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Portrait of Michelle Bryant

Michelle Bryant: Gun ownership and the Black community: A complex history and a call for safety

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

We need a balanced approach that respects gun rights while prioritizing safety and community well-being. Our community must help drive this conversation.

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Portrait of Melissa Agard

Melissa Agard: Dane County must live within our means

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

Ignoring or deepening the structural deficit would be irresponsible.

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: This is an unnecessary, unauthorized, and unconstitutional war

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

Congress has a duty to take up War Powers resolutions and assert its primacy over matters of war and peace.

Read More »
Portrait of John Torinus

John Torinus: Is Trump a hawk, dove, nation builder or what?

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

It has become almost impossible to make any sense of President Trump’s quixotic war-making policy. Is he a hawk or dove or something else? A screaming example is his ill-defined rationale and contradictory positions on two devastating bombings of Iran.

Read More »

Mitchell A. Sobieski: When nostalgia politics turns false memories into loyalty and manufactured grievances into a weapon

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

The right’s greatest illusion has never been a policy. It is a story and a sentimental hallucination of America as a country that was once pure, simple, and united until outsiders corrupted it.

Read More »

WI National Guard members supporting military operations in the Middle East

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026
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Image of Steven Walters

Steven Walters: The GOP’s promised tax-rebate checks are not in the mail

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Republican leaders proposed returning most of the state’s projected $2.5 billion surplus to taxpayers.

Read More »
Photo of electrical transmission lines.

Isaiah Ness: Wisconsin’s utility energy crisis

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Poorly regulated public monopolies have created an overstretched, unevenly maintained power grid.

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Hong shows strength in Wisconsin governor race

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Why is Hong defying the odds?

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Photo of a health care practitioner

Bill Kaplan: Rural Rx, make health care better, not worse

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Future ACA and Medicaid cuts and policy changes will by 2034 result in 17 million, including 276,000 Wisconsinites, losing health coverage.

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Jackson Walker: Ethnic studies courses required to graduate at all 13 four-year UW schools

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

The courses have been the subject of scrutiny for pushing left-leaning talking points.

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Anthony Cruz: We must rethink how and when we prepare people for work

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Dual enrollment allows high school students to earn college credit while completing their diplomas, giving them earlier exposure to postsecondary education and clearer pathways to careers.

Read More »
Photo of Hannah Rosenthal

Hannah Rosenthal: Reject bill to define antisemitism in Wisconsin law

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Instead of fighting over divisive definitions, I propose a bipartisan task force to develop a government approach to fighting hatred, including antisemitism.

Read More »

Michael Lucas: The constitutional tariff crisis: SCOTUS, Trump, and party politics

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Rather than take the opportunity to preempt the illegal delegation and assumption of core powers, the Court decided to pay lip service to Congress’s taxing power, but it then resolved to permit delegation of the taxing power anyway under different statutes. But those statutes are illegal too.

Read More »

Jerry Hanson: America is strongest when all have a voice

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

We must refuse to treat dissent as treason and diversity as a threat. We must refuse to go along with a leader who normalizes hate and exclusion.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Zweifel

Dave Zweifel: If you enjoy Dane County’s parks, thank Bill Lunney

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Creating, improving and expanding those vibrant parts of the community for future Madison and Dane County generations was what drove this tireless champion of the outdoors and the need to protect the environment we’ve been given.

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Ruth Conniff: JD Vance struggles to sell Van Orden and Trump to tariff-battered Wisconsin

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

The visit, aimed at shoring up vulnerable Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden ahead of the 2026 midterms, was part of a post-State of the Union victory lap Vance is taking to market the so-called Golden Age of prosperity Trump claims he and the Republicans have delivered to rural and blue-collar voters. It’s a tough sell.

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: Swing-state showdown: Wisconsin Supreme Court election carries presidential stakes

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Conservatives must mobilize to defend voter ID and constitutional reforms.

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: The Black Business Hub is another Madison success story

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Led by Urban League of Greater Madison president and CEO Ruben Anthony, the sleek and modern Black Business Hub on South Park Street is bubbling with business activity.

Read More »

Mike Nichols: Grades now hyper-inflated at UW-Madison

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Canadian universities have a remedy

Read More »
Portrait of Michelle Bryant

Michelle Bryant: Gun ownership and the Black community: A complex history and a call for safety

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

We need a balanced approach that respects gun rights while prioritizing safety and community well-being. Our community must help drive this conversation.

Read More »
Portrait of Melissa Agard

Melissa Agard: Dane County must live within our means

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

Ignoring or deepening the structural deficit would be irresponsible.

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: This is an unnecessary, unauthorized, and unconstitutional war

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

Congress has a duty to take up War Powers resolutions and assert its primacy over matters of war and peace.

Read More »
Portrait of John Torinus

John Torinus: Is Trump a hawk, dove, nation builder or what?

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

It has become almost impossible to make any sense of President Trump’s quixotic war-making policy. Is he a hawk or dove or something else? A screaming example is his ill-defined rationale and contradictory positions on two devastating bombings of Iran.

Read More »

Mitchell A. Sobieski: When nostalgia politics turns false memories into loyalty and manufactured grievances into a weapon

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

The right’s greatest illusion has never been a policy. It is a story and a sentimental hallucination of America as a country that was once pure, simple, and united until outsiders corrupted it.

Read More »

WI National Guard members supporting military operations in the Middle East

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026
Read More »
Image of Steven Walters

Steven Walters: The GOP’s promised tax-rebate checks are not in the mail

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Republican leaders proposed returning most of the state’s projected $2.5 billion surplus to taxpayers.

Read More »
Photo of electrical transmission lines.

Isaiah Ness: Wisconsin’s utility energy crisis

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Poorly regulated public monopolies have created an overstretched, unevenly maintained power grid.

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Hong shows strength in Wisconsin governor race

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Why is Hong defying the odds?

Read More »
Photo of a health care practitioner

Bill Kaplan: Rural Rx, make health care better, not worse

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Future ACA and Medicaid cuts and policy changes will by 2034 result in 17 million, including 276,000 Wisconsinites, losing health coverage.

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Jackson Walker: Ethnic studies courses required to graduate at all 13 four-year UW schools

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

The courses have been the subject of scrutiny for pushing left-leaning talking points.

Read More »

Anthony Cruz: We must rethink how and when we prepare people for work

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Dual enrollment allows high school students to earn college credit while completing their diplomas, giving them earlier exposure to postsecondary education and clearer pathways to careers.

Read More »
Photo of Hannah Rosenthal

Hannah Rosenthal: Reject bill to define antisemitism in Wisconsin law

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Instead of fighting over divisive definitions, I propose a bipartisan task force to develop a government approach to fighting hatred, including antisemitism.

Read More »

Michael Lucas: The constitutional tariff crisis: SCOTUS, Trump, and party politics

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Rather than take the opportunity to preempt the illegal delegation and assumption of core powers, the Court decided to pay lip service to Congress’s taxing power, but it then resolved to permit delegation of the taxing power anyway under different statutes. But those statutes are illegal too.

Read More »

Jerry Hanson: America is strongest when all have a voice

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

We must refuse to treat dissent as treason and diversity as a threat. We must refuse to go along with a leader who normalizes hate and exclusion.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Zweifel

Dave Zweifel: If you enjoy Dane County’s parks, thank Bill Lunney

Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Creating, improving and expanding those vibrant parts of the community for future Madison and Dane County generations was what drove this tireless champion of the outdoors and the need to protect the environment we’ve been given.

Read More »

Ruth Conniff: JD Vance struggles to sell Van Orden and Trump to tariff-battered Wisconsin

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

The visit, aimed at shoring up vulnerable Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden ahead of the 2026 midterms, was part of a post-State of the Union victory lap Vance is taking to market the so-called Golden Age of prosperity Trump claims he and the Republicans have delivered to rural and blue-collar voters. It’s a tough sell.

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: Swing-state showdown: Wisconsin Supreme Court election carries presidential stakes

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Conservatives must mobilize to defend voter ID and constitutional reforms.

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: The Black Business Hub is another Madison success story

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Led by Urban League of Greater Madison president and CEO Ruben Anthony, the sleek and modern Black Business Hub on South Park Street is bubbling with business activity.

Read More »

Mike Nichols: Grades now hyper-inflated at UW-Madison

Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Canadian universities have a remedy

Read More »
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