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Peninsula Pulse Letters Policy

As of 03/15/2019

Do you have an opinion you’d like to share? Please email it (preferred) to [email protected]; submit it online at doorcountypulse.com; or mail it to Peninsula Pulse, 8142 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202. Email letters@ppulse or call 920.839.2121 if you have questions.

  • Letters must be sent to [email protected]. Letters are limited to 350 words. Letters must include the author’s name, daytime phone number, mailing address and email address, but only the author’s name and town/state of residence will appear in the paper.
  • We will publish only one letter  by a given author within a 30-day period. Multiple letters by different authors addressing similar topics may be omitted, and in most cases, we do not publish letters that have appeared in other publications.
  • The Peninsula Pulse reserves the right to edit and refuse letters, to add titles to or retitle them, and to print them at the time of our discretion.
  • All opinions expressed in letters are those of their authors and not those of the Peninsula Pulse, its owner or staff.
  • Letter to the Editor: United Methods Required to Beat COVID-19

    Recently, when I was watching a news update on COVID-19, suddenly one word resounded in my head: “united.” Our nation’s full name is the United States of America. By definition, “unite” means “to put together to form a single unit, to cause to adhere, to link by a legal or moral bond, one or as […]

  • Letter to the Editor: The $600 Unemployment Booster and the GOP’s Miserliness

    Unemployment Insurance (UI) was established in 1935 to provide unemployed workers with temporary, partial wage replacement and stimulate the economy. Mike Gallagher, Ron Johnson and most Republicans claim they can’t support the coronavirus relief bill because they fear the additional $600 per week paid to the unemployed will encourage them not to return to work. […]

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘If the President Lies, Is America Lying?’

    Failing leadership: That seems to be discussed a lot with Trump and his gang.  I have two questions for the supporters of this president and his administration. If the president lies, is America lying? Trump has lied and made false statements before taking office, but as the president, he speaks for the country and its […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Trump Must Go

    All the appalling traits in Donald Trump – his misogyny, his pathological lying, his bullying, his corruption, his blatant assaults on the Constitution, his staggering narcissism, and on and on – all pale in comparison to his colossal incompetence. And we are all paying the price for it through his administration’s bungled response to COVID-19 […]

  • Letter to the Editor: You Choose: Debate or Stop the Pandemic

    Some people are making millions – some billions – from COVID-19-related sales. Others are losing homes, jobs, health and lives. Instead of unifying to stop the spread of the virus, people are lured into debates initiated by “Trump Republicans.”  The distraction surrounding opening schools does nothing to stop the virus. Even though there’s a solution that […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Racist or Offensive?

    The other day, someone asked me whether I would be offended if Trader Joe’s named its Polish sausage “Trader Stash’s,” and I said yes, I would.  But why would I be offended? I don’t think that you could call “Trader Stash’s” racist, but it’s definitely offensive – at least to me.   The point is that we […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Regarding ‘Unrest at the Egg Harbor Fire Department’ Article

    [Peninsula Pulse, Aug. 7-14] In the past, I’ve worked with Navy SEALs. They’re the best of the best of the best – the highest-performing organization on the planet. I asked them, “How do you pick the guys who go on SEAL Team 6?” They drew a graph for me.  On one side, they wrote “Performance,” […]

  • Letter to the Editor: This Time, Wisconsin Deserves Fair Maps

    You ask, “What are these yard signs all about? How can maps be unfair?” The maps in question are the maps defining voting districts. They determine which candidates are on your election ballot for state and congressional races. If these maps are drawn so the boundaries define  areas that favor one group of voters (principally […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Adding to the History of Gilbert Farms

    As the family historian, I would like to add to the article in the Peninsula Pulse about Gilbert Farms (“A Visit with Gilbert Farms,” July 24).  In 1878, John Gilbert, with his wife and two young sons, set off from his father’s farm in Germantown with a loaded wagon pulled by a team of oxen. […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Water Levels and Climate Change Connection Questions

    Thank you for your recent article titled “Why Are Water Levels So High?” (Peninsula Pulse, July 2). Science is messy, and it takes time to go from hypothesis to theory. It’s a matter of observations that are measurable and consistent by a community of scientists working in related fields of study. Good science deserves respect and […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Not the Republican Party I Grew Up With

    My wife and I were headed back to Door County recently, and on I-43, I noticed some signage promoting the present occupant of the White House with the tagline, “Keep America Great.” I chalked it up to his unmitigated narcissism.  When we got home, I picked up my copy of the Pulse and turned to […]

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Riot’ Gear

    Regarding the Door County Board of Supervisors’ vote to accept the donation for helmets and shields, I have some thoughts. Yay for the acceptance. And bravo and thumbs up to Richard Virlee for his enlightened take on the overall situation.  This cherished view that most of us hold of living in some kind of throwback […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Trump Bashing Getting Old, Even for a Non-supporter

    There were five letters to the editor in the Pulse the week of July 24-31. It appeared that four of them were blaming and/or accusing President Trump in some way for our troubles. Though to be fair, one of them just used the term “glorious leader,” so maybe it wasn’t sarcastic. I’m amazed by how […]

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Republicans, Please Stand Up to This President’

    The events in Portland, Oregon, are a shocking betrayal of the American right to free assembly as enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The actions of federal marshals there show all the hallmarks of “secret police” who can pick up anyone and whisk them off without cause. This is a chilling example […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Civility Begins with Listening

    When the Door County Civility Project began in 2013, our goal was to advance the cause of civility in everyday life to strengthen our community. I don’t think any of us imagined at that time that we would be living in the challenging world that we face today. Concerns about health, safety, family, economics, employment, […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Trump Era

    Rhymes with “terror.” Unless the presidential polls are 5 to 8 percent off, the “error” of alternative facts will soon be over. I believe there are three key issues that voters will have to deal with in the future:  1) Don’t elect a self-proclaimed genius for president. Truly, he had more skeletons clamoring to get out […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Durham Investigation Will Reveal Democrats’ Conspiracy!

    Fruitless attempts to impeach President Trump for more than three years proved to be a waste of millions of taxpayers’ dollars. An ineffective Congress led by Pelosi, Schiff and the Democratic caucus neglected all else. The country was put on hold while they put critical issues on the “back burner.”  When Pelosi realized the futility […]

  • Letter to the Editor: 100 Days to the Election

    We are 100 days from the most important election of our lifetimes. COVID-19 has shone a light on three years of failed leadership under President Trump.  In Wisconsin, there have been nearly 40,000 cases of COVID-19, and more than 800 people have died because the Republican-led legislature has undermined every effort Gov. Evers has made […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Voting Is a Bedrock of Democracy

    The courageous, gentle, passionate Rep. John Lewis – who dedicated his life to nonviolent activism and the struggle for equal justice – is gone. He will be sorely missed. During our election this November, I will miss hearing him talk about the sacredness of our right to vote and how – rather than making it harder to […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Freedom: From Where, For What?

    During the last few weeks, as the U.S. cases of COVID-19 surged more than 66,000 a day and I heard people argue against wearing a mask because they value their “freedom,” I have wondered whether life in a human society can support this idea of unrestricted freedom.   The “liberty” declared in our founding documents was […]