Letters to the Editor

Oh, if only “what if” could become a reality once in a while. On that point, the Secret Service made a colossal mistake on January 6, 2021. Even though it would have violated its mission of assuring the physical safety of the president of the United States, it should have permitted Donald Trump to join the crowd that attacked the …

In December of 2023, the 10 so-called “fake electors” who had cast Wisconsin Electoral College ballots for Donald Trump three years earlier agreed that their action was not appropriate. After a civil suit was filed against them on behalf of legitimate Democratic electors, they agreed to not serve as electors in 2024 or whenever Trump is on the ballot as …

Given his talent for lying, what can we believe from Donald Trump’s recent whoppers uttered at campaign rallies? There are so many. One of his smaller lies is Trump’s repeated claim that his uncle John Trump was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 40 years (actually 37) and that he was the longest serving professor ever at …

Abortion is alive and well. Lest anyone freak out at such a statement by taking those words literally, they are not an endorsement of abortion but they apply in other contexts. One is how abortion has become a potent political issue in the 19 months since the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe decision which legalized abortion nationwide. For the …

The arrogance and thirst for power by some Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature continues unabated. Among other goals, they want to tell the state’s schools, libraries, and even sports organizations how to operate – not to mention how the state’s elections should be conducted. An early November $109,300 media blitz (currently upped to $250,000) in the Milwaukee market was staged …