Compelled to speak out, write about the truth

April 27, 2022

First, let me say that I love newspapers. I don’t understand why everyone does not subscribe or at least buy a copy daily. I love this forum where anyone can post their thoughts to share them with others. I see this spot mostly empty. Is that because no one has anything to say? Or is it because people do have thoughts but hesitate to share them, especially now days when so many use threats of violence against anyone they disagree with. I have been missing from this forum of late. I have things I want to say but when I get to the keyboard, I think “Who really cares? What ...

April Parkinson’s Awareness Month

April 25, 2022

April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. This chronic, progressive neurological disorder cannot be cured. But as the years roll by, more and more effective medications and therapies are available to allow it to be controlled for longer periods of time and giving patients an improved quality of life. Major symptoms of the disease are tremor at rest, often of one limb on one side and eventually moving to the other side. Slowness of movement, rigidity and balance continue to be seen in PD patients. There are many more symptoms that appear in one patient or another, but not all PD ...

Fear of losing our freedoms

April 20, 2022

EDITOR: I have a fear of losing many of our freedoms. Freedom is the bedrock of a democracy and it is under attack. Right now these are the three I fear of losing most: 1. Women’s Reproductive Health Rights. According to Guttmacher Institute in 2021-22, there have been 561 abortion restrictions introduced in all but three states. Michigan is one of them. Of them, 97 have been voted into laws, including the “bounty hunter law” that gives citizens the power to sue anyone they think has anything to do in helping a woman receive an abortion. According to Pew Research, 60% of ...

Discussion with dairy farmers

April 14, 2022

EDITOR: What I think I learned from a discussion done by dairy farmers: The area that seemed to be really clear to me is that individualism and competition alone is a major disadvantage in a marketplace controlled by large monopolistic companies in processing and distribution. The second thing is that mechanization allows larger operations to gain a price advantage due to a lower cost per unit. For example, going to 10 farms to fill a trailer with milk costs more than going to two. The third thing is the lack of control of the small and medium dairy farmer in the options that they ...

The hype behind ‘climate change’

April 8, 2022

In the April 5 edition of The Daily News was an article, “UN: Climate path unlivable,” which is a lot of hype put out again by the Associated Press and the United Nations’ secretary-general on the climate. The climate has been changing since God made the Earth. Global warming (now called climate change) is not true in the sense that the Earth is getting hotter. This is all hype, as introduced by Al Gore and is more accurately described as “Climategate” and being prompted by left politicians and elites to control governments and people to get what they want. The ...

Keep those metal tabs coming in

April 5, 2022

EDITOR: A month ago I had a Letter to the Editor in The Daily News about saving those little aluminum tabs on beverage cans for the Ronald McDonald House in Milwaukee. Remember “Little Ellie” from Iron River, who was injured in a sledding accident? The family called the Ronald McDonald House home for several months. The Ronald McDonald House has been home for 49,000 families. We have collected and delivered 350,000 tabs. I stated it would be nice to get 150,000 more by May 15. That is the day they have the “Tab Toss” at Winter Services in West Allis, Wis. On that day they pay ...