It’s been many decades since I competed in youth sports, but I still distinctly remember that the kid we all hated was the cheater. That memory comes to mind because of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ draconian reaction to the possibility that the new Supreme Court majority may review legislative gerrymandering.

A few weeks ago, I was attending a breakfast meeting with a friend. As the meeting began, we were asked to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. She rolled her eyes, a gesture which I don’t think anyone else in the room noticed.

I do not need to remind readers that a relentless war on reporters and the working press continues in our nation. If a politician does not like the reporter or the news article the label ‘fake news’ gets branded on the news source and the journalist.

The future of American republic as a free and representative democracy is the defining issue, and none of them will touch it.

Back in 2016, the most moderate Republican candidate in the race was Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who lost everywhere except his home state. Perhaps the most moderate candidate in the GOP field as of this moment is former President Donald Trump.

I’m one of a tiny number of Americans who believe that we should still have a presence — military and otherwise — in Afghanistan. In fact, the only other commentator I can find who agrees with me (publicly) is long-time Philadelphia Inquirer foreign policy columnist Trudy Rubin. And even she hasn’t touched the subject in over a year.

We all know that the Director of State Courts, Randy Koschnick, was illegally fired (on August 2) by the four liberal and lawless supreme court justices. (See Article 7 Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution.)

Ever since Wisconsin Republican politicians gained complete control of the state Legislature through cleverly gerrymandered redistricting, they’ve flexed their muscles to make it more difficult for the state’s cities to govern themselves.

Change is blowing in the wind. And, Wisconsin is another step closer to expanding Medicaid. In an extraordinary exchange, the Wisconsin Medical Society reaffirmed to me its support for expanding Medicaid.

For about $365 million, representing a small portion of Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar budget surplus, the state could replace expiring federal pandemic dollars to help child-care programs stay in business.

But parents do.

Republicans are again making school choice one of their primary issues leading up to the 2024 election cycle. In four key 2024 battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina — 64% of Democrats support charter schools. Democrats should listen carefully to parents before voters go to the polls.

Throughout the budget process, School Choice Wisconsin and our partners in the Wisconsin Coalition for Education Freedom supported reforms to the system that would “decouple” the choice programs from local property taxes.

Why is college so expensive?

Deer, who died Tuesday at age 88, was an epic figure in the history of her Menominee Indian Tribe, her state of Wisconsin and the United States.

And some Wisconsinites who overcame adversity to achieve it.

Many safeguards are in place for “gain of function” research, and they should be strictly enforced. An outright ban on experiments in one state out of 50 causes more problems than it purports to solve.

While a number of policy problems will be discussed on stage, one issue that’s top of mind for voters – Social Security – should be front and center. 

The trajectory of DeSantis 2024 should remind political observers of another recent Republican presidential bid that at this point in 2015 was about to enter a dramatic plunge into premature defeat well before voters voted: Scott Walker.

Wisconsin native charged as co-conspirator for role in devising fake elector scheme.

Community solar should be as common in Wisconsin as cheese and football.