OPINIONS
There's something to be said for decency
The 39th President of the United States was smiling on July 27, 1979.
Reader supports conservation easements in Pelican River Forest
To the Editor:There is much misinformation circulating concerning the purchase of conservation easements in the Pelican River Forest which is false and misleading.
River News: Our View
Several weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) proposed a "national divorce," given the extraordinary political polarization we are experiencing in this country and the very real likelihood that on so many issues, from war to immigration to abortion to public health to guns and more, reconciliation simply doesn't …
Reader warns of 'Constitutional Crisis' in State Supreme court race
To the Editor:I have heard the phrase, "the United States Constitution doesn't need to be REWRITTEN, it needs to be RE-READ".
I was a teenage librarian, don't arrest me
Some time ago, I worked after school and during summers at my town's public library. My supervisor was Mrs. Fowkes, a stunning grandmother who, in summer, wore straw hats with flowers.
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The stupid act
After a recent hurricane, Puerto Ricans desperately needed fuel.Fortunately, an oil tanker was right offshore.
An independent conservative speaks out
To the Editor:During the summer of 2021 I had never been an official member of any political party locally, but I knew I wanted to speak with likeminded conservatives and help advocate for accountability and closure to the maladministration that WEC allowed and encouraged the Wisconsin 5 to conduct so …
Northwoods River News: Our View
The next three months will be an important window of time here in the Northwoods because it has the potential to determine just what kind of future there can be in northern Wisconsin.
Global warming threatens winter tourism
To the Editor:Later this month, 40,000 people will be in the Cable-Hayward area for the 50th year of the annual American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race. Collectively, they will spend an estimated $20 million in the region for lodging, dining and entertainment.
Northwoods River News: Our View
Every week, it seems, there is another glaring example of the demise of our constitutional rights right before our eyes, another reminder that we live on the doorstep of tyranny - as the door mat beneath the crushing weight of corporate and government collusion.
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For housing, Oneida County zoning code needs to be completely rewritten-and gutted
It was refreshing to hear the Oneida County zoning committee touch on the topic of our area's affordable housing crisis this past week, as we report in today's edition, and we support the direction that staff and the committee apparently want to take to increase housing density in some of …
GOP R.I.P.
That burst of flames you saw in the distance Tuesday night was not an airplane crash, thankfully, but it was something with a whole lot of consequences for us all - it was the final crash and burn of the Republican Party as we know it.
Wisconsin taxpayers should be very, very scared
Last week we reported about new revenue projections that Wisconsin will have a record surplus at the end of the fiscal year, almost $6.6 billion.
Giving thanks for our opponents
Each year we take this week to give thanks to both the small and big things in life, and, most of all, to give thinks for life itself, and to the future that lays before us. We give thanks not only for what we have, the people and things in …
The Covid vaccine veil is being pierced, and it's long overdue
Though it hasn't yet translated into votes during elections, the gig, as they say, is just about up for Covidian fascists who have used the pandemic as an excuse to plunder the American treasury for power and profit, and to strip us of our civil liberties along the way.
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