Opinion

Credit is a tool that lets you borrow money or access goods and services with the promise to pay later. It’s essential for personal and business finances, enabling large purchases like homes or cars and helping small businesses grow. Lenders use credit reports and scores to decide whether to approve loans and set interest rates.

You had to be proud of Wisconsin this past week.Like our nickname the Badger State and badgers who are known to be fearless and stand their ground,the people of Wisconsin elected Susan Crawford to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Oh, that was fun! Fun and much more. Good work, Reedsburg! On Saturday a very friendly crowd showed up in town to speak out for the issues that matter most to them. They spoke out with signs, a glorious abundance of signs, making it clear why they had come.

Terry Hanson is absolutely correct about this country having a "duty" to go green (March 27), but he's out of step with what Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson said must be done to give credibility to the agenda he created 55 years ago.

Right after WWII, in 1945, we had a booming economy and the Income Tax on top earners was 91 percent. It is currently 37 percent. The 37 percent number doesn’t even reflect the many loopholes and deductions that have also been created just for those who have such exalted incomes.

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Representative Brian Mast (R-FL), chairs of their respective foreign relations committees, have sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claiming that the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has an "overwhelming and disproportionate focus on Israel."

This past election was a rough one.

Normally, spring elections are pretty calm affairs. You may have some local races, which should draw your attention, but they are straightforward and civil.

One of the most optimistic things we can do is to plant a tree. It's like reaching out to touch the future.  We may not even be present in that future, but, with luck, the tree will be. So today my granddaughter and I planted a heritage apple tree along the driveway.

For every new war, there is a menagerie of new catch phrases and words.

Enter the Ukraine war and we are introduced to “Oligarchs”. To be sure, there are countless oligarchs in all wars, each having human causalities and financial burdens, burdens that are rarely if ever, equally distributed among the players involved.

I do not, when pressed on the issue, like writing at all. I do not like the mechanics of writing in particular. The actual process of writing is not one of my favorite things to do.