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Cap Times Idea Fest is an annual two-day festival presenting a load of diverse and offbeat discussions and events built around the audacious foundation of reaching a better state.
Each and every one of our kids deserve a school and a state that values them.
The next time someone tells you that MPS needs more money, remind them that more money does not mean a better academic performance.
When my boys were growing up and I was trying to help them find the fine line between the hard and soft sides of life in America, I pitched this: “Be as tough as you have to be, but no tougher.” It’s this line – between warrior when necessary and lover always – that John McCain mastered.
The McCain hatred from the Always Trump crowd goes beyond hyperbole to outright paranoia. Their McCain hatefest speaks volumes about their hero.
On the Daily Standard Podcast host Charlie Sykes and The Weekly Standard senior writer Michael Warren discuss McCain’s memorial service, Kavanaugh’s nomination hearings and the 2020 election.
This is a tale of two Wisconsin nature preserves battling for preservation. One was damaged from the skies, with little warning and no mechanism to stop it. The other could soon take place, enabled by multiple public agency approvals and officials’ signatures.
The importance of this November’s election will require voters truly concerned about the health of our nation’s democracy to put the current state of hyper-partisanship, and too often single issue voting, aside and do some broader candidate analysis.
Instead of the usual invective and low-balls that normally get slung about in the name of campaigning for Wisconsin governor, what would happen if the discourse was elevated to the place where issues that mattered for the well-being of citizens, and the long-term interests of the state took place?
Though the highest office eluded him, he attained what is far more enduring: the abiding affection of his fellow citizens, and an example down the generations.
Over the last 7 years, Wisconsin has seen the devastating effect of a Governor that has declared war on workers.
As Wisconsin Democrats mount their most serious challenge yet to Walker, they need to go big in their support of unions. It is not enough to tepidly suggest that they might undo the worst of Walker’s policies.
Wisconsinites hunting for back-to-school deals are out of luck for yet another year thanks to the state’s minimum markup law, which outlaws sale prices that are too low.
Open government is not the only standard by which public officials should be judged. But it is among the most important.
The 17th annual Fighting Bob Fest, the political Chautauqua modeled after those spearheaded by the most famous progressive of all, “Fighting Bob” La Follette, will kick off Friday night, Sept. 14, at Madison’s Barrymore Theatre.
Transportation is a key public service. Wisconsin needs leaders who will balance several factors to make wise transportation decisions.
How state streams like the Namekagon were saved. And how state Republican policies are hurting them.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the race between Dem incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and GOP challenger state Sen. Leah Vukmir. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
In Wisconsin, those deeply worried about the environment have watched Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republicans chisel away at the state’s bipartisan tradition of natural resource conservation for many years by denying climate science, weakening and eliminating regulations and reducing the capacity for professional research.
Policy changes are needed to avert future flooding.
Cap Times Idea Fest is an annual two-day festival presenting a load of diverse and offbeat discussions and events built around the audacious foundation of reaching a better state.
Each and every one of our kids deserve a school and a state that values them.
The next time someone tells you that MPS needs more money, remind them that more money does not mean a better academic performance.
When my boys were growing up and I was trying to help them find the fine line between the hard and soft sides of life in America, I pitched this: “Be as tough as you have to be, but no tougher.” It’s this line – between warrior when necessary and lover always – that John McCain mastered.
The McCain hatred from the Always Trump crowd goes beyond hyperbole to outright paranoia. Their McCain hatefest speaks volumes about their hero.
On the Daily Standard Podcast host Charlie Sykes and The Weekly Standard senior writer Michael Warren discuss McCain’s memorial service, Kavanaugh’s nomination hearings and the 2020 election.
This is a tale of two Wisconsin nature preserves battling for preservation. One was damaged from the skies, with little warning and no mechanism to stop it. The other could soon take place, enabled by multiple public agency approvals and officials’ signatures.
The importance of this November’s election will require voters truly concerned about the health of our nation’s democracy to put the current state of hyper-partisanship, and too often single issue voting, aside and do some broader candidate analysis.
Instead of the usual invective and low-balls that normally get slung about in the name of campaigning for Wisconsin governor, what would happen if the discourse was elevated to the place where issues that mattered for the well-being of citizens, and the long-term interests of the state took place?
Though the highest office eluded him, he attained what is far more enduring: the abiding affection of his fellow citizens, and an example down the generations.
Over the last 7 years, Wisconsin has seen the devastating effect of a Governor that has declared war on workers.
As Wisconsin Democrats mount their most serious challenge yet to Walker, they need to go big in their support of unions. It is not enough to tepidly suggest that they might undo the worst of Walker’s policies.
Wisconsinites hunting for back-to-school deals are out of luck for yet another year thanks to the state’s minimum markup law, which outlaws sale prices that are too low.
Open government is not the only standard by which public officials should be judged. But it is among the most important.
The 17th annual Fighting Bob Fest, the political Chautauqua modeled after those spearheaded by the most famous progressive of all, “Fighting Bob” La Follette, will kick off Friday night, Sept. 14, at Madison’s Barrymore Theatre.
Transportation is a key public service. Wisconsin needs leaders who will balance several factors to make wise transportation decisions.
How state streams like the Namekagon were saved. And how state Republican policies are hurting them.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the race between Dem incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and GOP challenger state Sen. Leah Vukmir. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
In Wisconsin, those deeply worried about the environment have watched Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republicans chisel away at the state’s bipartisan tradition of natural resource conservation for many years by denying climate science, weakening and eliminating regulations and reducing the capacity for professional research.
Policy changes are needed to avert future flooding.
