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The reflexive opposition to density and infill on the part of older and wealthier residents in Madison runs counter to the reality of our severe housing shortage and its dire impacts on those of more modest means.
Protected by the First Amendment, Edward R. Murrow denounced Joseph McCarthy on national news.
By voting yes on both Question 1 and Question 2, Wisconsin voters can prohibit the use of private funds in election administration and also ensure only legally designated election officials can perform election tasks. These ballot initiatives will bring much needed fairness to elections, ultimately leading to greater confidence in outcomes, if passed.
Wisconsin’s Democratic and Republican presidential primaries offer a variety of options for sending messages regarding the direction of the 2024 campaign — and the policies that will extend from it.
Some Wisconsin liberals want to vote “uninstructed” (uncommitted) on Tuesday because of U.S. support for Israel in Gaza. That’s a mistake.
It’s clear Biden and the Democrats will have to have the spin cycle in overdrive. Let’s clean house this fall.
In 2008, the Eurozone and the United States were roughly the same size based on their economies. Today the U.S. economy is twice the size of the Eurozone.
The two-horse race for the presidency may not satisfy people who wished for different candidates atop the Republican and Democratic tickets, but it has at least focused the debate on how well the American economy is – or isn’t – performing.
The city’s efforts to rezone swaths of Madison to make it easier for developers to build apartments without neighbors’ interference, add a bike path at the expense of mature trees and make life more difficult for drivers has, shall we say, touched a nerve.
The one absolutely solid research finding across many studies is that having police stationed in schools increases the number of children, especially Black children, who are referred to the criminal legal system and punished in school — mostly for minor discipline issues and petty thefts — while having no effect on serious crimes.
The direct gains flowing from profitable companies – compensation and benefits — is the job of current executives. It is not all about shareholder gains. A top priority of highly paid executives has to be restoring capitalism to high regard in the arena of public opinion. The era of resentment cannot stand.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, preview Wisconsin’s April 2 spring election and what it may indicate for state and national politics. Statewide, the ballot includes the presidential primary and two constitutional amendments regarding elections. Voters will also cast ballots in general elections for local offices and weigh in on school funding referendums. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Ironically, at a time when Wisconsin has more safeguards against voter fraud than ever before, confidence in election seems to be at an all-time low.
So when will places like Madison and Milwaukee apologize?
I encourage Senator Tammy Baldwin and other leaders in Washington to work collaboratively with the Biden Administration to continue to expand equitable coverage policies and make anti-obesity medications accessible to more seniors through Medicare Part D.
Organization should be renamed the U.L. because it is useless
From NBC to the Dane County Board
In one of my early columns after I took over as editor of this newspaper nearly six years ago, I talked about how hate is always easier than love. I still believe that, of course. But in light of everything that has happened over those six years, I would offer an addendum: Fear is always easier than trust.
As he targets aspiring families as “vermin” and nonhuman “animals,” Trump moves as far away as is humanly possible from a place of virtue.
Without the amendment on private funding there’s no reason why we couldn’t have competing liberal and conservative groups funding election offices in parts of the state that would promise to turn out more of their voters. Let that happen and we really will develop a problem with election integrity.
The reflexive opposition to density and infill on the part of older and wealthier residents in Madison runs counter to the reality of our severe housing shortage and its dire impacts on those of more modest means.
Protected by the First Amendment, Edward R. Murrow denounced Joseph McCarthy on national news.
By voting yes on both Question 1 and Question 2, Wisconsin voters can prohibit the use of private funds in election administration and also ensure only legally designated election officials can perform election tasks. These ballot initiatives will bring much needed fairness to elections, ultimately leading to greater confidence in outcomes, if passed.
Wisconsin’s Democratic and Republican presidential primaries offer a variety of options for sending messages regarding the direction of the 2024 campaign — and the policies that will extend from it.
Some Wisconsin liberals want to vote “uninstructed” (uncommitted) on Tuesday because of U.S. support for Israel in Gaza. That’s a mistake.
It’s clear Biden and the Democrats will have to have the spin cycle in overdrive. Let’s clean house this fall.
In 2008, the Eurozone and the United States were roughly the same size based on their economies. Today the U.S. economy is twice the size of the Eurozone.
The two-horse race for the presidency may not satisfy people who wished for different candidates atop the Republican and Democratic tickets, but it has at least focused the debate on how well the American economy is – or isn’t – performing.
The city’s efforts to rezone swaths of Madison to make it easier for developers to build apartments without neighbors’ interference, add a bike path at the expense of mature trees and make life more difficult for drivers has, shall we say, touched a nerve.
The one absolutely solid research finding across many studies is that having police stationed in schools increases the number of children, especially Black children, who are referred to the criminal legal system and punished in school — mostly for minor discipline issues and petty thefts — while having no effect on serious crimes.
The direct gains flowing from profitable companies – compensation and benefits — is the job of current executives. It is not all about shareholder gains. A top priority of highly paid executives has to be restoring capitalism to high regard in the arena of public opinion. The era of resentment cannot stand.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, preview Wisconsin’s April 2 spring election and what it may indicate for state and national politics. Statewide, the ballot includes the presidential primary and two constitutional amendments regarding elections. Voters will also cast ballots in general elections for local offices and weigh in on school funding referendums. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Ironically, at a time when Wisconsin has more safeguards against voter fraud than ever before, confidence in election seems to be at an all-time low.
So when will places like Madison and Milwaukee apologize?
I encourage Senator Tammy Baldwin and other leaders in Washington to work collaboratively with the Biden Administration to continue to expand equitable coverage policies and make anti-obesity medications accessible to more seniors through Medicare Part D.
Organization should be renamed the U.L. because it is useless
From NBC to the Dane County Board
In one of my early columns after I took over as editor of this newspaper nearly six years ago, I talked about how hate is always easier than love. I still believe that, of course. But in light of everything that has happened over those six years, I would offer an addendum: Fear is always easier than trust.
As he targets aspiring families as “vermin” and nonhuman “animals,” Trump moves as far away as is humanly possible from a place of virtue.
Without the amendment on private funding there’s no reason why we couldn’t have competing liberal and conservative groups funding election offices in parts of the state that would promise to turn out more of their voters. Let that happen and we really will develop a problem with election integrity.
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