Libertarian Party of Wisconsin: Published Opinions
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The following letters to the editor were published by Libertarians or liberty-oriented individuals. To submit your letter for presence on this page, contact Aaron Biterman with your request. Only letters published in Wisconsin will be featured. Commentary from around the State Anderson, John B. "Instant Runoff Voting for Wisconsin." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Feb. 28, 2004. Armey, Dick. "CSE Expands the Fight for Freedom in Wisconsin." Nov. 12, 2003. Belling, Mark. "Full Tilt; Liberal Media Slant Overstates Opposition to Conceal Carry Bill. Greater Milwaukee Today. Nov. 6, 2003. Blonien, JJ. "Leftists behind the Right to Bear Arms in Wisconsin." Wisconsin Conservative Digest. Feb. 7, 2004. Bluhm, Warren. "A Proposal to Defend Our Liberties." Green Bay News-Chronicle. Dec. 16, 2003. Bluhm, Warren. "Election year is here -- check out third parties." Green Bay News-Chronicle. Jan. 6, 2003. Bluhm, Warren. "I refuse to waste my vote." Green Bay News Chronicle. Feb. 10, 2004. Doyle, Jim. "Why I'm vetoing SB 214." Office of Gov. Jim Doyle. Nov. 18, 2003. Gard, John. "Property Tax Bills show need for freeze. WisOpinion.com. Dec. 8, 2003. Hanson, Andrew. "Bad Poll, Bad Policy." FightingBob.com. Dec. 31, 2003. Harrison, Kendall. "Your Right to Know: Government Secrecy Gets Caught on Candid Camera. WisOpinion.com. Dec. 31, 2003. Haskew, Paul. "Unions vs. Wal-Mart." Capital Times. Dec. 26, 2003. Heck, Jay. "Is secrecy in Wisconsin state government on the upswing?." WisOpinion.com. Oct. 29, 2003. Heinen, Neil. "Drop UW Pay Hikes - Wheel tax not the answer." WisOpinion.com. Nov. 9, 2003. Heinen, Neil. "Milwaukee Brewers -- Losers!" Nov. 14, 2003. Howell, Brian. "State politics rotting at the core." WisOpinion.com. Oct. 10, 2002. Knapp, Dale J. and Todd A. Berry. "Why are Wisconsin Taxes High?" WisTax.org. 2003. Lasee, Frank. "Critics wrong about Personal Protection Act." WisOpinion.com. Nov. 6, 2003. Lasee, Frank. "TABOR Opponents Joust at Windmills." WisOpinion.com. Dec. 12, 2003. Lehmann-Ziebarth, Nic. "Standing up for WalMart." Madison Daily Cardinal. Jan. 23, 2004. Leibham, Joe. "Fighting for the Rights of All Taxpayers." Capitol Connection. Oct. 22, 2003. McNally, Joel. "Release non-violent inmates?" Greater Milwaukee Today. Jan. 3, 2003. Moe, Doug. "Casino at DeJope? I vote nope." Capital Times. Nov. 22, 2003. Moore, Mike. "Don't accept either/or politics." Racine Journal-Times. March 1, 2004. Nichols, John. "Tommy still has finger in state politics." Capital Times. Nov. 5, 2002. O'Malley, Lou. "Just abide by the Constitution." Green Bay Press Gazette. Nov. 13, 2003. O'Malley, Lou. "In the end, the zebras have final say." Green Bay Press-Gazette. Dec. 18, 2003. Panzer, Mary. "Governor shouldn't have vetoed Personal Protect Act." Office of State Sen. Mary Panzer. Nov. 18, 2003. Parins, Richard. "TABOR Would Force Wisconsin to Meet Core Mission. WisOpinion.com. Dec. 30, 2003. Parins, Richard. "Government's Core Mission?" WisOpinion.com. Feb. 3, 2004. Pratt, Larry. "Sensenbrenner rams gun bad through on voice vote. Gun Owners of America. Nov. 5, 2003. Rahmlow, Mark. "Doyle's Day in Court"Nov. 17, 2003. Spivak, Carey & Dan Bice. "Brewers Strike Out On Teamwork"Nov. 14, 2003. Sykes, Charlie. "The Tax Revolt of 2004." Brookfield News. Dec., 2003. Sylvester, John "Sly". "Silly Governor, Breakfast is for Parents!" WisOpinion.com. Oct. 21, 2003. Van De Kamp Nohl, Mary. "Tax hell." Milwaukee Magazine. June, 2003. Welch, Bob. "Property tax freeze still needed." WisPolitics.com. Jan. 7, 2004. Zaleski, Rob. "Petak still doesn't regret vote." Capital Times. Nov. 21, 2003. Zaleski, Rob. "Driver advocate: 0.08 too low." Capital Times. March 12, 2004. Zien, Dave. "Governor feigns "rescue" of taxpayers." Wisconsin Conservative Digest. Sept. 19, 2003. Zien, Dave. "Doyle's Veto Protects Criminals." WisPolitics.com. Nov. 18, 2003. Published Citizen Editorials 2004 Published Letters in 2004: 10. Baxter, James J. "Welcome to the justice system." Wisconsin State Journal. Feb. 27, 2004. Brokiewicz, Barron. "Our country needs three-party system." Green Bay Press-Gazette. Feb. 9, 2004. Leyendecker, Roy. "Voting Libertarian gets message across." Green Bay Press-Gazette. Feb. 8, 2004. Leyendecker, Roy. "Republicrats trample individual rights." Green Bay Press-Gazette. Feb. 24, 2004. Lindgren, Rolf. 20 Reasons to Vote in The Libertarian Primary. WisOpinion.com. Feb. 11, 2004. Maas, Jim. "Libertarians offer real alternative." Wausau Daily Herald. Feb. 12, 2004. Maas, Jim. "Smoking studies PR puff, not facts." March 5, 2004. Maas, Jim. "Health care fine until state moved in." Wausau Daily Herald. March 14, 2004. Sewell, Jim. "Libertarian Presidential Primary." Racine Journal-Times. Feb. 12, 2004. Thompson, Ed. "Make a difference on Feb. 17 - Vote Libertarian!" Wheeler Report. Feb. 10, 2004. 2003 Published Letters in 2003: 47. Biebesheimer, J.W. "Right to bear arms." Spooner Advocate. Jul. 31, 2003. Biebesheimer, J.W. "Limbaugh has chance to redeem himself." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Oct. 15, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Libertarian will enhance Elections Board." Brookfield News. Feb. 6, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Elections Board needs Libertarian." Prescott Journal. Feb. 7, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "End stadium tax." Racine Journal Times. July 1, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "End the Miller Park tax now." Shepherd Express. June 26, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Privatize Marriage." Wausau Daily Herald. Aug. 4, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "It would make sense to privatize marriage." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Aug. 4, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Get government out of marriage business." Fond du Lac Reporter. Aug. 8, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Privatized marriages insures individual freedom." Waukesha Freeman. Aug. 9, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Government should stay out of any marriage." Marshfield News Herald. Aug. 9, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Free marriage from the state." Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. Aug. 9, 2003. Biterman, Aaron. "Privatize marriage." Fitchburg Star. Aug. 10, 2003. Boldin, Anthony. "What spending cuts?" Business Journal of Milwaukee. Mar. 3, 2003. Bue, Geoff. "Scent of a leader." Beloit Daily News. Mar. 18, 2003. Dick, Adam. "Electing the Elections Board." FightingBob.com. Mar. 26, 2003. Leyendecker, Roy. "Doyle must be recalled." Green Bay Press Gazette. Oct. 18, 2003. Leyendecker, Roy. "We are born with inalienable rights. Nov. 20, 2003. Lindgren, Rolf. "The poison pill in the Ellis-Erpenbach bill." RolfLindgren.com. Jan., 2003. Lindgren, Rolf. "Campaign reform bill is poison." Wisconsin State Journal. Jan. 13, 2003. Lindgren, Rolf. "Elections Board memo says illegal campaigning is legal." WisOpinion.com. Mar. 24, 2003. Lindgren, Rolf. "Will Ed Thompson Run for Governor Again?" WisOpinion.com. Jun. 17, 2003. Lindgren, Rolf. "Broder is off base on recall." Capital Times. Aug. 1, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Lower blood-alcohol level just a cave-in." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Jan. 1, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Government should stop treating adults like children." Portage County Gazette. Jan. 7, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Don’t forfeit liberty for sense of security." Portage County Gazette. February, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Government mandate raises questions." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Jun. 13, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Any restriction on gun owners violates law." Wausau Daily Herald. Aug. 5, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Medical marijuana should be legalized in Wisconsin." Stevens Point Journal. Aug. 11, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Smoking is a property rights issue." Portage County Gazette. Aug. 15, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Concealed guns offer protection." Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. Sept. 26, 2003. Maas, Jim. "To stop spending, vote third party." Wausau City Pages. Nov. 22, 2003. Maas, Jim. "Civil liberties are too important to let go." Stevens Point Journal. Dec. 15, 2003. Meyers, George. "Drug war insanity." Racine Journal-Times. Jan. 9, 2003. Osgood, George. "Can't make the cuts." Racine Journal-Times. Jan. 5, 2003. Peterson, Tim. "We need to bring an end to the war." Nov. 16, 2003. Rideout, Bruce. "Drug laws create financial rewards." Wisconsin State Journal. January 3, 2003. Rideout, Bruce. "A matter of choice." Racine Journal-Times. January 22, 2003. Schaar, Ted. "Graduation in the church wrong." Brookfield News. June 12, 2003. Scheunemann, Kevin. "The failure of Smart Growth-type legislation." UW Extension Land Use Digest. Spring, 2003. Scholtka, Corey. "A Question Of Fairness To The People." WisOpinion.com. Nov. 20, 2003. Steinfeld, Shane. "Government regulations stifle free choice." Waukesha Freeman. Aug. 5, 2003. Steinfeld, Shane. "Limbaugh's plight may change conservative view." Waukesha Freeman. Oct. 10, 2003. Storck, Gary. "Seat-belt law is 'feel good' only." Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. Mar. 31, 2003. Strelitzer, Carl. "Legal concealed weapons make community safer." Stevens Point Journal. Jul. 25, 2003. Thompson, Ed. "Wisconsin needs gambling law reform." WisOpinion.com. Feb. 26, 2003. Thompson, Ed. "Doyle missing opportunity to improve Wisconsin government." WisOpinion.com. 2002 Published Letters in 2002: 51. Antonacci, Dave. "Prohibiting marijuana is harmful practice." Fond du Lac Reporter. Jul. 4, 2002. Biebesheimer, J.W. "Ed Thompson." Spooner Advocate. Unknown date. Biebesheimer, J.W. "Dense award." Spooner Advocate. Oct. 10, 2002. Biebesheimer, J.W. "Governor's race." Spooner Advocate. Oct. 31, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Learning from past can help our future." Waukesha Freeman. Feb. 6, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Another Governor." UW-Whitewater Royal Purple. Feb. 6, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "A vote for change." Racine Journal-Times. Feb. 6, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "New unconstitutional bill passes through Congress." Badger Herald. Feb. 21, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Marijuana for health." Racine Journal-Times. Mar. 19, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Governor candidate Thompson supports medicinal marijuana." UW-Oshkosh Advance Titan. Mar. 27, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Thompson's a long shot." Racine Journal-Times. May 10, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Medical marijuana." Racine Journal-Times. June 16, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Ed Thompson has courage to fight back." Wisconsin State Journal. June 29, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Burke indictment isn't enough." Brookfield News. July 3, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Oust incumbents." Racine Journal-Times. July 8, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Dare uses children as informants." Waukesha Freeman. Aug. 13, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Thompson has EARNED your vote." Badger Herald. Sept. 4, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "President does not rule alone." Brookfield News. Sept. 5, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Congress' duty." Racine Journal-Times. Sept. 9, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Debates do matter." Marshfield News Herald. Sept. 27, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Democracy stonewalled." Racine Journal-Times. Sept. 29, 2002. Biterman, Aaron. "Jensen failed constituents." The Waukesha Freeman. Oct. 28, 2002. Deschler, Keith. "The tax and spend philosophy." Racine Journal-Times. July 19, 2002. Deschler, Keith. "Make hard cuts." Racine Journal-Times. Dec. 9, 2002. Dick, Adam. "Elections Board reform needed." Capital Times. Dec. 5, 2002. Dick, Adam. "McCallum wrong to blame Thompson for loss." Wisconsin State Journal. Dec. 14, 2002. Flessas, Robert. "Renaming Wisconsin: Taxes." WisOpinion.com. Oct. 31, 2002. Glodowski, Sandy. "Libertarian Thompson will clean up state." Wisconsin State Journal. Jan. 6, 2002. Gorges, Ben. "Ed Thompson deserves fairness on opinion page." Waukesha Freeman. Jul. 10, 2002. Haumersen, John. "Stop the spending." Racine Journal-Times. July 11, 2002. Johnson, William. "Vote for Thompson is vote against status quo." Waukesha Freeman. October 29, 2002. Kristopeit, Dave. "Save spot for culprits." Racine Journal-Times. June 18, 2001. Kristopeit, David. "Say no to reparations." Racine Journal-Times. Oct. 24, 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "Ed Thompson will make own decisions." Capital Times. Jun. 3, 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "The Caucus Scandal." WisNews.com. Sept., 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "Drug law casualties." The Isthmus. Sept., 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "Ed, Galileo, and Jesus." RolfLindgren.com. Nov., 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "Ed Thompson defeated by the polls." WisOpinion.com and WisNews.com. Dec. 10, 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "No nukes yet, but grill's still there." Wisconsin State Journal. Dec. 13, 2002. Lindgren, Rolf. "Non-Partisan Elections Board is affront to democracy." Wisconsin State Journal. Dec. 27, 2002. Maas, Jim. "Freedom can't be exchanged for a little safety." Stevens Point Journal. Dec. 9, 2002. Mattson, Zach L. "Zeit fur taten." Spooner Advocate. October 31, 2002. Milfred, Scott. "Democracy stonewalled." Wisconsin State Journal. October 29, 2002. Morgan, Ann. "Doesn't government realize danger of policy?." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. December 30, 2002. Scholtka, Corey. "True watchdog may soon join State Elections Board." WisOpinion.com. Nov. 4, 2002. Senglaub, Dan. "End cycle of lies, weak-minded politicians." Green Bay Press Gazette. Oct. 17, 2002. Squires, Nick. "Ed untainted by Caucus troubles." Capital Times. Sep. 19, 2002. Steuven, Richard. "Thompson supporters not drunk." Shepherd Express. Aug. 1, 2002. Vodak, Leona. "Support Libertarians." Racine Journal-Times. Oct. 24, 2002. Willams, Drew. "Election has provided little hope for future." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Nov. 9, 2002. Williams, Drew. "Don't let scare tactics change your vote."Wausau Daily Herald. September 7, 2002. 2001 Published Letters in 2003: 7. (Please note: This archived year is not complete.) Ahmad, Saad. "Don't let liberties just slip away." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Dec. 22, 2001. Hackl, Aaron. "Focus on demand." Racine Journal-Times. May 31, 2001. Kristopeit, Dave. "Freedom to associate." Racine Journal-Times. Jan. 16, 2001. Kristopeit, Dave. "Waterford assessment." Racine Journal-Times. June 19, 2001. Kristopeit, Dave. "Third-party movement could spark interest." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Nov. 10, 2001. Sewell, Jim. "Scout dispute." Racine Journal-Times. Jan. 29, 2001. Tardola, Tony. "Thompson has right idea on prisons." Capital TImes. Nov. 29, 2001. Weir, Paul. "RepublicRATS. UW-Whitewater Royal Purple. Feb. 7, 2001. 2000 Published Letters in 2000: 15. (Please note: This archived year is not complete.) Bakhaus, Robert (out-of-state resident). "Freedom." The Spooner Advocate. June 30, 2000. Edwards, Phil. "Libertarians love liberty: Vote Browne." Brookfield East High School Spartan Banner. Oct. 31, 2000. Holasek, M.J. "A better way to determine who joins debates." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. July 16, 2000. Holasek, M.J. "Kohl has more than one opponent." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Oct. 19, 2000. Peterson, Timothy. "Bill Gates is an American Hero. June 15, 2000. Sewell, Jim. "Browne catches Buchanan in national poll." Racine Journal-Times. Aug. 13, 2000. Sewell, Jim. "Bureaucratic larceny." Racine Journal-Times. May 13, 2000. [see also 1] Storck, Frank. "But there is another opponent." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Oct. 3, 2000. Storck, Frank. "Libertarian Peterson on the ballot." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Oct. 14, 2000. Vorndran, Joseph H. "Include all candidates in the debate." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Sept. 9, 2000. Weir, Paul. "Funding Lambeau is criminal." Racine Journal-Times. Feb. 4, 2000. Weir, Paul. "Al Gore's campaign ads." Racine Journal-Times. July 18, 2000. Weir, Paul. "No free lunch." Racine Journal-Times. Aug. 14, 2000. Weir, Paul. "Libertarians speak out against politics and Royal Purple. UW-Whitewater Royal Purple. Nov. 1, 2000. Weir, Paul. "War on Drugs. UW-Whitewater Royal Purple. Dec. 6, 2000. 1998 Published Letters in 1998: 2. (Please note: This archived year is not complete.) Ender, Tom. "Avoid entanging alliances." Shepherd Express. Oct. 8, 1998. 1997 Published Letters in 1997: 1. (Please note: This archived year is not complete.) Bellard, Robert. "What a coincidence!" Beloit Daily News. Mar. 16, 1997. 1993 Published Letters in 1993: 1. (Please note: This archived year is not complete.) Lindgren, Rolf. "Legalization will stop kids from selling crack." Capital Times. Oct. 19, 1993. Published Newspaper Editorials Badger Herald, "UW-Madison: Libertarian Adrian Augustine endorsed for student leadership position." Apr. 3, 2001. Capital Times, "Put Reynolds on Elections Board." Nov. 7, 2002. Capital Times, "President Thompson?" Dec. 18, 2003. Fond du Lac Reporter, "Thompson sparks interest in alternatives." Nov. 10, 2002. Green Bay Press-Gazette, "Your vote — really — does make a difference." Dec. 7, 2003. Green Bay Press-Gazette, "Taxpayer bill of rights worth exploring." Dec. 13, 2003. PublicTrough.com, "The rise of the political ruling class." Sept., 2002. Spooner Advocate, "Thompson only candidate to visit us." Oct. 31, 2002. Appleton Post-Crescent, "Dinner with the kids none of government's business." Aug. 21, 2003. Green Bay Press Gazette, "Let's re-examine mandatory minimum terms." Aug. 22, 2003. Stevens Point Journal, "Smoking ban shouldn't require a law." Sept. 18, 2003. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Medical marijuana is win for pain management." Oct. 15, 2003. Published Notable Editorials Blonien, JJ. "Who should be our next governor?" Greater Milwaukee Today. Sept. 11, 2002. Fitzpatrick, Mike. "Voice of an uncommon man." In Step Magazine. June 13, 2002. Lueders, Bill. "Abolish the legislature." Milwaukee Magazine. Oct., 2002. Nichols, John. "Ed Thompson is gratifyingly out of the loop." Capital Times. Feb. 5, 2002. Nichols, John. "Don't pooh-pooh Ed Thompson's fans." Capital Times. Mar. 19, 2002. Nichols, John. "Reynolds, Lawton great candidates." Capital Times. Oct. 31, 2002. Zaleski, Rob. "Ed, Marty: Ticket for the common man? Capital Times. June 24, 2002. |
