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Like former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said of pornography, “I know it when I see it.”
Or, to deploy another aphorism, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, …
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By Bill Barth
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4/16/25
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The 1970s were certainly economically challenging times for our country.
We went from a recession to stagflation to high unemployment and high interest rates.
Time has a way of easing …
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By Chris Hardie
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4/16/25
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In the first half of the last century, roles of women changed rapidly. Rural women slopped the hogs, collected the outpouring of eggs from her chickens, which financed the rural church down the road …
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By Dave Wood
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4/9/25
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To the editor,
Question? What is it that protects all life on Earth? With it, there is life; without it there is no life.
Answer: Earth’s atmosphere.
Since the start of the …
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4/9/25
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To the editor,
My reflections after marching at the MN Capitol. Rise up! I’m mad as hell and I’m not taking it anymore. I’m done with fear, intimidation, and relentless …
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4/9/25
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Normally I don’t get into April Fool’s Day, but this year, I woke up with a mischievous glint in my eyes. Maybe I’m starting to feel like myself again. Or maybe I’m just sick …
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4/9/25
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I recently watched the documentary Join or Die , which follows the work of Robert Putnam, a social scientist who spent decades studying what makes communities thrive. Early in his career, he …
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By Becky Beissel
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4/9/25
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I thought you were supposed to get wiser as you get older.
I think I’m getting dumber by the decade.
For days last week, weather alerts were popping up on my mobile device alerting me …
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By John McLoone
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4/3/25
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To the editor,
It is interesting how Republicans at the national scene including Wisconsin’s Johnson and Van Orden, and locals (Stafsholt, Zimmerman) are responding (or not responding) to …
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4/3/25
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To the editor,
The spring season brings many wonderful things to our lives - chirping birds, plants working their way out of the soil, and warm sunshine. Spring in our area also includes …
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4/3/25
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To the editor,
Our nation has entered a period of fear and intimidation as the Trump Administration exercises its own version of ethnic cleansing and thought control. People are afraid to …
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4/3/25
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To the editor,
I’m proud of my family member who is in the U.S. military. He’s ready to parachute into danger zones to achieve military and/or humanitarian goals on behalf of our us. …
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4/3/25
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To the editor,
For years, local society has quietly tolerated those among us who use their faith to legally terrorize those in the LGBTQI+ community: you believe homosexuality is a sin so …
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4/3/25
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To the editor,
Plain clothes, masked, and unidentified men (presumably ICE agents) snatched a woman in broad daylight and hauled her away in unmarked vehicles, seemingly because she was critical …
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4/3/25
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My great-aunt Betty Larson recently turned 101 and our reporter, Andrew, did a great job interviewing her about her life and wisdom. She was married to my grandma Thelma’s brother, Irvin, and I …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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4/3/25
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Recently in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Assembly Bills 100 and 102, which together make up the Saving Women’s Sports Act, were passed with bipartisan support, which is rare to see in the …
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By Rep. Rob Kreibich
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4/3/25
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(A serio-comic account of two weeks’ time spent in a western Wisconsin hursing home.)
I’ll admit it! I am the Kook, and I am the fool who ignored my Beautiful Wife’s admonition …
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By Dave Wood
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4/3/25
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I guess I’m not particularly looking forward to Spring on the horizon when it’s inevitable I will be traveling over to Minnesota to join our croquet-playing group at Carlson’s …
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By Dave Wood
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3/27/25
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To the editor,
Musk’s petition language mirrors recent attacks by Musk and Trump on federal judges who have ruled against the administration. It reads:
"Judges should interpret laws …
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3/27/25
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To the editor,
There are many important issues that should be a part of our state Supreme Court justice election, but one issue has pushed those aside. Elon Musk, who has a court case …
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3/27/25
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