Opinion

Only 18 months to go! I watched two different Sunday morning talk shows on television. Both are noted for their political slant toward one party or the other. First program was where guests were talking about all the problems this county faces, like the debt limit, high prices for almost everything you buy. They put…

Are you prepared for a long retirement? As we grow older, did we save enough money to see us through our declining years? Did we squirrel away funds into some retirement account to supplement our Social Security check? Some time ago I was watching a television talk show, I don’t remember which one, but the…

Another fire death Fire at a home in Dunn County’s Tiffany Township took the life of a rural Downing man, early Monday morning, Details were not available when his column was written shortly before noon on Monday. Glenwood City Fire Fighters asked for and received help in fighting the house fire from Boyceville and United…

It just keeps growing! I don’t know when it started, but once the federal government passed a bill that offered some sort of government funding for a program, that opened the flood gates for more government spending to where the federal government spending is out of control and the 2023 discretionary spending is projected to…

Did you enjoy the three days of summer? Did you enjoy the three days of summer we had last week? With temperatures pushing close to 80 degrees late last week I thought that summer had arrived, but winter came roaring back and on Monday morning the ground was white again and the temperature was just…

Harry Truman, where are you? Over the past couple of weeks or longer I have watched and listened to President Biden or members of his staff blame former President Trump for all the ills that face this country. I blame Biden for the high price at the gas station, fuel to heat my home and…

Your Constitutional rights How do you feel about your constitutional rights that are guaranteed to you under the First Amendment to the Constitution? Could you see yourself as the subject of political harassment by the IRS or being called a domestic terrorist because you stood up at a school board meeting or voiced your opinion…

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.…

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,…

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…