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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The UW System Board of Regents will receive an update today on President Ray Cross’ UW merger plan. The plan folds the 13 two-year UW Colleges into seven
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — At least one person illegally removed documents from the old GAB and leaked them to The Guardian, but the needed proof does not exist to convict anyone, the state DOJ concluded in

The level of what passes for acceptability in politics has taken a very wide swing.

The Congressional Republicans have rushed drastic tax cuts through Congress with astounding speed — and irresponsibility.

Somewhere along the line, Americans on the left began thinking incomes were a zero-sum game; if someone was making more money, it meant they were making less. But the idea that your life would be better if someone else was worse off is antithetical to an opportunity society. Envy may be a useful talking point, but as a general rule, deadly sins make for bad tax policy.

Walker signing bills to cut red tape for cosmetology and barber licences a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done.

Kudos to Common Cause in Wisconsin’s Jay Heck for taking a cue from my many columns that wonder why the Wisconsin Legislature is paid full-time salaries and benefits when it works but a few months a year.

All in all, Walker has made good on his promise that Wisconsin would be open for business, which has included consistently siding with environmental polluters. The Foxconn fiasco is just the latest example of a governor bent on ravaging our natural resources and destroying our environmental quality of life.

RightWisconsin’s James Wigderson talks with Marquette University Professor John McAdams talks about the university’s attempt to get rid of him and the hope that the Wisconsin Supreme Court will put McAdams back in the classroom. McAdams also talks about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the revelations in the recently released files.

Trump has vilified and sought to discredit any media outlet that dares to report news that is not flattering to him. His attacks on the media have even incited threats of violence against reporters. Less visible are his efforts to use government power to threaten the independent media and to hand over control of key broadcast outlets to his corporate supporters.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** NOMINATE TOP WISPOLITICOS, ADS OF 2017 WisPolitics.com will again hand out its annual awards for the top Democratic and Republican “WisPolitico” of the year. We are also looking for nominations for the top liberal ad

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The UW System Board of Regents will receive an update today on President Ray Cross’ UW merger plan. The plan folds the 13 two-year UW Colleges into seven nearby four-year institutions. The board recently passed it via a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — At least one person illegally removed documents from the old GAB and leaked them to The Guardian, but the needed proof does not exist to convict anyone, the state DOJ concluded in a report released today. Still, the 92-page document paints the

The level of what passes for acceptability in politics has taken a very wide swing.

The Congressional Republicans have rushed drastic tax cuts through Congress with astounding speed — and irresponsibility.

Somewhere along the line, Americans on the left began thinking incomes were a zero-sum game; if someone was making more money, it meant they were making less. But the idea that your life would be better if someone else was worse off is antithetical to an opportunity society. Envy may be a useful talking point, but as a general rule, deadly sins make for bad tax policy.

Walker signing bills to cut red tape for cosmetology and barber licences a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done.

Kudos to Common Cause in Wisconsin’s Jay Heck for taking a cue from my many columns that wonder why the Wisconsin Legislature is paid full-time salaries and benefits when it works but a few months a year.

All in all, Walker has made good on his promise that Wisconsin would be open for business, which has included consistently siding with environmental polluters. The Foxconn fiasco is just the latest example of a governor bent on ravaging our natural resources and destroying our environmental quality of life.

RightWisconsin’s James Wigderson talks with Marquette University Professor John McAdams talks about the university’s attempt to get rid of him and the hope that the Wisconsin Supreme Court will put McAdams back in the classroom. McAdams also talks about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the revelations in the recently released files.

Trump has vilified and sought to discredit any media outlet that dares to report news that is not flattering to him. His attacks on the media have even incited threats of violence against reporters. Less visible are his efforts to use government power to threaten the independent media and to hand over control of key broadcast outlets to his corporate supporters.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** NOMINATE TOP WISPOLITICOS, ADS OF 2017 WisPolitics.com will again hand out its annual awards for the top Democratic and Republican “WisPolitico” of the year. We are also looking for nominations for the top liberal ad and top conservative ad of the year — TV, radio