I’m confused. The present regime is touting a “healthier America.” RFK, the guy with a worm in his brain, said Americans should eat better foods, exercise more, and avoid vaccines.
In this week’s issue, you will see essays by local contest winners who were honored for their messages about patriotism. One resounding theme across many of them was the importance of helping others.
So. We hear tales of courage in days gone by. Stories of valor and bravery. Of monsters slain and good people rescued. We are told that heroes once walked the same Earth as us, breathed the same air we pull into our mortal lungs.
Editor’s note: These were the winning submissions in this year’s Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests, which are presented by the Reedsburg VFW Post 1916 and the VFW Post 1916 Auxiliary.
The Trump administration has repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse‑gas" endangerment finding.” In 2009, the EPA formally concluded that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health, giving the agency its legal authority to limit pollution from cars, power plants, and oil and gas facilities.
Nature's lovely gifts of early spring do a lot to compensate for the ugliness of society right now. The cardinals and the titmice are singing their spring songs and soon the bluebirds and the song sparrows will be back. The squirrels are feasting on the maple sap that has begun to run and some tree buds are already swelling.
Rennetta M. Freel, age 89 of Spring Green, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2026 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. She was born on July 24, 1936 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Fred and Clara “Nan” (Gable) De Rose. She was married to Gerald Freel on November 28, 1953.
We humans are a clever species, but we are not wise. There are a few wise ones among us, but they are generally eclipsed by the ambitions of the clever. Sadly, our ambitions are often driven by sloth, avarice and a lust for power.
