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The Pentagon’s new “testosterone initiative” is the kind of policy you get when a society has quietly accepted that its military is less a professional fighting force than simply the nation’s largest job-creating program for the young, the poor, and the under‑educated.
It is the emergence of a status envy ideology that shapes how Americans interpret their own lives and measure themselves against others in an environment where traditional forms of community have eroded.
For decades, colleges and universities across the country have offered developmental or remedial education courses to students who arrive on campus not yet prepared for college-level work.
As America recognizes its 250th birthday, Wisconsin has an opportunity to shape the next chapter of its economic story.
Would you be satisfied if you knew the priest that violated your brother or sister, classmate, neighbor or extended family was given a pass, not reported to authorities in the criminal justice system?
Nonprofit drives revenues by increasing caseloads, reducing quality of care, workers say.
Excerpt from Ben Wikler’s “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy”
In the wake of Sara Rodriguez’s calamitous campaign implosion, the other Democrats still running for governor embarked on a frenzied competition to steal her lane. They’re flapping around like crazed vultures.
Social democratic policies aren’t any more extreme than those of the La Follette progressives who set the stage for Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance and regulatory reforms.
The statutory framework is already there; we just need to make it work again.
Not only is China light years behind on investment and physical infrastructure, they don’t appear to be interested in competing against the U.S. But maybe that’s because China is running a different race.
It’s not funny how this federal administration and its enablers are treating human health and the environment. But it is almost laughable when you consider the legions of seemingly health-conscious people who were so thoroughly duped and are now surprised by what was obviously going to happen.
Too often we stay silent when it’s a son, a cousin, an uncle or a friend. Then we act surprised when another family is grieving or another neighborhood is traumatized.
Federal Judge Lynn Adelman handled the hot-button case perfectly.
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, who was emerging as a possible compromise Democratic candidate for governor, just fired her campaign manager and is suddenly short of cash.
He got help from Republican legislators and federal pandemic funding.
With at least three-quarters of Wisconsinites heavily in favor of conservation, GOP candidates oppose “green” legislation at their own risk.
How can spreading the daily waste from nearly 14,000 dairy cows over the acreage available benefit those living in and visiting the marvelous natural resource that Door County presents?
Legislators must pass a long-term energy planning requirement and clean energy portfolio standard to prevent utilities from continuing to exploit regulatory processes.
Marklein had the power to invest in childcare, in our schools, in this district. He chose not to.
The Pentagon’s new “testosterone initiative” is the kind of policy you get when a society has quietly accepted that its military is less a professional fighting force than simply the nation’s largest job-creating program for the young, the poor, and the under‑educated.
It is the emergence of a status envy ideology that shapes how Americans interpret their own lives and measure themselves against others in an environment where traditional forms of community have eroded.
For decades, colleges and universities across the country have offered developmental or remedial education courses to students who arrive on campus not yet prepared for college-level work.
As America recognizes its 250th birthday, Wisconsin has an opportunity to shape the next chapter of its economic story.
Would you be satisfied if you knew the priest that violated your brother or sister, classmate, neighbor or extended family was given a pass, not reported to authorities in the criminal justice system?
Nonprofit drives revenues by increasing caseloads, reducing quality of care, workers say.
Excerpt from Ben Wikler’s “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy”
In the wake of Sara Rodriguez’s calamitous campaign implosion, the other Democrats still running for governor embarked on a frenzied competition to steal her lane. They’re flapping around like crazed vultures.
Social democratic policies aren’t any more extreme than those of the La Follette progressives who set the stage for Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance and regulatory reforms.
The statutory framework is already there; we just need to make it work again.
Not only is China light years behind on investment and physical infrastructure, they don’t appear to be interested in competing against the U.S. But maybe that’s because China is running a different race.
It’s not funny how this federal administration and its enablers are treating human health and the environment. But it is almost laughable when you consider the legions of seemingly health-conscious people who were so thoroughly duped and are now surprised by what was obviously going to happen.
Too often we stay silent when it’s a son, a cousin, an uncle or a friend. Then we act surprised when another family is grieving or another neighborhood is traumatized.
Federal Judge Lynn Adelman handled the hot-button case perfectly.
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, who was emerging as a possible compromise Democratic candidate for governor, just fired her campaign manager and is suddenly short of cash.
He got help from Republican legislators and federal pandemic funding.
With at least three-quarters of Wisconsinites heavily in favor of conservation, GOP candidates oppose “green” legislation at their own risk.
How can spreading the daily waste from nearly 14,000 dairy cows over the acreage available benefit those living in and visiting the marvelous natural resource that Door County presents?
Legislators must pass a long-term energy planning requirement and clean energy portfolio standard to prevent utilities from continuing to exploit regulatory processes.
Marklein had the power to invest in childcare, in our schools, in this district. He chose not to.
