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John Torinus: Ramthun’s resume smells fishy
There are some fishy things about the resume of Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Kewaskum who has announced a campaign for governor.

Dave Cieslewicz: Public safety can’t be left to public officials
It’s time for sensible people in Dane County — which, I am convinced are the vast majority of people here — to wrest control of public safety issues from our paralyzed public officials.

Dave Zweifel: Want to solve the trucker shortage? Stop treating them like crap
A group of Republican legislators wants to have the state subsidize the training of new truck drivers, ostensibly to help fill what is nationally estimated to be a shortage of 80,000 drivers.

Art Cyr: US-Canada relationship strong enough to survive truckers’ protest
Canada-U.S. relations remain quietly strong despite media focus on current disruptions.

Dan O’Donnell: Lt. Gov. Barnes’ bail blunder
Three months to the day after a felon out on just $1,000 bail killed six people and injured dozens of others at the Waukesha Christmas Parade, his campaign is doubling down on a position that isn’t just politically toxic; it is literally deadly.

M.D. Kittle: Lawmaker to Evers and Barnes: ‘How many more innocent victims’?
As liberal Lt. Gov Mandela Barnes doubles down on his support for eliminating cash bail, one Republican lawmaker working to stop the revolving-door criminal justice system says radical Democrats like Barnes just don’t get it.

Bill Barth: Hold elections when people want to vote
Low turnout for critically important decisions harmful for communities.

Bruce Murphy: The rise of Timothy Ramthun
One-time nobody now a candidate for governor and top demagogue in state Republican Party.

John Nichols: Wisconsin Republican governor’s race: dumb and dumber
When faced with the choice of whether to identify a candidate as a liar or a fool, the generous course is to give the contender the benefit of the doubt and assume that they mean what they say. In other words, if a politician says something that is quantifiably dumb, the polite response is to assume that they must be, well, dumb.

Ruth Conniff: The wheels are off the wagon with GOP elections bills
The state’s election audit, a raft of new voting restrictions pushed forward by Republican leaders of the Legislature, the nation’s only special counsel investigation into the 2020 election and the move led by State Rep. and GOP gubernatorial candidate Timothy Ramthun to decertify the state’s electoral votes, taken together, put Wisconsin in a class by itself.

David Blaska: Democrats have deserted the blue collars
Why is Madison more progressive than, say, Wausau? The answer: Class warfare. Not rich versus the poor nor even capitalists versus workers, as the Marxists would have it. The divide demarcates people who work with their minds versus those who work with their hands, NY Times columnist Ross Douthat postulates.

Dave Cieslewicz: Liberals value education above all else
Much of the Democratic Party is now made up of extremely liberal, affluent and well-educated urbanites. They’re super woke and pro-union, but when woke and solidarity run head-on into the education of their offspring, education is going to leave their other values in pieces on the side of the road.

Scott Walker: Ten fundamental principles to return to American greatness
The future of the United States of America, despite our current challenges, is bright if we follow fundamental principles.

Gregory Humphrey: Adam Jarchow tweets about invading Canada as their law enforcement quells lawbreakers
This weekend Jarchow, in light of the well-reported news over the weeks that laws were being broken in Canada, and as a candidate for a top law-and-order office in Wisconsin tweeted a most bizarre statement.

Bill Berry: UW-Eau Claire students find heartbreak and inspiration with Afghan refugees
The term “Wisconsin Idea” may seem vague to some, but it’s not to a group of students and faculty members from UW-Eau Claire or the Afghanistan refugees and partner groups they interacted with for two weeks in January.

Bill Kaplan: Biden, Putin, Ukraine and Armageddon
A war between an invading Russian force and Ukraine will be catastrophic, and will destabilize the international order.

Dave Zweifel: Again, teachers are roadkill in culture war
Demonizing teachers has become a passion among all too many in Wisconsin.

Karen Flanigan: It’s time to break up Milwaukee Public Schools
If Wisconsin lawmakers truly value education and protecting a bright future of all children in this state, then they would be wise to act quickly and support Sen. Alberta Darling’s reform efforts to split MPS into several smaller school districts.

John Nichols: The dirty secret of inflation: Corporations are jacking up prices and profits
Democrats are failing to speak to the realities of the economic moment–and it could cost them in the midterms.

Mike Gallagher: Battle Force 2025
A plan to defend Taiwan within the decade.

John Torinus: Ramthun’s resume smells fishy
There are some fishy things about the resume of Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Kewaskum who has announced a campaign for governor.

Dave Cieslewicz: Public safety can’t be left to public officials
It’s time for sensible people in Dane County — which, I am convinced are the vast majority of people here — to wrest control of public safety issues from our paralyzed public officials.

Dave Zweifel: Want to solve the trucker shortage? Stop treating them like crap
A group of Republican legislators wants to have the state subsidize the training of new truck drivers, ostensibly to help fill what is nationally estimated to be a shortage of 80,000 drivers.

Art Cyr: US-Canada relationship strong enough to survive truckers’ protest
Canada-U.S. relations remain quietly strong despite media focus on current disruptions.

Dan O’Donnell: Lt. Gov. Barnes’ bail blunder
Three months to the day after a felon out on just $1,000 bail killed six people and injured dozens of others at the Waukesha Christmas Parade, his campaign is doubling down on a position that isn’t just politically toxic; it is literally deadly.

M.D. Kittle: Lawmaker to Evers and Barnes: ‘How many more innocent victims’?
As liberal Lt. Gov Mandela Barnes doubles down on his support for eliminating cash bail, one Republican lawmaker working to stop the revolving-door criminal justice system says radical Democrats like Barnes just don’t get it.

Bill Barth: Hold elections when people want to vote
Low turnout for critically important decisions harmful for communities.

Bruce Murphy: The rise of Timothy Ramthun
One-time nobody now a candidate for governor and top demagogue in state Republican Party.

John Nichols: Wisconsin Republican governor’s race: dumb and dumber
When faced with the choice of whether to identify a candidate as a liar or a fool, the generous course is to give the contender the benefit of the doubt and assume that they mean what they say. In other words, if a politician says something that is quantifiably dumb, the polite response is to assume that they must be, well, dumb.

Ruth Conniff: The wheels are off the wagon with GOP elections bills
The state’s election audit, a raft of new voting restrictions pushed forward by Republican leaders of the Legislature, the nation’s only special counsel investigation into the 2020 election and the move led by State Rep. and GOP gubernatorial candidate Timothy Ramthun to decertify the state’s electoral votes, taken together, put Wisconsin in a class by itself.

David Blaska: Democrats have deserted the blue collars
Why is Madison more progressive than, say, Wausau? The answer: Class warfare. Not rich versus the poor nor even capitalists versus workers, as the Marxists would have it. The divide demarcates people who work with their minds versus those who work with their hands, NY Times columnist Ross Douthat postulates.

Dave Cieslewicz: Liberals value education above all else
Much of the Democratic Party is now made up of extremely liberal, affluent and well-educated urbanites. They’re super woke and pro-union, but when woke and solidarity run head-on into the education of their offspring, education is going to leave their other values in pieces on the side of the road.

Scott Walker: Ten fundamental principles to return to American greatness
The future of the United States of America, despite our current challenges, is bright if we follow fundamental principles.

Gregory Humphrey: Adam Jarchow tweets about invading Canada as their law enforcement quells lawbreakers
This weekend Jarchow, in light of the well-reported news over the weeks that laws were being broken in Canada, and as a candidate for a top law-and-order office in Wisconsin tweeted a most bizarre statement.

Bill Berry: UW-Eau Claire students find heartbreak and inspiration with Afghan refugees
The term “Wisconsin Idea” may seem vague to some, but it’s not to a group of students and faculty members from UW-Eau Claire or the Afghanistan refugees and partner groups they interacted with for two weeks in January.

Bill Kaplan: Biden, Putin, Ukraine and Armageddon
A war between an invading Russian force and Ukraine will be catastrophic, and will destabilize the international order.

Dave Zweifel: Again, teachers are roadkill in culture war
Demonizing teachers has become a passion among all too many in Wisconsin.

Karen Flanigan: It’s time to break up Milwaukee Public Schools
If Wisconsin lawmakers truly value education and protecting a bright future of all children in this state, then they would be wise to act quickly and support Sen. Alberta Darling’s reform efforts to split MPS into several smaller school districts.

John Nichols: The dirty secret of inflation: Corporations are jacking up prices and profits
Democrats are failing to speak to the realities of the economic moment–and it could cost them in the midterms.