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Bruce Murphy: State trails most in renewable energy
Just 10 mostly southern states are doing less. Wisconsin also has more expensive electricity.

Tamarine Cornelius: State’s $1 billion tax cut leaves out 49% of taxpayers
Not a dollar for half of all taxpayers, thousands in tax cuts for the most wealthy.

Dan O’Donnell: COVID-19 is nowhere near as deadly as the Spanish Flu
While it is true that both COVID-19 and Spanish Flu killed approximately 675,000 Americans, the population of the United States in 1918 was a third of what it is today.

Spencer Black: GOP politicians are the Typhoid Marys of the 21 century
Republican politicians are allowing, even encouraging, the spread of COVID in an ugly attempt to gain power.

Dave Zweifel: ‘Radical Rebecca’ Kleefisch running as Wisconsin’s Donald Trumpv
Kleefisch has now conceded that Joe Biden won the election, but she’s all in on conducting a “forensic audit” of the results.

Ruth Conniff: Gableman video puts a polished gloss on election nonsense
Professional look a ‘stark contrast’ to disastrous fraud investigation.

M.D. Kittle: Riot-wrecked statues restored and back at Capitol
While the scars of the riot remain, the statues that have long served as a symbol of Wisconsin’s strength are back in their rightful places.

Dave Zweifel: GOP presses on with ‘false’ claims about Evers’ Kenosha response
Voters need to pay close attention to not get hoodwinked by political ads featuring made-up stories.

John Nichols: California’s got a message for the Wisconsin GOP
By all accounts, the recall was a disaster for the Republicans in California.

Owen Robinson: Mandela Barnes might be a perfect socialist
We learned last week that the Democrat front-runner for U.S. Senate and current lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes, did not pay any income taxes and received health care coverage from the taxpayers via BadgerCare in the same year he purchased two condos and ran for public office.

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden is right on the border
President Joe Biden is making the hard, but correct, call on Haitian refugees and others camped near Del Rio, Texas.

Scott Walker: College student destroying American flags on 9/11?
A student activist destroys a 9/11 memorial in the middle of the night — throwing away 2,977 American flags. Sounds impossible? Sadly, it is not.

Reggie Jackson: Made in the USA: Homegrown terrorism has existed throughout American history
As we look back on and honor the memory of the victims of 9/11 and the heroic stories that came out of that day, let us not forget that day. Likewise, let us not forget the untold number of victims of the terroristic, and in many cases, state sponsored violence that has been a part of America since it began.

Paul Fanlund: Now five festivals in, how can we improve Cap Times Idea Fest?
Yes, we do listen. And we will address critiques.

Bill Kaplan: Farm summit needed on COVID-19 vaccination
The Evers administration should convene a rural summit with farm organizations and other stakeholders on vaccination, focusing on respectful engagement and addressing misinformation.

Michael Jahr: ‘Free Exchange’ podcast on school choice with Will Flanders and Jim Bender
School shutdowns, mask mandates and the teaching of critical race theory have once again made school choice a priority in the state that pioneered it. Will Flanders of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and Jim Bender of School Choice Wisconsin join the Badger Institute’s “Free Exchange” podcast to discuss the future of education in the Badger State.

Alondra Garcia: DACA recipients need pathway to citizenship
Nearly a decade after DACA executive order, action by Congress long overdue.

Lena Taylor: Guns at school are okay, but not a mask
How many could easily vote for a gun in a classroom, but not a piece of fabric, in the name of student safety?

Jeff Smith: To end gerrymandering, get involved in the process
Gerrymandered maps essentially preserved the majority party’s political advantage for the last decade.

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Bruce Murphy: State trails most in renewable energy
Just 10 mostly southern states are doing less. Wisconsin also has more expensive electricity.

Tamarine Cornelius: State’s $1 billion tax cut leaves out 49% of taxpayers
Not a dollar for half of all taxpayers, thousands in tax cuts for the most wealthy.

Dan O’Donnell: COVID-19 is nowhere near as deadly as the Spanish Flu
While it is true that both COVID-19 and Spanish Flu killed approximately 675,000 Americans, the population of the United States in 1918 was a third of what it is today.

Spencer Black: GOP politicians are the Typhoid Marys of the 21 century
Republican politicians are allowing, even encouraging, the spread of COVID in an ugly attempt to gain power.

Dave Zweifel: ‘Radical Rebecca’ Kleefisch running as Wisconsin’s Donald Trumpv
Kleefisch has now conceded that Joe Biden won the election, but she’s all in on conducting a “forensic audit” of the results.

Ruth Conniff: Gableman video puts a polished gloss on election nonsense
Professional look a ‘stark contrast’ to disastrous fraud investigation.

M.D. Kittle: Riot-wrecked statues restored and back at Capitol
While the scars of the riot remain, the statues that have long served as a symbol of Wisconsin’s strength are back in their rightful places.

Dave Zweifel: GOP presses on with ‘false’ claims about Evers’ Kenosha response
Voters need to pay close attention to not get hoodwinked by political ads featuring made-up stories.

John Nichols: California’s got a message for the Wisconsin GOP
By all accounts, the recall was a disaster for the Republicans in California.

Owen Robinson: Mandela Barnes might be a perfect socialist
We learned last week that the Democrat front-runner for U.S. Senate and current lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes, did not pay any income taxes and received health care coverage from the taxpayers via BadgerCare in the same year he purchased two condos and ran for public office.

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden is right on the border
President Joe Biden is making the hard, but correct, call on Haitian refugees and others camped near Del Rio, Texas.

Scott Walker: College student destroying American flags on 9/11?
A student activist destroys a 9/11 memorial in the middle of the night — throwing away 2,977 American flags. Sounds impossible? Sadly, it is not.

Reggie Jackson: Made in the USA: Homegrown terrorism has existed throughout American history
As we look back on and honor the memory of the victims of 9/11 and the heroic stories that came out of that day, let us not forget that day. Likewise, let us not forget the untold number of victims of the terroristic, and in many cases, state sponsored violence that has been a part of America since it began.

Paul Fanlund: Now five festivals in, how can we improve Cap Times Idea Fest?
Yes, we do listen. And we will address critiques.

Bill Kaplan: Farm summit needed on COVID-19 vaccination
The Evers administration should convene a rural summit with farm organizations and other stakeholders on vaccination, focusing on respectful engagement and addressing misinformation.

Michael Jahr: ‘Free Exchange’ podcast on school choice with Will Flanders and Jim Bender
School shutdowns, mask mandates and the teaching of critical race theory have once again made school choice a priority in the state that pioneered it. Will Flanders of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and Jim Bender of School Choice Wisconsin join the Badger Institute’s “Free Exchange” podcast to discuss the future of education in the Badger State.

Alondra Garcia: DACA recipients need pathway to citizenship
Nearly a decade after DACA executive order, action by Congress long overdue.

Lena Taylor: Guns at school are okay, but not a mask
How many could easily vote for a gun in a classroom, but not a piece of fabric, in the name of student safety?

Jeff Smith: To end gerrymandering, get involved in the process
Gerrymandered maps essentially preserved the majority party’s political advantage for the last decade.
