Opinion
Off the Editor’s Desk 3-26-25
Elon Musk, my hero! He is the new Superman in Washington, cleaning out fraud, waste and just dumb spending. He has been hired by President Trump to stream line our federal government, making the government departments accountable for spending our tax dollars efficiently and reducing waste. President Trump had reported that the DOGE team had…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 3-19-2025
A mistake from the past that can be avoided! With all the federal employees getting laid off or fired and the hardship it may impose on their families, I found this great piece written by Bill Wilson and published by the Capitol Guardian and we have permission to republish it. “While it may not be…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 5-12-2025
Congressional Democrats are full of hate! If you watched President Trump’s address to Congress last week you had to have a negative feeling about the elected Democrats when they sat on their hands when the president introduced several people that were invited to the ceremony. Most Democrats in Congress sat unemotional as Trump introduced a…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 2-26-2025
I thought the election was over! By the looks of the information and mail pieces I am receiving daily it looks like the election is just a few days away. I have been over loaded with political advertising each day whenever I look at my emails or go to the post office. First it’s several…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 1-29-2025
We spend more on interest than on defense For this week’s column I am using the op-ed below. It was written by Robert Romano and appeared in the Capitol Guardian on January 15. It is about the amount of spending that our federal government does and how much it will increase over the years. Let’s…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 1-8-25
Remembering! Saturday along with my grandson, Zach, we drove to Portage, Wisconsin to a Christmas party with number two son, Alex and his family with grandkids and a couple of great-granddaughters. On the 190-mile trip to Portage, I was thinking about how we got together at Christmas time as a family. My earliest memory is…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 12-25-24
On top of Christmas bills, its tax time! It’s the end of December and with that are the bills to pay for the Christmas gifts that you purchased and by now you also have received your property tax statements. Did that tax statement shock you? On top of those taxes, Congress is trying to pass…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 12-18-24
Biden Pardons 39, two from Wisconsin President Joe Biden last Thursday pardoned 39 people and commuted the sentences of 1,500 other people in an action that is being called “the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history,” according to the White House announcement. This action comes shortly after he pardoned his son, Hunter, for…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 12-11-24
Is there more pardons coming? Following last week’s big news break about the President pardoning his son, Hunter, comes word that there may be many more pardons in the next few weeks while Joe Biden still sits in the Oval office. Here is what Americans for Limited Government President, Rick Manning, had to say about…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 12-4-24
He’s making good on his promises! President-elect Donald Trump is putting together a good number of people that will become government officials when confirmed by the senate and those people will lead this country in making his election promises come to reality. One of the items that Trump addressed during the campaign is to do…
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