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WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ preview the Dem and GOP national conventions
With Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee converted to a mostly virtual production, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer contrasting views on how each party can strengthen its candidate’s support.

Paul Fanlund: On race, a reminder that Madison is two cities
After seven years as diversity chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Patrick Sims departs, offering his candid assessment. It’s not that good.

John Nichols: Donald Trump and his postmaster general are sabotaging democracy in plain sight
The president blurted out his determination to undermine voting rights in a Fox Business Network interview.

LaKeshia Myers: Yes, Virginia, Kanye West is a problem
West himself even admitted to reporters that he was running a spoiler campaign in order to hurt Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

M.D. Kittle: Where have all the Supreme Court conservatives gone?
Wisconsin conservative justices this week passed on another opportunity to rein in another power-hungry, unelected bureaucrat.

Steven M. DeVougas: Broken systems, broken promises
I have served on the Fire and Police Commission for seven years. For seven years, I have acted with integrity. For seven years, I have put the best interests of Milwaukee first. Any decision I have made was because I believe Milwaukee is a great city. My only fault is that I pushed back against a broken system. A system that does not benefit all of the citizens of Milwaukee.

Dave Cieslewicz: Are political conventions even worth it?
Milwaukee is disappointed, yet reducing the Democratic National Convention to a virtual event was a smart move. But even after the pandemic, will big, expensive political conventions ever make sense again?

M.D. Kittle: Supreme Court won’t weigh in on health officer’s power trip
The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week rejected a petition from parents seeking relief from Milwaukee’s overreaching health officer.

Chris Larson: GOP pressure for in-person learning continues assault on schools, families
Forcing students back into schools when the underlying pandemic hasn’t been adequately addressed is the equivalent of forcing kids into a burning building nobody bothered to extinguish.

Emilie Amundson: Wisconsin’s looming child care crisis and its broad-ranging Impact
We need a rapid course correction, or we stand to lose about a third of our child care providers.

Dan Shafer: Biden vs. Trump: The Fox Valley is Wisconsin’s most important swing region
In the latest Marquette University Law School Poll: Breaking down Biden vs. Trump, the divergent views of Wisconsin men and women, Republican mask outrage, and broadly popular Democratic policies.

Jill Richardson: Happy 30th birthday, ADA. What’s next?
We need a system where people with disabilities are universally included by design — not “accommodation.”

Owen Robinson: Let the school year begin — and continue
When the outbreaks come, and they will, we must not panic. We must act, but we must not panic. And when we act to isolate the infected and mitigate the spread, we must do so with the overarching goal of keeping our schools open.

Bruce Murphy: Can Milwaukee’s dismal ranking for Blacks improve?
New study suggests city couldn’t get any worse. New effort aims to improve that.

Dominique Paul Noth: When mask wearing loses by a nose
I’m starting to think that the biggest needs in this country are for online courses, video games and TV shows devoted to mask etiquette and efficacy.

Dave Zweifel: Trump, Fitzgerald, and the GOP ideologues in between deserve each other
Fitzgerald couldn’t help exhibiting his Donald Trump bona fides last week when asked to comment on Trump’s suggestion that the presidential election be delayed this fall.

M.D. Kittle: Remembering Colonel Heg
When Black Lives Matter rioters in June ripped down the statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, they destroyed one of Wisconsin’s most profound symbols of liberty.

Spencer Black: Sometimes, politicians don’t see the light until they feel the heat
It is ironic that Republicans voted for and Trump signed legislation to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund after years of trying to do just the opposite.

Reggie Jackson: The hypocrisy of American rights
What constitutional entitlement means in a nation created unequal.


WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ preview the Dem and GOP national conventions
With Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee converted to a mostly virtual production, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer contrasting views on how each party can strengthen its candidate’s support.

Paul Fanlund: On race, a reminder that Madison is two cities
After seven years as diversity chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Patrick Sims departs, offering his candid assessment. It’s not that good.

John Nichols: Donald Trump and his postmaster general are sabotaging democracy in plain sight
The president blurted out his determination to undermine voting rights in a Fox Business Network interview.

LaKeshia Myers: Yes, Virginia, Kanye West is a problem
West himself even admitted to reporters that he was running a spoiler campaign in order to hurt Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

M.D. Kittle: Where have all the Supreme Court conservatives gone?
Wisconsin conservative justices this week passed on another opportunity to rein in another power-hungry, unelected bureaucrat.

Steven M. DeVougas: Broken systems, broken promises
I have served on the Fire and Police Commission for seven years. For seven years, I have acted with integrity. For seven years, I have put the best interests of Milwaukee first. Any decision I have made was because I believe Milwaukee is a great city. My only fault is that I pushed back against a broken system. A system that does not benefit all of the citizens of Milwaukee.

Dave Cieslewicz: Are political conventions even worth it?
Milwaukee is disappointed, yet reducing the Democratic National Convention to a virtual event was a smart move. But even after the pandemic, will big, expensive political conventions ever make sense again?

M.D. Kittle: Supreme Court won’t weigh in on health officer’s power trip
The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week rejected a petition from parents seeking relief from Milwaukee’s overreaching health officer.

Chris Larson: GOP pressure for in-person learning continues assault on schools, families
Forcing students back into schools when the underlying pandemic hasn’t been adequately addressed is the equivalent of forcing kids into a burning building nobody bothered to extinguish.

Emilie Amundson: Wisconsin’s looming child care crisis and its broad-ranging Impact
We need a rapid course correction, or we stand to lose about a third of our child care providers.

Dan Shafer: Biden vs. Trump: The Fox Valley is Wisconsin’s most important swing region
In the latest Marquette University Law School Poll: Breaking down Biden vs. Trump, the divergent views of Wisconsin men and women, Republican mask outrage, and broadly popular Democratic policies.

Jill Richardson: Happy 30th birthday, ADA. What’s next?
We need a system where people with disabilities are universally included by design — not “accommodation.”

Owen Robinson: Let the school year begin — and continue
When the outbreaks come, and they will, we must not panic. We must act, but we must not panic. And when we act to isolate the infected and mitigate the spread, we must do so with the overarching goal of keeping our schools open.

Bruce Murphy: Can Milwaukee’s dismal ranking for Blacks improve?
New study suggests city couldn’t get any worse. New effort aims to improve that.

Dominique Paul Noth: When mask wearing loses by a nose
I’m starting to think that the biggest needs in this country are for online courses, video games and TV shows devoted to mask etiquette and efficacy.

Dave Zweifel: Trump, Fitzgerald, and the GOP ideologues in between deserve each other
Fitzgerald couldn’t help exhibiting his Donald Trump bona fides last week when asked to comment on Trump’s suggestion that the presidential election be delayed this fall.

M.D. Kittle: Remembering Colonel Heg
When Black Lives Matter rioters in June ripped down the statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, they destroyed one of Wisconsin’s most profound symbols of liberty.

Spencer Black: Sometimes, politicians don’t see the light until they feel the heat
It is ironic that Republicans voted for and Trump signed legislation to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund after years of trying to do just the opposite.

Reggie Jackson: The hypocrisy of American rights
What constitutional entitlement means in a nation created unequal.