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The once-great American middle class, buoyed by strong unions that won it 40-hour work weeks, health insurance and pensions and a safe working environment, had a lot to celebrate each Labor Day.
As of a few weeks ago there had been 143 incidents, and counting, of gun violence in Madison.
Despite all the bloviating at this week’s Republican National Convention claiming that Trump had drained the Washington, D.C., swamp, it’s hard to keep up with all the crooks who have been caught working for this president.
If Trump is seen on Tuesday as contributing to the continuation of the violence, his visit to Kenosha could be the moment when Trump loses the election.
A country divided by its president cannot stand.
A one-man band overseeing 4.4 million federal employees versus a true team leader.
Civilian review of police is too important to be conducted by a self-selected panel.
The Cancel Culture came for Christopher Columbus in the south-central Wisconsin town named after the embattled explorer. Now some residents are stepping up to give his statue a home.
As conservatives, we shouldn’t let California’s mismanagement define what we think about a useful and growing industry.
For the obvious reason, the upcoming Cap Times Idea Fest won’t be the in-person, weekend extravaganza it was in its first three years. That doesn’t mean it won’t be excellent.
This is not just ill-advised, it’s political malpractice by the Republican Party not to immediately attempt to squash it.
Republicans, seeing the horrendous disasters under Trump, are endorsing Biden in droves.
About 98% of the protesters have been peaceful, exercising their constitutional right to petition their governments to make the changes that are so urgently needed. But violence and looting by a select few won’t bring change. It will only be met with more violence, hurting yet more people as we witnessed in Kenosha this week.
And as my organization, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, has shared in letters to Kenosha officials and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, Wisconsin, like every other state, prohibits militia groups from operating within its borders.
The crisis of policing in one Wisconsin city illustrates a national calamity. Yet, Republicans—both nationally and in Wisconsin’s capital—block even modest reform.
Last month, the House of Representatives approved an amendment that would expand the ability of private shipyards to conduct more maintenance and repair jobs on navy vessels, and I am hopeful that this provision will be signed into law later this year.
After Kenosha police shoot a Black man and two protesters are shot and killed by a 17-year-old white resident of Illinois, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, assign responsibility for the unrest, critique the response and offer solutions to ease social tensions.
If Republicans and Democrats alike were willing to join in an effort in the special session it would send a clear message that the best way for change is not to start a fire or throw a brick. It would demonstrate to a new generation of voters and engaged citizens that the legislative process is the best avenue to address wrongs and create changes.
Gov. Tony Evers apparently stopped playing politics long enough Wednesday to take up an offer by the Trump administration to send federal agents into riot-ravaged Kenosha. Or at least up the Wisconsin Army National Guard presence there.
While we mourn, cry, and hope for Jacob Blake’s survival, we must understand where we are in our nation’s history.
The once-great American middle class, buoyed by strong unions that won it 40-hour work weeks, health insurance and pensions and a safe working environment, had a lot to celebrate each Labor Day.
As of a few weeks ago there had been 143 incidents, and counting, of gun violence in Madison.
Despite all the bloviating at this week’s Republican National Convention claiming that Trump had drained the Washington, D.C., swamp, it’s hard to keep up with all the crooks who have been caught working for this president.
If Trump is seen on Tuesday as contributing to the continuation of the violence, his visit to Kenosha could be the moment when Trump loses the election.
A country divided by its president cannot stand.
A one-man band overseeing 4.4 million federal employees versus a true team leader.
Civilian review of police is too important to be conducted by a self-selected panel.
The Cancel Culture came for Christopher Columbus in the south-central Wisconsin town named after the embattled explorer. Now some residents are stepping up to give his statue a home.
As conservatives, we shouldn’t let California’s mismanagement define what we think about a useful and growing industry.
For the obvious reason, the upcoming Cap Times Idea Fest won’t be the in-person, weekend extravaganza it was in its first three years. That doesn’t mean it won’t be excellent.
This is not just ill-advised, it’s political malpractice by the Republican Party not to immediately attempt to squash it.
Republicans, seeing the horrendous disasters under Trump, are endorsing Biden in droves.
About 98% of the protesters have been peaceful, exercising their constitutional right to petition their governments to make the changes that are so urgently needed. But violence and looting by a select few won’t bring change. It will only be met with more violence, hurting yet more people as we witnessed in Kenosha this week.
And as my organization, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, has shared in letters to Kenosha officials and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, Wisconsin, like every other state, prohibits militia groups from operating within its borders.
The crisis of policing in one Wisconsin city illustrates a national calamity. Yet, Republicans—both nationally and in Wisconsin’s capital—block even modest reform.
Last month, the House of Representatives approved an amendment that would expand the ability of private shipyards to conduct more maintenance and repair jobs on navy vessels, and I am hopeful that this provision will be signed into law later this year.
After Kenosha police shoot a Black man and two protesters are shot and killed by a 17-year-old white resident of Illinois, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, assign responsibility for the unrest, critique the response and offer solutions to ease social tensions.
If Republicans and Democrats alike were willing to join in an effort in the special session it would send a clear message that the best way for change is not to start a fire or throw a brick. It would demonstrate to a new generation of voters and engaged citizens that the legislative process is the best avenue to address wrongs and create changes.
Gov. Tony Evers apparently stopped playing politics long enough Wednesday to take up an offer by the Trump administration to send federal agents into riot-ravaged Kenosha. Or at least up the Wisconsin Army National Guard presence there.
While we mourn, cry, and hope for Jacob Blake’s survival, we must understand where we are in our nation’s history.
