
Submit columns for consideration to wisopinion@wispolitics.com


Sylvia Ortiz-Velez: Improving health equity is critical
Medicare Advantage is part of the solution.

Ruth Conniff: How are Wisconsin women doing under the 1849 abortion ban?
Not so well, say doctors.

Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee: ‘A windfall for the wealthy’
Flat tax proposal would hurt education, roads, public safety

David Blaska: Stop the Republican bloodbath before it begins!
The battle for leadership of Dane County’s Republican party is a microcosm of the civil war Republicans are waging nationally within itself.

Bill Kaplan: Dairyland in trouble
The agriculture sector, including dairy farms, is still a crown jewel for Wisconsin’s economy. But the future looks grim for small dairy farms.

M.D. Kittle: Two can play at this game: Referendums and voter turnout
Republicans are merely taking a page from the Democratic Party’s playbook.

Dave Zweifel: Lies still fuel election mistrust
It’s all led to hundreds of unnecessary changes in election laws.

Mike Nichols: LeMahieu talks flat tax with Badger Institute
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has introduced a plan to transition the state over four years to a flat 3.25% individual income tax from the current four-bracket structure with a top rate of 7.65%.

LaKeshia Myers: As the noose tightens: The academic erasure of Black Americans
Florida passed a law that prevents Advanced Placement African American history to be offered in its high schools.

Scott Walker: It’s time to take the March for Life out of D.C. and into state capitals
The debate has shifted from the court of law to the court of public opinion.

Matthew Rothschild: Citizens United at 13
Saturday marked the thirteenth anniversary of the notorious Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates to big and dark money in our politics.

Gregory Humphrey: Being classy matters in politics
There is a classy way to conduct oneself when turning over power at the White House, and then there are those who act like petulant rubes.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ preview Evers’ State of the State address
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, speculate on the topics included in Gov. Tony Evers’ first State of the State Address of his second term. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Patrick Testin: Bail reform will help fight violent crime
The proposed constitutional amendment unties the hands of our justice system by allowing courts to set conditions of release to prevent serious harm to the public and enabling courts to consider all of the circumstances surrounding a crime.

Melissa Agard: Wisconsin Republicans embrace harmful conversion “therapy” practices
Less than two weeks into the start of a new legislative session, Wisconsin Republicans have already demonized those who lead lifestyles different than theirs and neglected their duty to act in the best interests of the people of our state, including our LGBTQ youth.

M.D. Kittle: Protasiewicz learned from progressive justice DA John Chisholm
The Milwaukee County judge has definitely surrounded herself with liberal legal activists, perhaps none more controversial than her old boss, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.

Dave Cieslewicz: Following the money
The campaign finance reports are in. Let’s see what they tell us.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin Republicans aim to kill off government with their flat tax
What happened to the idea of working together for our common interests?

Christian Schneider: Nerd immunity: How the outcasts seized control of our politics
Geeks and dorks are here for payback, and their toxic behavior is only getting worse.

Lena Taylor: Elections have consequences
Judicial appointments and elections do, too.

Sylvia Ortiz-Velez: Improving health equity is critical
Medicare Advantage is part of the solution.

Ruth Conniff: How are Wisconsin women doing under the 1849 abortion ban?
Not so well, say doctors.

Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee: ‘A windfall for the wealthy’
Flat tax proposal would hurt education, roads, public safety

David Blaska: Stop the Republican bloodbath before it begins!
The battle for leadership of Dane County’s Republican party is a microcosm of the civil war Republicans are waging nationally within itself.

Bill Kaplan: Dairyland in trouble
The agriculture sector, including dairy farms, is still a crown jewel for Wisconsin’s economy. But the future looks grim for small dairy farms.

M.D. Kittle: Two can play at this game: Referendums and voter turnout
Republicans are merely taking a page from the Democratic Party’s playbook.

Dave Zweifel: Lies still fuel election mistrust
It’s all led to hundreds of unnecessary changes in election laws.

Mike Nichols: LeMahieu talks flat tax with Badger Institute
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has introduced a plan to transition the state over four years to a flat 3.25% individual income tax from the current four-bracket structure with a top rate of 7.65%.

LaKeshia Myers: As the noose tightens: The academic erasure of Black Americans
Florida passed a law that prevents Advanced Placement African American history to be offered in its high schools.

Scott Walker: It’s time to take the March for Life out of D.C. and into state capitals
The debate has shifted from the court of law to the court of public opinion.

Matthew Rothschild: Citizens United at 13
Saturday marked the thirteenth anniversary of the notorious Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates to big and dark money in our politics.

Gregory Humphrey: Being classy matters in politics
There is a classy way to conduct oneself when turning over power at the White House, and then there are those who act like petulant rubes.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ preview Evers’ State of the State address
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, speculate on the topics included in Gov. Tony Evers’ first State of the State Address of his second term. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Patrick Testin: Bail reform will help fight violent crime
The proposed constitutional amendment unties the hands of our justice system by allowing courts to set conditions of release to prevent serious harm to the public and enabling courts to consider all of the circumstances surrounding a crime.

Melissa Agard: Wisconsin Republicans embrace harmful conversion “therapy” practices
Less than two weeks into the start of a new legislative session, Wisconsin Republicans have already demonized those who lead lifestyles different than theirs and neglected their duty to act in the best interests of the people of our state, including our LGBTQ youth.

M.D. Kittle: Protasiewicz learned from progressive justice DA John Chisholm
The Milwaukee County judge has definitely surrounded herself with liberal legal activists, perhaps none more controversial than her old boss, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.

Dave Cieslewicz: Following the money
The campaign finance reports are in. Let’s see what they tell us.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin Republicans aim to kill off government with their flat tax
What happened to the idea of working together for our common interests?

Christian Schneider: Nerd immunity: How the outcasts seized control of our politics
Geeks and dorks are here for payback, and their toxic behavior is only getting worse.
