Editorial
Off the Editor’s Desk 3-29-2023
Are elected officials targeting Trump? It seems to me that just ever since former President George W. Bush left office we heard of people being persecuted by some sort of federal office. It was not that long ago that we learned that parents were the targets of a federal investigation for attending school board meetings.…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 3-22-23
Not sufficient funds! A year does not go by that officials of government bodies wrestle with money problems and they have more projects than the local property tax base can handle. State law caps property tax levy in Wisconsin. The only other way to increase that revenue is to get approval from the voters. So,…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 3-8-23
Interest payments on national debt exceeds defense spending Over the number of years that I have been writing this column, I have been questioning the national debt and the amount of spending that our national government does and much of it is with borrowed money. Last week I read an article penned by Casey Harper that…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 3-1-23
If there is nothing else to talk about, do the weather! If silence grips the conservation in your group, one can always turn to the weather as a topic and it is always making a change. The snow of last week brought back memories of the Halloween snowstorm of 1991. As many of you may…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-22-23
Growing concern over drugs in Oregon! My friend, Dan Knoebel who lives in Boise, Idaho has been keeping me informed on a subject that some of the counties in Oregon’s want to move into Idaho. He sent me a news clipping from the Idaho Press that quoted a state representative, Judy Boyle telling a state…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-15-2023
Everything is going to be fine! I got the feeling that everything is going to be fine. That is if I just could believe in anything that President Biden said in his State of the Union address a week ago Tuesday. Every thing will be better if we can make the government bigger is the…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-8-2023
What would Lincoln think? “The place of Abraham Lincoln in history is not only secure, but it is one which will grow from year to year. His name stands first in the Pantheon of this republic, and his star will shine down the vista of the centuries, a guiding light to all who follow. To…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-1-2023
Do you have classified material in your house? How many of us have stored somewhere in our home or office some secret document that contains some highly classified information, like the atomic powered space ship on the way to Jupiter? We do not enjoy access to those files. As the past week has shown, if…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 1-25-2023
Directing your attention away from what matters! “Last week, U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling was coming due on January 19 and that Congress had better act to increase or else, boy, would there be hell to pay. The sun rose on January 19. Nothing happened. There…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 1-18-2023
2022 top news stories With the help of Fox News and the Associated Press I would like to put forward their list of top news stories of last year, with my comment following: Covid-Pandemic enters year 3. How many have died from the vaccine? 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Chair of the Winter Olympics…
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