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Michael Brickman: How to end the tuition freeze – If we must
A freeze cannot go on forever, especially with costs for materials, labor, and energy headed upwards and fears of broader inflation on the horizon driven by Washington spending. However, a good amount of that spending is going to backstop losses by colleges and universities. That leads us to wonder whether now is the right time to unfreeze tuition.

Dan O’Donnell: Can we finally admit that mask-wearing was pointless?
Emotion and politics—not science and common sense—were clearly driving the nationwide push for mandatory mask-wearing, and even Fauci succumbed to it. Now, though, science is starting to prove that masks did nothing more than make the public feel a little better.

Dave Cieslewicz: Don’t ban critical race theory
It’s no secret that I have a lot of issues with critical race theory, but efforts by state legislatures to prohibit it are a mistake.

Ruth Conniff: Ron Johnson meant what he said, but now he doesn’t
It’s head-spinning to listen to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.

Dave Zweifel: Lawsuits vs. arbitration snags UW Credit Union
So it came as a surprise to some customers of the UW Credit Union last month when this also venerable institution announced it was inserting arbitration into its membership agreements.

Van Mobley: Trump, Ryan and Reagan
The notion that Reagan was universally acclaimed as the statesmanlike exemplar of Republican and/or Conservative values and principles during his own day can only lodge itself inside the head of a person who was politically unaware back in Reagan’s day — or has never studied the period.

Ruth Conniff: Republicans’ school budget shell game
The proposed state budget for schools passed by the Legislature’s budget committee is so stingy, the federal government is seriously considering withdrawing $1.5 billion from our state because we don’t make an adequate investment in our own kids.

Jay Heck: Out-of-control campaign spending and weak recusal rules undermine Wisconsin’s courts
By adopting strong recusal rules, reinstituting public financing of elections, limiting campaign spending and enhancing disclosure we can reclaim our courts at all levels.

Lena Taylor: Policing reform bills
A chance to get it right on the front end.

Alex Lasry: It’s time to demilitarize the police
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act ends this practice and will finally start to demilitarize our police departments.

Dave Zweifel: Discriminated against for decades, Black farmers deserve relief
In 1920, African-Americans owned some 14% of the farms in the United States. Today, thanks to a century of racial discrimination, from land theft in the Jim Crow South to banks and governmental farm services refusing to consider them for loans or other financial assistance, that number has dropped to just 1.4%.

Adam Neylon: Bill banning local governments from taking private election funds about fairness, integrity
The bill is simple. Local governments cannot accept private money to administer elections. If funds are offered, they must go to the Wisconsin Elections Commission who will distribute the funds across the state on a per-capita basis.

Bruce Murphy: How Vos pushes the Big Lie
Claiming election irregularities, undermining election officials, hiring a GOP expert in smears.

Carolyn Stanford Taylor: Congratulations to Wisconsin’s Class of 2021
Wisconsin’s Class of 2021 have used their voices to push for positive changes in their communities. They are a group who has demonstrated a unique ability to adapt and have gained many lifelong skills along the way.

Dave Cieslewicz: The hard left is afraid of ideas
Demand that Mike Pence’s book not be published the latest of many such examples.

Dan O’Donnell: The Joint Finance Committee gets an A on school funding
Wisconsin’s public schools are as well-funded as they ever have been, and any suggestion to the contrary is simply dishonest.

Don Vruwink: State needs a better way to serve justice
Wisconsin cannot afford to continue the course its criminal justice system is on.

John Gurda: By shunning the shot, anti-vaccination advocates repeat an old mistake
Nearly 125 years after the smallpox wars in Milwaukee and elsewhere, we’re suffering through another epidemic of willful myopia.

M.D. Kittle: Texas Dems flee like Wisconsin libs did in Act 10
Texas is experiencing what Wisconsin did a decade ago, when Democrat senators fled the Badger State in a lame and cowardly attempt to stall a vote on then-Gov. Scott Walker’s bold public sector collective-bargaining reforms known as Act 10.

LaKeshia Myers: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
It’s time for equity in women’s sports.

Michael Brickman: How to end the tuition freeze – If we must
A freeze cannot go on forever, especially with costs for materials, labor, and energy headed upwards and fears of broader inflation on the horizon driven by Washington spending. However, a good amount of that spending is going to backstop losses by colleges and universities. That leads us to wonder whether now is the right time to unfreeze tuition.

Dan O’Donnell: Can we finally admit that mask-wearing was pointless?
Emotion and politics—not science and common sense—were clearly driving the nationwide push for mandatory mask-wearing, and even Fauci succumbed to it. Now, though, science is starting to prove that masks did nothing more than make the public feel a little better.

Dave Cieslewicz: Don’t ban critical race theory
It’s no secret that I have a lot of issues with critical race theory, but efforts by state legislatures to prohibit it are a mistake.

Ruth Conniff: Ron Johnson meant what he said, but now he doesn’t
It’s head-spinning to listen to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.

Dave Zweifel: Lawsuits vs. arbitration snags UW Credit Union
So it came as a surprise to some customers of the UW Credit Union last month when this also venerable institution announced it was inserting arbitration into its membership agreements.

Van Mobley: Trump, Ryan and Reagan
The notion that Reagan was universally acclaimed as the statesmanlike exemplar of Republican and/or Conservative values and principles during his own day can only lodge itself inside the head of a person who was politically unaware back in Reagan’s day — or has never studied the period.

Ruth Conniff: Republicans’ school budget shell game
The proposed state budget for schools passed by the Legislature’s budget committee is so stingy, the federal government is seriously considering withdrawing $1.5 billion from our state because we don’t make an adequate investment in our own kids.

Jay Heck: Out-of-control campaign spending and weak recusal rules undermine Wisconsin’s courts
By adopting strong recusal rules, reinstituting public financing of elections, limiting campaign spending and enhancing disclosure we can reclaim our courts at all levels.

Lena Taylor: Policing reform bills
A chance to get it right on the front end.

Alex Lasry: It’s time to demilitarize the police
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act ends this practice and will finally start to demilitarize our police departments.

Dave Zweifel: Discriminated against for decades, Black farmers deserve relief
In 1920, African-Americans owned some 14% of the farms in the United States. Today, thanks to a century of racial discrimination, from land theft in the Jim Crow South to banks and governmental farm services refusing to consider them for loans or other financial assistance, that number has dropped to just 1.4%.

Adam Neylon: Bill banning local governments from taking private election funds about fairness, integrity
The bill is simple. Local governments cannot accept private money to administer elections. If funds are offered, they must go to the Wisconsin Elections Commission who will distribute the funds across the state on a per-capita basis.

Bruce Murphy: How Vos pushes the Big Lie
Claiming election irregularities, undermining election officials, hiring a GOP expert in smears.

Carolyn Stanford Taylor: Congratulations to Wisconsin’s Class of 2021
Wisconsin’s Class of 2021 have used their voices to push for positive changes in their communities. They are a group who has demonstrated a unique ability to adapt and have gained many lifelong skills along the way.

Dave Cieslewicz: The hard left is afraid of ideas
Demand that Mike Pence’s book not be published the latest of many such examples.

Dan O’Donnell: The Joint Finance Committee gets an A on school funding
Wisconsin’s public schools are as well-funded as they ever have been, and any suggestion to the contrary is simply dishonest.

Don Vruwink: State needs a better way to serve justice
Wisconsin cannot afford to continue the course its criminal justice system is on.

John Gurda: By shunning the shot, anti-vaccination advocates repeat an old mistake
Nearly 125 years after the smallpox wars in Milwaukee and elsewhere, we’re suffering through another epidemic of willful myopia.

M.D. Kittle: Texas Dems flee like Wisconsin libs did in Act 10
Texas is experiencing what Wisconsin did a decade ago, when Democrat senators fled the Badger State in a lame and cowardly attempt to stall a vote on then-Gov. Scott Walker’s bold public sector collective-bargaining reforms known as Act 10.
