Cap Times Idea Fest is slated for Sept. 13-14 .

To read some of the pundits these days, you’d think that the “far left” Democratic candidates for president are pushing radical, out-of-the-mainstream ideas that will surely lead to the re-election of Donald Trump if the party is foolish enough to nominate them.

The answer may depend on where you live. Folks in New York City and Los Angeles and perhaps even Chicago seem to relish the ideas that moderate Democrats call extreme. In states like Wisconsin, where the voters may lean Democratic, the successful gerrymandering of a decade has locked the Republicans in legislative power — despite a smart Democratic governor.

The liberal bubble has swollen to levels that threaten to snatch away an exceedingly winnable election against perhaps the most disliked incumbent president in history.

Deployments which have nothing to do with the security of America or Wisconsin take a toll on our Guard soldiers, their families, employers or their education, even if all survive the fiasco. We call upon Governor Evers to keep our troops at home unless the Wisconsin Legislature recognizes a national emergency which requires the use of Wisconsin’s soldiers.

Bipartisan efforts to assert the legislative branch’s war powers is a welcomed start.

Wisconsin Examiner adds to Capitol press corps, with a “people’s” perspective on policies.

Non-profit he will run has lots of money. But he can’t run for office.

Walker’s announced punt out of Wisconsin politics in 2021 leaves him plenty of time to change his mind – – but he says he’s off to run a youth-oriented right wing foundation in suburban Virginia near DC and turn America’s young people away from socialism.

Wisconsin’s governor’s veto authority makes him or her too powerful. It was true for Governor Walker. It is true for Governor Evers. It will be true for the next governor. It will be true for the one after that unless we change it.

And returns $23 dollars for every $1 invested. Strong state support pays off.

A Wisconsin legal expert talks about gerrymandering.

Robert M. La Follette died in 1925, having transformed Wisconsin and made it a North Star for the nation. William T. Evjue lived on to 1970. Their legacies have been battered by politicians without conscience, the Scott Walkers and Paul Ryans who used Wisconsin as a springboard for their national ambitions, but they have not been erased.

Wisconsin Republicans repealed Equal Pay Enforcement Act in 2012.

While the economy may boost Trump’s reelection chances, he also faces barriers.

In a market economy, what goes up can easily go down, especially when domestic and world events threaten stability. Investors, companies and consumers alike get jumpy when confronted with trade wars, Middle East standoffs, uncertainty in the European Union and more.