OPINIONS
Primary election endorsements: Jarchow and Tiffany
For attorney general: Adam JarchowThe Republican primary contest for attorney general features two major candidates who sharply contrast with each other, Fond du Lac district attorney Eric Toney and former lawmaker and attorney Adam Jarchow.
Another week, another disastrous attack on open records
Last week, in a decision that was too clever by half, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued yet another egregious ruling that took aim at the heart and soul of the state's open records law.
The return of the rule of law and democratic process
It is a signature of the modern age - or at least it has been, particularly in the progressive mind - that democratic process and constitutional principles take a back seat to partisan outcome, particularly in judicial adjudication and in matters of the administrative state.
Joe Biden is the worst president ever ... so far
The calamities that, taken together, form the infrastructure of Joe Biden's presidency have become so massive and monumental that they threaten to become the very essence of the presidential enterprise, not calamity due to misguided or mistaken policies but calamity as policy itself.
Tourist Rooming House regulations: Enough is enough
There are two county landfills in Oneida County, one located out on Hwy. K, the other at the courthouse in what is otherwise known as the county zoning department. Both are filled with garbage, one with the solid waste kind, the other with the regulatory kind.
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The party of the rich and indifferent
Over the course of the past several months it has become clear - though it was clear enough for some of us all along - that the United States and its partners in the corporate-military complex are deliberately engaging in a high-risk proxy war with Russia, a war that, with …
Tony Evers: The gas tax man and his gas tax scam
One would think, if one were a sensible person, that in a time of economic pain, our political leaders would be searching for ways to ease that pain.
Holewinski must prove his leadership
The loud political cheer everyone heard in Oneida County this month was for the overwhelming election of supervisor Scott Holewinski as county board chairman.As with others, we offer our congratulations.
The perils of rogue power
Everywhere these days there are attempts to carry out rogue power, from the top to the bottom, people attempting to kill democracy in the name of democracy.
Is the president tone-deaf or hostage?
As his poll numbers sink ever lower, President Joe Biden continues to dig himself into a deeper and deeper hole, so deep now that many believe he cannot possibly recover to help his party for the midterm elections.
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The mindset of the modern liberal
The county board elections are behind us now, and an alert electorate defeated an organized attempt by the progressive left to take over the Oneida County board.
America, we've got a problem
America is terrified, and rightly so.Our nation is facing its greatest challenge to survival in a long time. People are scared. They are scared to go to the grocery store or to the gas station. Every day they are worried they might die or that life may never return to …
Did Dennis Lawrence violate the Hatch Act?
We all know the federal government has a "deep state" that operates in the shadows of the formal government, agencies and entities not quite hidden from public view but whose employees engage in dubious activities that are shrouded in secrecy and shielded from accountability.
Toward a government of openness and inclusion
It should be obvious that inclusion must be a foundational principle of open government - though it's not, especially in Wisconsin - and it should be reflected in state statutes.
Where is justice? Where is the justice system?
All eyes are on our criminal justice system this week as details continue to emerge surrounding a 2020 alleged sexual assault, and a Minocqua police officer's refusal to follow up or direct follow-up to the residence where the crime was potentially being committed, despite 911 and personal pleas for him …
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