Democratic and Republican hypocrisy on display in Washington, D.C., today is mind numbing and emotionally draining.
“It’s the vaccine, stupid.”
We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that i…
Chuck Yeager died last week at 97. It’s amazing that a great movie has never been made of his life. His was a life that, if anything, was larg…
One of the biggest challenges for liberals like myself is bridging the rural/urban divide. Our policies sound great to college-educated libera…
With its lethal potential, the coronavirus has injected itself into almost every facet of our lives the past seven months.
In recent years, election night in America has become a lot like New Year’s Eve. Bars, restaurants and hotel ballrooms fill up with revelers; …
There’s a term swirling around the countryside these days: “Trump money.” It refers to the growing pile of subsidies hitting farm country duri…
It wasn’t too long ago that the news was filled with reports of violent protests in Portland, Ore.; Seattle; Washington, D.C., and other citie…
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald reacted with predictable indignation when Gov. Tony Evers extended his …
The federal government’s announcement of a plan for how to distribute the eventual COVID-19 vaccine is good news for everyone.
Those of us in Generation X, and in the generations before, didn’t throw “gender reveal parties.”
The coronavirus has killed more than 800,000 people worldwide and roughly 177,000 in the U.S.
Dear Thief,
If ever there were a time for unbiased news, it is now.
Local media employs hundreds of local salespeople, content developers, journalists and support employees who spend their income and tax dollar…
According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Wisconsin hit its peak of COVID-19 cases April 12, so now what?
The reason I watch less and less political campaign coverage these days is that most of it is nonsense designed to enflame partisans rather th…
Over the weekend, as more stories about the COVID-19 virus were published, I found myself feeling more and more anxious.
About the deportation orders.
A newspaper publisher once told me only somewhat in jest that if it weren’t for money and people, managing would be easy.
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Clarity and brevity in newspaper writing were drilled into my head early and often throughout my journalism career.
This week, many in the Chippewa Valley and around the world will raise their glasses and toast a new year and a new decade.