While recalling history and understanding it is most important, the visual and social relationship to our past must be connected to the times in which we live.

I don’t have any kids in Iron River, either. But plenty of folks do. And as we come to the end of Banned Books Week in America, it’s up to them to stand up to a bunch of grumpy old men and women and demand that thoughts and ideas be allowed to flow freely at the library.

Wisconsin Republicans’ plan did not provide political proportionality.

I had a chance to sit down with Kevin McCarthy a few months after the last speaker debacle. Oh not that Kevin McCarthy. My conversation was with a Winnebago Co., Ill., board member whose real job is as a morning DJ. A loyal Republican, he was flummoxed watching the January carnival show playing out on national TV.

Most are poorer than average members of Congress. Then there’s Ron Johnson.

It’s time to burn a persistent political myth hyped by the political universe.

John Kelly, retired top Marine general and chief of staff for former President Trump, went on the record last week to confirm that Trump categorized the 1800 Marines killed in the June 1919 Battle of Belleau Wood as “suckers.”

The consequences of not passing a farm bill or extension are far too great with the ripple effects moving from farm to fork.

Insulin is not an optional medication. People in Wisconsin worry every day about being able to access and afford the insulin they need to live.

Donors shun planned ‘re-imagined’ Milwaukee Public Museum.

Could Gaetz’s grift be any more obvious? His performative conservatism any more odious? He is soliciting funds for a planned run for governor in 2026 (a likely stepping stone to a presidential bid two years later) by posing as a MAGA champion bravely taking down the hated Establishment. Gaetz isn’t stupid, but he’s counting on Trump’s supporters to be.

Some pundits are suggesting that Democrats should have been “the adults in the room” and rescued McCarthy. But this is piffle on stilts, because there was nothing adult about Kevin’s short and lamentable reign, and it would have been pointless for the Democrats to pretend it was worth propping up. Let’s review some of the key moments in his fall.

The most depressing thing about McCarthy’s fate is what it says about the state of our system. Practical politics, governing, doing what’s in the long-term best interests of the county or even of your party — all of that is in peril.

As the world watches and wonders what has happened to the leader of the free world, Americans continue to be embarrassed and stunned at the new and lower basement that the GOP has willingly taken the country.

I entered my University of Wisconsin presidency with a firm understanding of the university. Job one was to prepare the campuses to reopen for the fall 2020 semester.

Every governor, elected statewide by the people, should be able to pick their team.

Housing in Madison is not only unaffordable for the poorest Black families, its cost puts it out of the reach of median-income Black households in nearly every part of the city.

Big profits, big executive salaries. big donations, all paid for by rate payers.

The VA rule, inconspicuously called “Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation,” would lower the reimbursements both ground and air ambulance providers receive when transporting a veteran in an emergency to a level substantially below the actual cost of service.

If the next bellwether case proceeds to trial, we may soon learn whether a jury believes PFAS causes these ailments. And if the jury finds against 3M, future PFAS litigation will not resemble past PCB litigation. Instead, it will mirror past asbestos litigation, potentially wiping out some companies.