OPINIONS
The Twitter, it is a-Changin'
The one constant in American politics is that it is entertaining, if sometimes melodramatic and stressing, and if sometimes the entertainment masks deadly serious issues for American society.
On Tuesday, elect Tim Michels, Ron Johnson, Tom Tiffany and Rob Swearingen
Over the years, The Lakeland Times has tended to stay away from mass endorsements of political candidates, mainly because we strive to offer candidates the opportunity to present their views unfiltered on our publishing stage, and then let voters decide.
The real elephant in the room
In what was a widely watched U.S. Senate debate in Pennsylvania - widely watched not just in Pennsylvania but nationally because of the stakes - Democratic candidate John Fetterman acknowledged early on that the stroke he suffered last May, which still impairs his communications' abilities, was the "elephant in the …
Asking the tough questions on Ukraine
Everyone has watched over the past several weeks as the world has tiptoed to the edge of - how did Joe Biden put it, oh yeah - Armageddon!!, and it's interesting how few politicians in either party have questioned the official government narrative about what is going on in Ukraine.
The grand coalition
This week former Democratic Party presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard walked away from the Democratic Party for good, calling for other independent-minded and weary Democrats to do the same.
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The dirty little secret of student loans
It looks like President Joe Biden's plan to tax Americans to pay for a portion of student loans held by about 17 percent of the population isn't going over too well with said public, as one might expect.
Oneida County public health officials should be held accountable on vaccine outreach
Last week's Oneida County board meeting was a pretty short and non-controversial affair, but one agenda item should concern every Oneida County resident, and that was the board's approval of funding for the county's public health department to engage in Covid vaccine outreach.
To solve the inflation crisis, solve the workforce crisis
We've reported multiple times recently about the labor shortage that is delivering staggering blows to our local economy, as well as about how pervasive the problem is, surging and damaging not only the infrastructure of the private sector but splashing and thrashing around in the labor pools of our hospitals …
The dangerous radicalism of the Democratic Party
Whatever one thinks of the Republican Party - and we have our beefs with it all the time - nothing we see on the horizon suggests that we should not all pray for a red wave in November, given the terrifying policies of the Democratic Party.
Modern America looks nothing like dad would recognize
Dear Dad,I've been thinking about you more than usual these days, this time of year being the 18th anniversary of your death.
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If Evers is re-elected, he's going to come after your piers
In this world, it is said that some things never change, and that turns out to be true.
Sounding the warning against conservative complacency
Last week, former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich released a column challenging the emerging national media narrative that the mood of the country is shifting, that what was considered a coming red tsunami in November is more likely to be a puddle, and that Democrats will retain the Senate and …
Still the same after all these years: Abolish the FBI
Some readers have weighed in opposing our call to dismantle the FBI - and nationally some prominent Republicans have done the same, notably former Vice-President Mike Pence, who says such calls mimic defund the police rhetoric on the left and that the agency just suffers from a leadership problem.
The FBI must be abolished
We'll just say it up front: After the ludicrous and totalitarian raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last week, the FBI should be completely dismantled.
The American Community Survey: It's back and it's still dangerous
If you haven't received your copy of the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) in the mail yet, you will likely get it at some point, because it arrives at randomly chosen homes every month.
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