UW-Stout: Polaris, School of Education directors encourage grads to be proud as they ‘improve our world’
Students share messages of community, kindness, belonging with graduates at Dec. 20 ceremony Menomonie, Wis. – Two alumni guest speakers and three students addressed 527 of their peers as they celebrated graduation from University of Wisconsin-Stout – Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University – on
Ruth Conniff: Making sense of the trial and felony conviction of a Milwaukee judge who stood up to ICE
The real questions raised by Dugan’s case are whether we believe the “safety” of the agents making those dubious arrests matters more than the safety of our communities, and whether we want the courts to be able to regulate the conduct in their own courthouses as a check on the government’s exercise of raw power.
Michael Pointer Mace: Fair minded people pray Dugan’s conviction will be reversed
Milwaukee immigrants need safe access to our schools, churches and courtrooms. It’s in all of our interest.
Andrew C. McCarthy: The lesson of Judge Dugan’s obstruction case
The immunity that public officials need to do their jobs is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for their nonofficial acts.
Donald F. Kettl: I know what we need to do to fix Wisconsin’s government
It’s a sign of the lost opportunity that so many of the issues that the commission identified twenty-five years ago still resonate in Wisconsin.
Alex Dallman: 2025 Year in Review
I am proud of what we have accomplished this year and look forward to 2026.
Mark Lisheron: U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year.
Bill Kaplan: Better times coming in 2026
2025 has already shown that voters have had enough of the cruelty, chaos and incompetence.
Tom Still: National AI policy can prevent state-by-state fragmentation
To compete, a fair and comprehensive federal approach is necessary. A patchwork quilt of state laws will put America behind in the AI race.
Bruce Thompson: The red-state coverage boom that Congress may end
From Florida to Texas, ACA marketplace enrollment has soared with enhanced tax credits, but failure to extend them could leave millions uninsured starting in 2026.
Ryan Clancy: My property tax solution: Tax the rich
Let’s fund our K-12 schools by taxing the rich, individuals and corporations alike.
John Torinus: Goodby Project 2025, hello project 2026
Let’s mint more millionaires.
Michelle Bryant: Trump: Whoville’s new nemesis
Donald Trump’s performance during his recent public address brought to mind a familiar holiday figure, “The Grinch.”
John Nichols: A Christmas call to care for the poor
In this season of light and charity, we have every reason to hope for the renewal of those instincts that Abraham Lincoln identified as “the better angels of our nature.”
Mike McCabe: ‘Just needs a little love’
Christmas is about doing what’s right, Charlie Brown. And it’s about what it does to us.