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By contrast to Ponzi schemes, Social Security relies on a real asset: the taxing authority of the US government.
The April 1 election will again decide whether liberals or conservatives have a majority on the high court.
It is embarrassing that a court candidate needs to conduct themself like a typical politician before having a chance to sit as a prestigious member of the bench where they will grapple with finely tuned case law while marshalling their intellect to write decisions that will last till the end of time. Before acting like a professional jurist, they must get down and dirty.
Brad Schimel, in his backhanded, testosterone-filled remarks, reminded us that the fight for equity and respect is far from over.
Subtly and incrementally, a keep-our-heads-down attitude seems to be permeating campus.
Elon Musk is taking a chain saw to government waste, fraud, and corruption. Madison WI, being a government and university town, bleeds sawdust.
State Sen. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Clint Moses are seeking support for legislation that would prohibit Wisconsin’s 700,000 FoodShare recipients from buying Snickers bars and Mountain Dew — an excellent idea that has long been opposed by big spenders and junk food lovers throwing their weight around.
Trump-Musk’s chaos, cruelty and gross incompetence has resulted in a dismantling of the federal government and a concurrent collapse in the stock market.
It was a blustery, grey Saturday afternoon on March 15 as about 40 people wearing togas, carrying signs and waving upside-down American flags gathered on the steps of the Capitol in Madison to protest Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the current administration’s assault on democracy.
For anyone who has had the tough assignment of downsizing a business or an organization, DOGE is a joke.
He issued a warning for what he fears will be the end result of Trump’s return to office.
MMAC President Dale Kooyenga says efforts to address the impacts of an air quality classification change for southeastern Wisconsin are “going well” as legislation to change federal law is in the works. In an interview last week, the former Republican
There are free-market solutions to storing or using spent nuclear fuel.
It was a fight between two attack dogs and I thought Crawford came out a little bit on top. The only question is if either candidate provided a sound bite for an attack ad.
Judge Susan ‘Catch-and-Release Crawford’s agenda is bad for America.
Fresh from spending nearly $300 million to influence the 2024 elections, the richest person in the world has set his sights squarely on Wisconsin.
An octopus’s garden of left-wing ideology: Ending mandatory Bar associations and defenestrating the national ABA is one more necessary step to restoring truly free speech in our state and society as a whole.
Governor Tony Evers recent verbiage controversy has been ridiculed and joked about by many. However, there is a nefarious aspect to Evers “creative” wordsmithing in the recent budget bill before the state legislature.
Trump/Musk cuts hurt a popular government program and many workers who back MAGA.
This vulgar display of authoritarian over-reach by the Trump Administration is not more than we predicted in general terms last fall, but still is most galling and preposterous to see in operation.
By contrast to Ponzi schemes, Social Security relies on a real asset: the taxing authority of the US government.
The April 1 election will again decide whether liberals or conservatives have a majority on the high court.
It is embarrassing that a court candidate needs to conduct themself like a typical politician before having a chance to sit as a prestigious member of the bench where they will grapple with finely tuned case law while marshalling their intellect to write decisions that will last till the end of time. Before acting like a professional jurist, they must get down and dirty.
Brad Schimel, in his backhanded, testosterone-filled remarks, reminded us that the fight for equity and respect is far from over.
Subtly and incrementally, a keep-our-heads-down attitude seems to be permeating campus.
Elon Musk is taking a chain saw to government waste, fraud, and corruption. Madison WI, being a government and university town, bleeds sawdust.
State Sen. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Clint Moses are seeking support for legislation that would prohibit Wisconsin’s 700,000 FoodShare recipients from buying Snickers bars and Mountain Dew — an excellent idea that has long been opposed by big spenders and junk food lovers throwing their weight around.
Trump-Musk’s chaos, cruelty and gross incompetence has resulted in a dismantling of the federal government and a concurrent collapse in the stock market.
It was a blustery, grey Saturday afternoon on March 15 as about 40 people wearing togas, carrying signs and waving upside-down American flags gathered on the steps of the Capitol in Madison to protest Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the current administration’s assault on democracy.
For anyone who has had the tough assignment of downsizing a business or an organization, DOGE is a joke.
He issued a warning for what he fears will be the end result of Trump’s return to office.
MMAC President Dale Kooyenga says efforts to address the impacts of an air quality classification change for southeastern Wisconsin are “going well” as legislation to change federal law is in the works. In an interview last week, the former Republican lawmaker discussed the EPA’s recent move to change a regional
There are free-market solutions to storing or using spent nuclear fuel.
It was a fight between two attack dogs and I thought Crawford came out a little bit on top. The only question is if either candidate provided a sound bite for an attack ad.
Judge Susan ‘Catch-and-Release Crawford’s agenda is bad for America.
Fresh from spending nearly $300 million to influence the 2024 elections, the richest person in the world has set his sights squarely on Wisconsin.
An octopus’s garden of left-wing ideology: Ending mandatory Bar associations and defenestrating the national ABA is one more necessary step to restoring truly free speech in our state and society as a whole.
Governor Tony Evers recent verbiage controversy has been ridiculed and joked about by many. However, there is a nefarious aspect to Evers “creative” wordsmithing in the recent budget bill before the state legislature.
Trump/Musk cuts hurt a popular government program and many workers who back MAGA.
This vulgar display of authoritarian over-reach by the Trump Administration is not more than we predicted in general terms last fall, but still is most galling and preposterous to see in operation.