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  • Letter to the Editor: Congressional Grinches Take Christmas from American Families

    In this special season of the year, many of us think with pleasure of the holidays and delight in our children and grandchildren. We love baking cookies, hanging stockings by the chimney with care. The excitement of Santa visiting every house in the world on Christmas Eve to bring joy to the hearts of children […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Love Thy Neighbor Has No “Except” After It

    In this most holy season as we gather with family and friends, we have much to be thankful for because of where we live. Along with wars raging on different continents we have different types of conflicts here at home. There are people that are trying to divide us, to teach us how to hate […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Tammy Baldwin is Wisconsin’s Bipartisan US Senator

    In this season of good tidings and cheer, Tammy Baldwin comes to my mind. We Wisconsinites are so fortunate to have her as our U.S. Senator. She is currently supporting a bipartisan Senate bill that will reduce the high cost of insulin. More than 37 million Americans live with diabetes, including over 400,000 Wisconsinites. This […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher

    I am so, so sorry that you were offended by the National Railroad Museum’s acceptance of the Satanic Temple’s entry in their Festival of Trees. It is heartening, however, that we have public officials like yourself to alert us of these un-Christian groups, spreading their message, “to encourage benevolence and empathy, reject tyrannical authority, advocate […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife

    We don’t think you get it! You are messing with our livelihood on these Lake Michigan islands and Door County. Our economy thrives because of the tourists and vacationers. They come to fish, swim, snorkel, dive, kayak, boat, paddleboard and enjoy the unpolluted waters of Lake Michigan. They come for the beauty of our natural […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Public Should Not Be Forced to Pay for Private Education

    The story by Craig Sterret in the Nov. 24-Dec. 1 issue of the Peninsula Pulse [“Private-School Voucher Program Keeps Growing”] only begins to illustrate the harmful effects of the out-of-control Wisconsin Private School Choice Program. The trend is alarming. The $299,284 the Sturgeon Bay school district has lost to private schools, including the neighborhood Catholic […]

  • PULSE OF PHILANTHROPY: Fundraising in Advance of a Health Crisis

    When word got out that Willie Leist was confronting a life-threatening medical condition, it didn’t take long for those who love her to get organized and launch an online crowdfunding campaign to help with her expenses. As someone with countless friends and family, Leist’s team exceeded their fundraising goal by over 20%. Unfortunately, Leist’s experience […]

  • Guest Column: Remembering Rosalynn

    by JOSEPH W. KNAAPEN Don’t  be disarmed by her gracious smile or soothing Southern charm; you trifle with Rosalynn Carter at your own risk. I learned, to my chagrin, that the petite Mrs. Carter was a lady of giant iron will, and she staunchly defended her husband and her commitment to Christian principles and humanitarian […]

  • Thanks for Being There

    You’re reading a column that appears in issue 47 of the Peninsula Pulse; only five more to go for 2023. Some of those issues have been harder to put down than others, this year owing to pain and imperfections caused by staffing challenges. But Sam Watson – our reporter who was in a terrible car […]

  • Letter to the Editor: An Incitement to Violence

    Only 30 years ago, in July 1993, a new radio station began broadcasting to the citizens of Rwanda. Called Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), it was ostensibly aimed at the younger population, and decidedly opposed to the non-partisan stance of government-run Radio Rwanda. In particular, it devoted an inordinate amount of time talking […]

  • YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW: Protect the Press Against Bogus Lawsuits

    by BILL LUEDERS In mid-August, in my role as a press advocate, I received a call from the owner of a small, vibrant, online community newspaper who was worried about publishing a story that reflected poorly on a local business. The paper had checked and rechecked its facts, and gave the business repeated opportunities to […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Volunteering Makes Our World Better

    I wanted to publicly thank Bret Bicoy for his two most recent columns in the Peninsula Pulse [Pulse of Philanthropy]. I could not agree more with his philosophy of civil discourse and working together even when we disagree politically. I especially liked his stating that volunteering brings people together and reduces personal disdain for one […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Excellence Witnessed

    After near a now intolerable decade of the “Whatever we can get away with” era, led by the “Whatever we can get away with” Chief; witnessing support of lawlessness by those who should know better; being told something was when it clearly wasn’t – I had pretty much given up on the ideal of excellence […]

  • Guest Column: Wisconsin to be Center of Political Attention Again in 2024

    by WISPOLITICS.COM Wisconsin likely will again be the tipping point in the 2024 presidential election with Joe Biden and Donald Trump neck-and-neck in seven battleground states, Marquette Law Poll Director Charles Franklin told the annual WisPolitics.com Polling Summit. Franklin, one of three featured speakers at the summit in Milwaukee on Oct. 19, said a new Bloomberg News-Morning Consult […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Good Versus Not-So-Good Government

    Over the past few weeks we have seen crystal-clear examples of good government and not-so-good government. Recently Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) announced that she had helped secure $9.3 million of federal Department of Transportation funds for a new grain transhipment facility at the Port of Milwaukee. That will mean more business and more jobs in […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Vote NO on Gibraltar Requested $400,000 Levy

    The Town of Gibraltar will soon ask its electors to pass blessing to add$400,000 to the tax levy for roads, and do away with the current Traffic UtilityFee. But this will not be a fair and equitable tit-for-tat exchange. By enactingthe addition to the levy and eliminating the Traffic Utility, the town will begiving a […]

  • Pulse of Tourism: Giving Thanks

    It is hard to believe that we are already in the month of November, with 2023 almost in the rear-view mirror and snow in the air.  Thanksgiving is a time to be with family, friends and neighbors, celebrating the good that we experience every single day and to give thanks for what we have. We […]

  • Editor’s Note: Who’s Afraid of AI?

    The global conversation going on about artificial intelligence (AI) flits at the edges of my peripheral vision like some dark Tinkerbell humming a white-noise tune.  It’s persistently there, in other words, but has elicited only a swat response, and failed to capture my full attention. I know I interact with AI on a daily basis […]

  • PULSE OF PHILANTHROPY: Latin and the Transformative Power of Volunteerism

    Respect. Civility. Good manners. Valerie Haas expected that her students embody these values. It’s been more than 40 years since I first walked on the campus of ‘Iolani School and met Ms. Haas, but I’m still too intimidated to refer to her as anything other than Ms. Haas. She taught Latin, a subject which is […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Those Who Voted for Mike Johnson Must Agree With Him

    Since we are fortunate to have the original homestead in Kenosha and our Home Sweet Home in West Jacksonport, we are represented by two giants in the “People’s House” – Bryan Steil and Mike Gallagher respectively.  It’s rather discomforting to see that they voted for a fellow like Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House, […]