Opinion
Letter to the Editor 10-12-2022
It was a pleasure reading Mr. DeWitt’s column this week. Growing up I was taught to be as positive as possible, therefore leading to healthier minds and bodies. Name calling was prohibited, as this tends to be one of the first steps in bullying. This week’s column brought back many fond memories of the past.…
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This is Fire Prevent Week! Make sure you have a smoke detector and they work. This week marks the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention week and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has announced its theme for this year; “Fire won’t wait, Plan Your Escape”. According to the NFPA, “This theme reinforces the critical importance…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 10-5-2022
Changes! As I think about all the time that has past in my life-time I quickly think about how things were some fifty years ago and all the changes that have taken place over those years. We must embrace change or we will be left behind. I learned the printing trade from my father and…
Read MoreLetters Editor 10-5-2022
Dear Mr. DeWitt, I commend you for publishing the article “Here’s what to know about abortion access in post Roe Wisc” by Samantha McCabe, Wisconsin Watch, in your September 21, 2022 issue. I was a practicing RN from July 22, 1952 until the end of May 2010, except for the 3 1/2 years when our…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 9-28-2022
Letter to the Editor: Speakers at the recent Border Education Summit talked about the Mexican-US open borders. First day in office, Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) that ended the emergency declaration on the border and halted any further border wall construction. Next border EO re-implemented the “catch and release” policy. The administration neglected to…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 9-21-2022
Are we becoming a nation without a God? Over the weekend I was watching a news program on television about our Christian religion. It stated that within 25 years, less than half this country’s population would embrace Christianity. Evangelist Franklin Graham appeared on another show and questioned us Christians if we are following God’s Ten…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 9-21-2022
Letter to the Editor: Congressman Mike Johnson has a good article on the topic of “the separation of church and state.” The term “separation between church and state” does not come from the Constitution, but from a personal letter that President Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. Jefferson wrote “the language…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 9-14-22
Letter to the Editor: In the spirit of bi-partisanship here is a proposal suggested by ChazzBeau, veteran political insider, living in Denile, AK: If Donald should win the presidency in 2024 with his promise to pardon the Capitol vandals and police attackers–then, in the two plus months that Joe would still be president, he could…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 9-14-22
Who wants to take away our freedoms? In his “Red Rant” speech in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago, President Biden told the American public that MAGA Republicans wanted to take away our freedoms. But if my memory serves me right, and I have thought for some time that Biden’s party has come out against…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor 8-17-2022
Letter to the Editor: So what exactly is in the book, “The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates?” According to Pastor Matthew Trewhella, “The doctrine of the lesser magistrates declares that when the superior or higher civil authority makes an unjust/immoral or decree, the lesser or lower ranking civil authority has both the right and duty…
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