Opinion

In March, the Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities.

As I grow old, I muse on some of my first loves. Once upon a time, they were so thrilling, so full of promise. But some of them went on to disappoint me, particularly the iris. Oh, I loved iris! The deep colors, the amazing structure of those standards and falls and beards!

In his latest E-update of April 30, State Sen. Howard Marklein bemoans at length what he describes as Gov. Evers’ failure to “reach out to the legislature to discuss his ideas” for the new budget, leaving legislators to “craft the state budget in a vacuum.”    

The Reedsburg Kiwanis would like to thank the many people and businesses who helped make our April 26 pancake breakfast a success. Because of their support and the many diners who came, Kiwanis was able to donate $600 to the Reedsburg Boys and Girls Club and $600 toward the Beaver Springs splash pad.

The headline read: “Faithful guard dog unfaithful.” The story provided the details. A store owner was robbed. The wily thief tested the guard dog’s faithfulness with a juicy steak, and the dog failed the test.

We can save ourselves a lot of work and do a lot of good at the same time. That's a win-win, for sure. We have all been led astray by our love of lawns. We spend more on lawn chemicals than we do on agricultural chemicals. And those chemicals do much more than just giving us a perfect lawn.

White people have now attained a metamorphosis, according to Art Naebig. White people are pink, according to him. It must be either a delusion or result of eating a bad can of sardines because every government form I have ever signed has determined me to be either white or Caucasian.  There is a lot of confusion and confused people these days.

Terry Hansen's April 22 letter, "Biden's plan addresses climate issues," completely ignores the central question: How do we "reduce our carbon footprint" when our irresponsible immigration policy continues to add so many feet? Until 1990, this nation's annual legal immigration level was about 250,000 people.