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Economics

To the Editor: In the 1980s, President Reagan introduced what supporters called “free-market” economics and critics called “trickle-down” economics. This policy included deregulation, tax cuts...
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Thank you

To the Editor: A big thank you to all businesses and individuals who have graciously and generously donated money this year during our poppy drive for the VFW Post 2227 and their auxiliary. Your support is always very much appreciated. Thank you also for displaying the poppy card as remembrance of the veterans and your donation. The money will be used to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans a...

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Myths about voting

To the Editor: Misinformation about elections is spreading faster than the facts that debunk it, and it's time to set the record straight. Take absentee mail voting: some claim it isn't safe, but in Wisconsin, every mail ballot is tracked from request to return, and voters can check its status anytime at MyVote.wi.gov. Some believe only presidential elections matter. In reality, state and lo...

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Mail-in voting

To the editor: Voting by mail dates back to the Civil War. In 2024, 31% of U.S. voters—about 48 million people—cast ballots by mail. March 2026 the administration issued an executive order directing USPS to refuse delivery of mail-in ballots to voters not on a federally compiled 'eligible voter' list. Not only isn’t this federal government’s jurisdiction, the states already maintain well...

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The radical ideas of Progressives

To the editor: Our congressmen Tom Tiffany and Derrick VanOrden call the Progressive’s ideas ‘RADICAL.’ I thought I should list some of these ‘radical’ ideas: Healthcare for everyone (like in all other western democracies) like Medicare for all would cut most administrative burdens and cost us all much less. People would not wait too long before going to the doctor and avoid preventab...

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Thank Tiffany

To the editor: I watched Congressman Tiffany’s ad on TV this morning. The ad shows him leading a cow while he explains how he will cut costs in Madison. The setting is perfect, but the message is wrong. Tiffany has treated his $174,000 a year job in Washington like a cash cow while refusing to do the work of a congressman. He has ignored costly cosmetic projects and rubber-stamped drastic cuts t...

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No rewrite

To the Editor: The ancient Athenian poet Agathon wrote that “Even God cannot change the past.” President Trump is attempting exactly that—rewriting history— through policy and rhetoric. Testifying about the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Officer Caroline Edwards described a scene of “carnage” where injured officers bled and vomited amid relentless hand-to-hand combat. The...

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