YOUR VIEWS

Climate change; more wildfires

Dear Editor, Recently we have read about devastation from wildfires and strong storms. Climate scientists say we will see more as a result of climate change.

The limits of military power

Dear Editor, Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, referring to the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, stated: "It became clear that that's the worst failure of our intelligence and operational forces since the establishment of the state of Israel."

Rural Rallies Send a Message

Dear Editor, Much of the media coverage of the recent NO KINGS rallies in Wisconsin overlooked the significance of the large crowds the rallies drew in small rural communities across the state. And yes, the rural rallies were large! If you measure turnout only by crowd size, the rural rallies …

Hands Off Our Public Lands

Dear Editor, The current administration seems bound and determined to inflict the most amount of pain in the shortest amount of time possible. The latest scheme arrives as part of the so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill' in the form of a landgrab - buried in the bill's text is a proposal …

Most Dangerous Sidewalk in Mineral Point

Dear Editor, Having spent this spring trying to get the attention of the street and ordinance committees after a two year process beginning in 2023 to provide a safer section on Shake Rag street between the intersection of William street to Antoine street, plus gain more attention to what is …

Will You Stand Up For Your Country?

Dear Editor, On Saturday, June 14, a massive military parade costing 45 million dollars, ordered by President Trump, will take place in Washington. This kind of parade is more commonly staged in authoritarian countries like Russia.

County C reconstruction meeting is important

Dear Editor, I’m writing to call the public’s attention to an important public meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 5-7 p.m. at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, 5607 County Road C, Spring Green.

Badger Hollow Wind Public Hearing Scheduled for June 24 in Linden

Dear Editor, I strongly encourage area residents to consider attending the ONLY in-person public hearing on the proposed Badger Hollow Wind project. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will host sessions at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Linden Community Building on June 24.

Canadian Wildfires Signal Climate Chaos

Dear Editor, The smoky skies, hazy atmosphere, and burning orange sun are an apocalyptic preview of the climate-change induced hole we've dug for ourselves

Rally Saturday in Dodgeville

Dear Editor, We don’t have kings in America! Please join Indivisible Southwest Wisconsin at the Rural No Kings Rally in Dodgeville Saturday June 14th from noon-2 p.m. to protest the abuses of the Trump Administration.

Public Wind Turbine Hearing in Linden

Dear Editor, Public Wind Turbine Hearing in Linden, Wisconsin, June 23, 2025, at 2 and 6 p.m.

Anti-Palestinianism plagues US politics

Dear Editor, Anti-Palestinian racism, also referred to as anti-Palestinianism, is defined by the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association as "a form of anti-Arab racism that silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives."

Marklein is hypercritical

Dear Editor, Scroll Senator Marklein's Facebook feed and you'll see dozens of photos of wide-eyed students grinning up from the rotunda, holding a "Senator Marklein and Representative Novak (or Tranel) welcomes ____ school" banner. This shameless self-promotion is hypocritical, particularly when the good Senator consistently votes against adequately funding public …

Please do not leave until the situation has been resolved

Dear Editor, Warm weather, sunshine, flipflops, lemonade. Need I say more?

Global soil moisture is on a permanent decline

Dear Editor, “Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
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