A matter of trust

In one of the later episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, Andy faced a difficult decision. Opie needed surgery to remove his tonsils. The problem was that a new doctor had arrived in town, and the good people of Mayberry did not trust him. He was young, talked funny, drove a sports car, and played golf. Not quite the attributes one looks for in a doctor, especially a doctor who would do surgery on y...

Republicans in the state legislature need to put up or shut up when it comes to school funding. On July 5, 2023, Gov. Tony Evers pulled a political stunt and, with a line-item veto, gave schools the ability to increase spending to help match increases in cost not just for the 2023-2025 state budget but for 400 years in the future. Evers’ stunt blatantly pandered to teachers and school offi...

Dear Editor: We have seen this all too often, jargon from a mining company promising to upright a town's economy by bringing jobs. Let's take a closer look at who will be the benefactors. History tells us that across the globe the mining story has been one of boom and bust. In the vast majority of cases, jobs that were created were short-lived and when the mine closed the mining company p...