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When leaders treat vulgarity as a virtue, it lowers the national ceiling on seriousness. It tells citizens that decorum is optional, that speaking in polite terms is somehow perceived as elitist.
Van Hollen has been one of the steadiest and most effective foes of the president’s legislative priorities — leading opposition to what the Marylander describes as “the deceptively named ‘SAVE America Act,’ which is, in fact, a Trojan Horse to make it harder for millions of American citizens to exercise their right to vote.”
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact isn’t a revolutionary idea, whatever its critics might claim. It’s just wrapping up some unfinished business.
If we really want to speed up counting ballots without sacrificing accuracy, we could do so by combining some modest investments in manpower and machinery along with a few simple policy changes.
Cities tout costly plans for trains on route already served by commuter buses.
The authoritarian delusion holds in mind an imaginary hierarchical caste system, where the entire nation is found below it, except for those who donate to their coffers.
Americans are anxious and fearful. Lifting the Social Security payroll tax cap would be an important step in reassuring all Americans.
Instead of paying attention to serious economic issues, we’re building a ballroom, alienating our allies and solving a voter-fraud problem that doesn’t exist.
The U.N. vote called for maps that better reflect Africa’s true size. The U.S. was the only country to vote against it.
As we reflect on 9/11’s 25th anniversary, it is important to remember that there is more that unites us than divides us. We must come together, for the common good, again.
Even Congress came together, and politicians put down their swords to rally Americans against a new enemy. People began speaking to each other. Perhaps this is what we should remember.
Now, 25 years later, I still have trouble making sense of it all.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association is denouncing as “flawed” a new report from an advocacy group that found just 61% of the hospitals it assessed in Wisconsin are fully complying with federal price transparency rules. The nonprofit PatientRightsAdvocate.org last week issued
My responsibility that Tuesday was to get the story right. Today, I understand that I have another responsibility: to remember.
We must teach history — and vigilance.
After 25 years I am left with one question. As I look into the eyes of my veterans who carry the scars, the symptoms, the suffering of military service, I ask myself, “Was the cause worth the cost?”
Sept. 11 set the scene for a cursed 21st century so far.
I will say in the open what people have been whispering: Madison Metropolitan School District is as troubled as Milwaukee Public Schools is.
UW-Stout Polytechnic’s applied learning, career focus are responsible for an $858 million economic boost and 9,400 jobs statewide.
The main effect of the actual policy Vance is promoting will be to make the lives of already stressed working-class families, especially in Wisconsin, even harder, more expensive and noticeably worse than before.
When leaders treat vulgarity as a virtue, it lowers the national ceiling on seriousness. It tells citizens that decorum is optional, that speaking in polite terms is somehow perceived as elitist.
Van Hollen has been one of the steadiest and most effective foes of the president’s legislative priorities — leading opposition to what the Marylander describes as “the deceptively named ‘SAVE America Act,’ which is, in fact, a Trojan Horse to make it harder for millions of American citizens to exercise their right to vote.”
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact isn’t a revolutionary idea, whatever its critics might claim. It’s just wrapping up some unfinished business.
If we really want to speed up counting ballots without sacrificing accuracy, we could do so by combining some modest investments in manpower and machinery along with a few simple policy changes.
Cities tout costly plans for trains on route already served by commuter buses.
The authoritarian delusion holds in mind an imaginary hierarchical caste system, where the entire nation is found below it, except for those who donate to their coffers.
Americans are anxious and fearful. Lifting the Social Security payroll tax cap would be an important step in reassuring all Americans.
Instead of paying attention to serious economic issues, we’re building a ballroom, alienating our allies and solving a voter-fraud problem that doesn’t exist.
The U.N. vote called for maps that better reflect Africa’s true size. The U.S. was the only country to vote against it.
As we reflect on 9/11’s 25th anniversary, it is important to remember that there is more that unites us than divides us. We must come together, for the common good, again.
Even Congress came together, and politicians put down their swords to rally Americans against a new enemy. People began speaking to each other. Perhaps this is what we should remember.
Now, 25 years later, I still have trouble making sense of it all.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association is denouncing as “flawed” a new report from an advocacy group that found just 61% of the hospitals it assessed in Wisconsin are fully complying with federal price transparency rules. The nonprofit PatientRightsAdvocate.org last week issued its eighth Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report, which assessed 2,000
My responsibility that Tuesday was to get the story right. Today, I understand that I have another responsibility: to remember.
We must teach history — and vigilance.
After 25 years I am left with one question. As I look into the eyes of my veterans who carry the scars, the symptoms, the suffering of military service, I ask myself, “Was the cause worth the cost?”
Sept. 11 set the scene for a cursed 21st century so far.
I will say in the open what people have been whispering: Madison Metropolitan School District is as troubled as Milwaukee Public Schools is.
UW-Stout Polytechnic’s applied learning, career focus are responsible for an $858 million economic boost and 9,400 jobs statewide.
The main effect of the actual policy Vance is promoting will be to make the lives of already stressed working-class families, especially in Wisconsin, even harder, more expensive and noticeably worse than before.