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John Nichols: Tim Michels is another Donald Trump
Michels prevailed in the primary by aligning his candidacy with Trump, ideologically and stylistically.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ war on manufacturing
From his efforts to eviscerate the state’s successful manufacturing tax incentive to his extreme climate change agenda, the liberal governor’s policies have shown he’s no friend of Wisconsin manufacturers and the hundreds of thousands of people they employ.

Owen Robinson: Monsters in our midst
Tony Evers is choosing to release violent criminals. He could stop it, but he is not doing so because he wants it to happen. He wants violent felons to be released into our communities because social justice politics is more important to him than victims and their families.

Jeffrey Leverich: Universal vouchers: the undemocratization of our education system
Universal vouchers, proposed by gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, would crack the foundation upon which our state was built — already weakened by decades of Republican-induced cuts.

Bill Kaplan: Van Orden is too extreme for Congress
There is nothing in his background to indicate that he would be a problem solver. And his volatile temperament disqualifies him. Congress is supposed to solve problems. Extremists like Van Orden just bloviate.

Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee: Ron Johnson peddles myths on Social Security
Republican U.S. Senator’s push to ‘save’ it would actually destroy the program.

David Blaska: God bless America!
Mandela Barnes could do well to cut a TV ad expressing his love of country and optimism — but he can’t redact his own recent history.

Martice Scales: Ron Johnson turned his back on family famers like me
Despite what he might claim, Ron Johnson has spent the last twelve years working against small scale farmers, choosing to side with the large agricultural companies driving us out of business.

Ruth Conniff: Getting past toxic partisanship: Dairy farmers and undocumented workers
As I travel around in this intensely political season, talking about the relationships between rural Americans and Mexican workers, I see their stories, more and more, as an antidote to our divisive politics.

Dominique Paul Noth: Brands of fear preoccupy Nov. 8 voters
Polls keep suggesting a close election and that voters don’t take seriously enough the threat to democracy and basic voting rights the Democrats keep talking about.

Mike Nichols: Want to cut crime? Support the police.
Milwaukee’s rise in violent crime coincides with the denigration and depletion of the thin blue line.

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin Assembly candidate Adam Steen demeaned campaign volunteers, a lack of common decency
A candidate themself should never, ever belittle, demean, or devalue citizens who show support and offer to volunteer for a campaign. To do so is seriously shallow.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider who has the momentum in the run-up to Election Day
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider which party has momentum in the final weeks of the 2022 general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Paul Fanlund: Please young people, shock us with massive turnout
Young people, please confound the predictions. Show up in record numbers and vote like your future depends on it.

Dave Zweifel: Some cops support Johnson, but he doesn’t support cops
I wonder if those two uniformed sheriffs who appear in Ron Johnson’s attack ads that paint Mandela Barnes as anti-cop ever ask the senator why he wasn’t more alarmed by the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

Scott Walker: Democrats’ upcoming shellacking
The economy, public safety, and the border are major issues with voters.

Dan O’Donnell: America gets serious
Why are Republicans surging in the polls less than three weeks before the midterm election? Because, as Dan O’Donnell writes, America is rejecting unserious Democrats in deadly serious times.

Gregg Hoffmann: ‘Toxic-weighted’ chemicals in Wisconsin
Wisconsin comes out looking bad in yet another recent environmental report. On a “toxicity-weighted scale” of chemicals, Wisconsin saw the most releases of any state, according to the Environment America Research and Policy Center.

Spencer Black: Climate issue could help Dems win
In a close election, emphasizing the vast difference on climate could propel U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes to victory.

Richard Moore: A company of stationers
Welcome to the Big Tech Censorship Guild.

John Nichols: Tim Michels is another Donald Trump
Michels prevailed in the primary by aligning his candidacy with Trump, ideologically and stylistically.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ war on manufacturing
From his efforts to eviscerate the state’s successful manufacturing tax incentive to his extreme climate change agenda, the liberal governor’s policies have shown he’s no friend of Wisconsin manufacturers and the hundreds of thousands of people they employ.

Owen Robinson: Monsters in our midst
Tony Evers is choosing to release violent criminals. He could stop it, but he is not doing so because he wants it to happen. He wants violent felons to be released into our communities because social justice politics is more important to him than victims and their families.

Jeffrey Leverich: Universal vouchers: the undemocratization of our education system
Universal vouchers, proposed by gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, would crack the foundation upon which our state was built — already weakened by decades of Republican-induced cuts.

Bill Kaplan: Van Orden is too extreme for Congress
There is nothing in his background to indicate that he would be a problem solver. And his volatile temperament disqualifies him. Congress is supposed to solve problems. Extremists like Van Orden just bloviate.

Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee: Ron Johnson peddles myths on Social Security
Republican U.S. Senator’s push to ‘save’ it would actually destroy the program.

David Blaska: God bless America!
Mandela Barnes could do well to cut a TV ad expressing his love of country and optimism — but he can’t redact his own recent history.

Martice Scales: Ron Johnson turned his back on family famers like me
Despite what he might claim, Ron Johnson has spent the last twelve years working against small scale farmers, choosing to side with the large agricultural companies driving us out of business.

Ruth Conniff: Getting past toxic partisanship: Dairy farmers and undocumented workers
As I travel around in this intensely political season, talking about the relationships between rural Americans and Mexican workers, I see their stories, more and more, as an antidote to our divisive politics.

Dominique Paul Noth: Brands of fear preoccupy Nov. 8 voters
Polls keep suggesting a close election and that voters don’t take seriously enough the threat to democracy and basic voting rights the Democrats keep talking about.

Mike Nichols: Want to cut crime? Support the police.
Milwaukee’s rise in violent crime coincides with the denigration and depletion of the thin blue line.

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin Assembly candidate Adam Steen demeaned campaign volunteers, a lack of common decency
A candidate themself should never, ever belittle, demean, or devalue citizens who show support and offer to volunteer for a campaign. To do so is seriously shallow.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider who has the momentum in the run-up to Election Day
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider which party has momentum in the final weeks of the 2022 general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Paul Fanlund: Please young people, shock us with massive turnout
Young people, please confound the predictions. Show up in record numbers and vote like your future depends on it.

Dave Zweifel: Some cops support Johnson, but he doesn’t support cops
I wonder if those two uniformed sheriffs who appear in Ron Johnson’s attack ads that paint Mandela Barnes as anti-cop ever ask the senator why he wasn’t more alarmed by the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

Scott Walker: Democrats’ upcoming shellacking
The economy, public safety, and the border are major issues with voters.

Dan O’Donnell: America gets serious
Why are Republicans surging in the polls less than three weeks before the midterm election? Because, as Dan O’Donnell writes, America is rejecting unserious Democrats in deadly serious times.

Gregg Hoffmann: ‘Toxic-weighted’ chemicals in Wisconsin
Wisconsin comes out looking bad in yet another recent environmental report. On a “toxicity-weighted scale” of chemicals, Wisconsin saw the most releases of any state, according to the Environment America Research and Policy Center.

Spencer Black: Climate issue could help Dems win
In a close election, emphasizing the vast difference on climate could propel U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes to victory.