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Trump ran for president repeatedly vowing to deport people who entered the United States illegally.
Since its inception, the FED has managed to cause 14 recessions, 6 financial crises, and bail-out the owners of the FED at Americans’ expense. So will the Trump DOJ’s probe bear fruit that makes this “independent” institution more accountable to the public? Or just more partisan?
The latest WMC survey found lower support for tariffs among Wisconsin business leaders, though more respondents reported profitability in the second half of 2025. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday released the results of its Wisconsin Employer Survey on the economy
Wisconsin schools are earning high marks – but deep cuts to arts, languages, and civic learning raise questions about whether students are prepared for a complex, rapidly changing world.
Unless reparations are addressed to tackle current inequities and gaps, I fear we will still be using spaces bearing King’s name to sing “We Shall Overcome” 50, 60, or 75 years from now.
What should strike us like a thunderbolt is that Children’s Wisconsin and UW Health, two of the state’s most respected health systems, did not halt gender-affirming medical care for minors based on medical decisions. Rather, the decisions were forced on them for political purposes.
The conservative icon visited Madison on multiple occasions and the movement he built can still be seen on campus.
The Trump Administration recently announced it was withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention, the agreement underpinning the international effort to slow the climate crisis.
Both for Wisconsin and U.S., the data looks much different than he claims.
Team politics, the way we are practicing them in the United States, have become about vengeance, cruelty and control. They should be about the kind of country we want to live in, about how our laws are enforced, and about how our judicial system exercises its power.
Bipartisan congressional pressures may eventually limit President Donald Trump’s overseas adventures, though he vows otherwise.
Epic and four health care providers are suing a group of businesses for alleged misuse of sensitive patient information, which the main defendant “vehemently” denies. The Verona health records company yesterday announced the federal lawsuit alongside OCHIN of Oregon, Indiana-based
A recent news story in the Wall Street Journal built on some Fox Valley examples to make a point many Badger state residents already know: Compared to many places, Wisconsin is an affordable place to live with jobs that can pay enough to enhance its livability.
Barnes blasts broadcast blackout in much of state and Tiffany’s stand.
Preface to Richard Moore’s new book, “The Rise of Bureaucratic Bossism.”
Engage your adversaries with verve and class.
The almost shocking news about GOP Senators taking a stand for the independence of the Federal Reserve and its chair underscores how meek and mild they have acted in relation to Trump on a bevy of critical issues.
Somehow, as we head into 2026, we keep stumbling along that road that’s supposed to make America great again.
This is not about becoming punitive, xenophobic or paranoid. It is about acting like adults. If we want to oppose authoritarianism, we have to stop behaving like a monoculture that mistakes loyalty for virtue and criticism for betrayal.
Trump ran for president repeatedly vowing to deport people who entered the United States illegally.
Since its inception, the FED has managed to cause 14 recessions, 6 financial crises, and bail-out the owners of the FED at Americans’ expense. So will the Trump DOJ’s probe bear fruit that makes this “independent” institution more accountable to the public? Or just more partisan?
The latest WMC survey found lower support for tariffs among Wisconsin business leaders, though more respondents reported profitability in the second half of 2025. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday released the results of its Wisconsin Employer Survey on the economy and workforce. The group says business leaders in the state
Wisconsin schools are earning high marks – but deep cuts to arts, languages, and civic learning raise questions about whether students are prepared for a complex, rapidly changing world.
Unless reparations are addressed to tackle current inequities and gaps, I fear we will still be using spaces bearing King’s name to sing “We Shall Overcome” 50, 60, or 75 years from now.
What should strike us like a thunderbolt is that Children’s Wisconsin and UW Health, two of the state’s most respected health systems, did not halt gender-affirming medical care for minors based on medical decisions. Rather, the decisions were forced on them for political purposes.
The conservative icon visited Madison on multiple occasions and the movement he built can still be seen on campus.
The Trump Administration recently announced it was withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention, the agreement underpinning the international effort to slow the climate crisis.
Both for Wisconsin and U.S., the data looks much different than he claims.
Team politics, the way we are practicing them in the United States, have become about vengeance, cruelty and control. They should be about the kind of country we want to live in, about how our laws are enforced, and about how our judicial system exercises its power.
Bipartisan congressional pressures may eventually limit President Donald Trump’s overseas adventures, though he vows otherwise.
Epic and four health care providers are suing a group of businesses for alleged misuse of sensitive patient information, which the main defendant “vehemently” denies. The Verona health records company yesterday announced the federal lawsuit alongside OCHIN of Oregon, Indiana-based Reid Health, Michigan’s Trinity Health and UMass Memorial Health in
A recent news story in the Wall Street Journal built on some Fox Valley examples to make a point many Badger state residents already know: Compared to many places, Wisconsin is an affordable place to live with jobs that can pay enough to enhance its livability.
Barnes blasts broadcast blackout in much of state and Tiffany’s stand.
Preface to Richard Moore’s new book, “The Rise of Bureaucratic Bossism.”
Engage your adversaries with verve and class.
The almost shocking news about GOP Senators taking a stand for the independence of the Federal Reserve and its chair underscores how meek and mild they have acted in relation to Trump on a bevy of critical issues.
Somehow, as we head into 2026, we keep stumbling along that road that’s supposed to make America great again.
This is not about becoming punitive, xenophobic or paranoid. It is about acting like adults. If we want to oppose authoritarianism, we have to stop behaving like a monoculture that mistakes loyalty for virtue and criticism for betrayal.