David Blaska: Mandela v. RoJo — who won?
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
A few quick thoughts on Friday night’s Senate candidates’ debate between Mandela Barnes and Ron Johnson.
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Ruth Conniff: Facts and fantasy collide in Wisconsin’s Senate debate
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
The flurry of one-minute answers during Friday night’s U.S. Senate candidate debate are unlikely to change many voters’ minds.
Lena Taylor: Student debt loan forgiveness eligibility changes
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
A sticking point surrounds who technically owns some of this debt and who would stand to lose money.
Gary Shelton: Stimulus checks needed in Wisconsin to combat high cost of living
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
We need another round of direct relief payments. Wisconsin can afford it — our state has an unprecedented budget surplus projected to be around $5 billion.
John Torinus: Allied support could push Putin to exit
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
The Western allies have a foot on Putin’s neck. President Biden and our Congress must finish the military confrontation. It is only then that some kind of peaceful outcome is possible.
Bill Kaplan: Bipartisan support for expanding BadgerCare
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
The nonpartisan American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released a new poll showing widespread support for expansion of BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program.
John Nichols: Ron Johnson would wreck Social Security
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Stating the facts about Johnson’s long record of threatening Social Security is not a “scare tactic.”
Scott Frostman: Johnson right to embrace controversy
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
His no-nonsense practical style, likely borne from decades in the private-sector business world where the objective is simply to get the job done, gets rave reviews from supporters, and sends detractors into a Donald Trump-derangement-syndrome kind of frenzy.
Alexis McGill Johnson: A vote for Mandela Barnes is a vote for reproductive freedom
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
In Wisconsin, access to abortion is threatened by a pre-Roe ban that dates back to 1849.
Heather Smith: Fact checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” ad
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Do choosy tax delinquents choose Jif?
LaKeshia Myers: The rubber meets the road
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Biden’s executive mandate on marijuana offers hope.
Patrick McIlheran: Why Wisconsin’s talking about flatter, fairer taxes
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
That fairer structure has demonstrably driven growth in other states for years.
Ruy Teixeira and Dan Adams: Step away from the noise of social media and cable news and there’s a lot of common ground in Wisconsin
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Together, we can fight back against the trend of political tribalism and create a house that stands together.
WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin’s race for attorney general
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the attorney general contest between incumbent Dem Josh Kaul and GOP Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
John Nichols: War or peace is the most neglected issue on the November ballot
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
Most Americans don’t know it because the media isn’t asking candidates about disarmament, diplomacy, and out-of-control military spending.
Dan O’Donnell: Biden’s energy debacle
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
Rather than admit his mistake in dramatically slowing down domestic drilling, Biden shortsightedly bled the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level in nearly 40 years and naively assumed he could trust the Saudis to bail him out of the jam he created.
Matt Rothschild: Wisconsin needs direct democracy
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
Other states have binding referendums. Evers’ call for it echoes Gov. McGovern 111 years ago.
Scott Walker: The left’s October surprises and lies
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
I too was a target of a political hit job by the left
Mary Telfer: Let’s put an end to cruel animal drug testing
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
The FDA Modernization Act would lift the archaic regulatory requirements for animal tests and allow scientists to use modern methods that spare animals in new drug and vaccine development.
Dave Zweifel: Next time you curse the pill bottle, remember the reason
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
It was 40 years ago that seven people in the Chicago area died after swallowing Tylenol capsules that had been doctored with a lethal amount of potassium cyanide.
David Blaska: Mandela v. RoJo — who won?
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
A few quick thoughts on Friday night’s Senate candidates’ debate between Mandela Barnes and Ron Johnson.
Ruth Conniff: Facts and fantasy collide in Wisconsin’s Senate debate
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
The flurry of one-minute answers during Friday night’s U.S. Senate candidate debate are unlikely to change many voters’ minds.
Lena Taylor: Student debt loan forgiveness eligibility changes
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
A sticking point surrounds who technically owns some of this debt and who would stand to lose money.
Gary Shelton: Stimulus checks needed in Wisconsin to combat high cost of living
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
We need another round of direct relief payments. Wisconsin can afford it — our state has an unprecedented budget surplus projected to be around $5 billion.
John Torinus: Allied support could push Putin to exit
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022
The Western allies have a foot on Putin’s neck. President Biden and our Congress must finish the military confrontation. It is only then that some kind of peaceful outcome is possible.
Bill Kaplan: Bipartisan support for expanding BadgerCare
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
The nonpartisan American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released a new poll showing widespread support for expansion of BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program.
John Nichols: Ron Johnson would wreck Social Security
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Stating the facts about Johnson’s long record of threatening Social Security is not a “scare tactic.”
Scott Frostman: Johnson right to embrace controversy
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
His no-nonsense practical style, likely borne from decades in the private-sector business world where the objective is simply to get the job done, gets rave reviews from supporters, and sends detractors into a Donald Trump-derangement-syndrome kind of frenzy.
Alexis McGill Johnson: A vote for Mandela Barnes is a vote for reproductive freedom
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
In Wisconsin, access to abortion is threatened by a pre-Roe ban that dates back to 1849.
Heather Smith: Fact checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” ad
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Do choosy tax delinquents choose Jif?
LaKeshia Myers: The rubber meets the road
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Biden’s executive mandate on marijuana offers hope.
Patrick McIlheran: Why Wisconsin’s talking about flatter, fairer taxes
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
That fairer structure has demonstrably driven growth in other states for years.
Ruy Teixeira and Dan Adams: Step away from the noise of social media and cable news and there’s a lot of common ground in Wisconsin
Monday, Oct 10, 2022
Together, we can fight back against the trend of political tribalism and create a house that stands together.
WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin’s race for attorney general
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the attorney general contest between incumbent Dem Josh Kaul and GOP Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
John Nichols: War or peace is the most neglected issue on the November ballot
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
Most Americans don’t know it because the media isn’t asking candidates about disarmament, diplomacy, and out-of-control military spending.
Dan O’Donnell: Biden’s energy debacle
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
Rather than admit his mistake in dramatically slowing down domestic drilling, Biden shortsightedly bled the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level in nearly 40 years and naively assumed he could trust the Saudis to bail him out of the jam he created.
Matt Rothschild: Wisconsin needs direct democracy
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
Other states have binding referendums. Evers’ call for it echoes Gov. McGovern 111 years ago.
Scott Walker: The left’s October surprises and lies
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
I too was a target of a political hit job by the left
Mary Telfer: Let’s put an end to cruel animal drug testing
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
The FDA Modernization Act would lift the archaic regulatory requirements for animal tests and allow scientists to use modern methods that spare animals in new drug and vaccine development.
Dave Zweifel: Next time you curse the pill bottle, remember the reason
Friday, Oct 7, 2022
It was 40 years ago that seven people in the Chicago area died after swallowing Tylenol capsules that had been doctored with a lethal amount of potassium cyanide.
