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The U.S. continues to be embroiled in Middle East conflicts

To the Editor: The U.S. war in the Middle East continues to widen with the Houthis now shutting down access to the Red Sea and the US attacking civilian targets including desalinizatio...

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Slogans

To the Editor: Campaign slogans describe shared goals like safer communities, affordable housing and better healthcare - not solutions. Take affordable health care: I am a family physician. Patients can't afford medications and insurance. I see the hardship caused by high premiums and deductibles — I struggle with these myself. If I wish to be part of the solution I need to understand what’...

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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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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 on income and capital gains taxes, reduced domestic spending, and increased defense spending. The results after four decades are mixed. Economic growth and GDP improved. But the income gap widened...

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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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