The death of Arizona GOP Senator John McCain on Saturday reminds the nation of how low American politics has fallen. 

David Blaska and Brian Schimming share thier thoughts on U.S. Sen. John McCain.

As your (congressman, senator), I will support our president when he deserves it and try to push him to be a bit better when I can. I will adhere to a positive vision of conservatism, one in which every American has the freedom to live his or her life according to their own wishes.

Wisconsin voters expect and deserve political news coverage to be non-partisan, not bi-partisan.

The flooding that ravaged Dane County – – home to the State Capitol, our largest public university, and a powerful urban and rural economy – – cannot be dismissed as a fluke in isolation.

Wisconsin’s Group Insurance Board voted to remove an exclusion for transgender health insurance coverage for state employees. That means gender confirmation surgery and related treatment will be covered by insurance beginning in January 2019.

If Walker and Brad Schimel are successful, millions of Americans will face economic ruin. The 2.4 million Wisconsinites with a pre-existing condition could be immediately kicked off their plan, no matter how minor the previous injury or how serious the current condition.

UW students already demonstrate a healthy approach to football by showing up late to games. They might do even more for social justice when they stop showing up at all.

We should want people on the Supreme Court of the United States who are of high character, possess extraordinary legal minds, and spend their time in the mainstream of legal thought. All of this is true of both Kavanaugh and Kagan. It is also noteworthy when the nominee or justice has an interest in legal and civic education in Milwaukee and beyond.

Bizarrely, these Trump guys align themselves with a fellow who has never shown a scintilla of personal courage or physical toughness. Face it, Trump is just a preening, silver-spoon bully who prefers that real sacrifice be made by others.

The adage stolen from the baseball classic “Field of Dreams” — build it and they will come — is being proven once again by our insatiable appetite to build bigger and wider highways.

Nearly all the manufacturing will be done by robots, company says.

So claims a NYT story. But the party generally fares better by allowing differing views.

Wisconsin’s event barn owners and operators are unhappy about the direction of a legislative study committee on the state’s alcohol distribution laws so far. These “wedding barn operators,” as they’re commonly known, have good reason to be concerned.

Although Social Security has never missed a payment in more than 70 years, the constant repetition of such falsehoods as “Social Security is broke” or “the trust fund money was stolen” have led many, particularly the young, to fear that Social Security will not be available when it is their time to retire.