opinion

Many years ago and a lifetime away I was movie mogul. No, not the type that owns a production studio and is seen sitting atop piles of money. As a young man, I worked in and eventually managed a couple of motion picture theaters just as the video age came to the forefront of our lives...

What Mr. Trump doesn’t want us to know To the Editor: What is it that Donald Trump doesn’t want us to know? Hillary Clinton released her latest federal income tax return, and we learned that she and Bill paid over 30 percent of their income in taxes. She has now released 39 years’...

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke I think most voters would agree that we have seen our politics become more and more divisive over the last decade to the point where many voters have become so turned off they no...

As you read this, the Partisan Primary Election across the state of Wisconsin has concluded, the two candidates for each seat to be decided in November have been selected by the electors and a new round of campaigning has begun. Yay? As a newspaper, this is great news, but as citizens,...

Students making a difference To the Editor: Gregory’s Gift of Hope (GGOH), a no-kill animal rescue/re-home 501(c)3 organization operating out of New Richmond, would like to extend congratulations and a great big thank you to Sophia Gugire and Victoria Zinsmeister. These two young...

It’s the end of July and you might be thinking that the election season is now limited to the blowhards who have made their way through the Republican and Democratic parties’ national conventions. But, believe it or not, we here in western Wisconsin will once again be faced with...

For the last few weeks, the world has been overrun with Pokemon Go players hitting the streets to find that rare Dratini, to hatch their 10K eggs and to level up their characters to Level 20 to get their hands on Ultra Balls so they can “catch them all.” I’ve heard a lot of...

Just to refresh your memory, the question was, “What is the one thing that everyone should have, regardless of the cost?” It is the question I have been asking a lot of different folks during the course of interviews I have been conducting on behalf of the newspaper including...