It is surely an irony that Franklin’s spirited defense of democratic authority is now being reactivated by protesters who are lambasting elected officials at the urging of President Trump, who just two weeks ago was claiming, erroneously, that the Constitution gave him broad authoritarian powers.

Promotion of unproven drug resulted in millions of pills being delivered to cities like Milwaukee.

As partisan fights continue to cloud so many aspects of our responses to COVID-19, ensuring safe, fair elections should not be a goal that gets stuck in the political muck.

For perhaps the first time in American history, the people have consented to the literal definition of tyranny; arbitrary, oppressive power wielded with a solemn assurance that it’s for our own good.

The marketplace reality is sinking in that the re-opening of the economy has less to do with regulators at the local, state and federal levels than it has to do with customers.

His campaign is taking on too much water and we cannot risk another four years of Donald Trump.

We should think very carefully about putting any regulations we’ve lifted back into effect.

Walker says he “cleaned up” Wisconsin after a stimulus, which glosses over history in a big way.

Vos shamed himself and embarrassed his state April 7. In so doing, he made a more powerful case than any Democratic ever will for his removal from the Legislature.

Once one of the leading states for unions, now far below national average.

Experts are predicting rough waters for many young companies, however, including those that may be scouting the horizon for venture capital. Among those challenged will be many Wisconsin companies, although there are reasons to hope otherwise.

Physicians and other providers in Wisconsin deserve praise for their willingness to help the most vulnerable. But more importantly, they need the resources and financial support to continue to treat patients. Unfortunately, Congress has not done enough so far.

As the crisis has gone on, it appears that these models have not performed well. Yet the administration continues to rely on a model that seems to be in need of serious reexamination.

Republicans’ court challenge to Evers’s safer-at-home order is about anger, not state law.

The clock is winding down for him to do the right thing; I hope for all our sakes that Trump comes to his senses and allows us to get the insurance we need and to protect our already overburdened health system.

Author and consultant Umair Haque suggests we all are idiots for failing to adequately confront Trumpism because we’re too busy, as he puts it, being selfish, self-absorbed, self-concerned and narcissistic.

Let’s follow the direction of scientists and experts and put politics aside, for we are divided at our own peril. Let’s put in place metrics for safety and care, protect our most vulnerable, and release our least vulnerable, the youth, to work and live their lives. Let’s open up and fight.

The haves are still doing well at the expense of the have-nots.

While states debate the probability of shuttering their “safer at home” policies, one key constituency is yet again left behind, school children.