we report in today's paper, should underscore a very important but often overlooked point about illegal immigration: The injustices brought about by allowing illegal immigration to take place affect not just Americans but the immigrants themselves.
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