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The insiders are the ones who are secretly keeping you down, and the insiders are making a profit off your misery. Apparently, you can take Nicholson out of the Democratic Party, but you can’t take the progressive rhetoric out of Nicholson.
It’s disconcerting to hear Secretary of State Doug La Follette, politically speaking the highest-ranking genetic heir of Wisconsin’s greatest governor, call a primary challenge against him a “nuisance.”
Republicans can take some comfort that their state legislative dominance is unlikely to evaporate in a single election cycle.
Beyond the Beltway, there is much for conservatives to be optimistic about. People haven’t given up on the American experiment.
When UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee released records about sexual misconduct complaints to news organizations last month, they heavily redacted the documents and refused to identify numerous employees who were found to have committed wrongdoing. Should media outlets sue to challenge those redactions, history suggests they’ll have a good shot at prevailing.
The data about California may have political and economic lessons for Wisconsin.
He’s suing to slash my authority as state superintendent, and forcing me to use attorney hostile to my views.
We are closer to peace than we have been for three generations and the world has Trump to thank for that.
They’re spurned for not fitting the liberal mold, but they stand strong.
Vindictive GOP lawmakers have made sure that campaign violations will be ignored
Hartwig explains why he’s running despite voting against keeping the office.
The Department of Homeland Security reluctantly admitted following a recent New York Times story that it has separated mothers and children in about 700 refugee families.
Suggesting changes to fire department practices isn’t an affront to heroes
The University of Wisconsin produces some of the best engineers and most innovative research to be found. It is capable of solving major problems that have not only state and national impact, but worldwide impact as well. But it’s not enough just to come up with top technologies. The Wisconsin Idea guides us to ensure these technologies benefit the entire state.
Serving in the military isn’t “conservative” or “liberal” at all. Both Democrats and Republicans serve bravely and honorably, and neither ideology has a monopoly on claiming patriotism and bravery on the battlefield.
The criminal charges filed by the Wisconsin attorney general’s office against the former chancellor and vice chancellor of UW–Oshkosh have the smell of prosecutorial overreach, scapegoating and missing of the mark.
Stephen F. Hayes, editor in chief of The Weekly Standard, interviews House Speaker Paul Ryan at the TWS Midwest Conservative Summit in Milwaukee.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on free speech after a California university professor called Barbara Bush “an amazing racist” and cheered her death.
Last week it was the DNR’s rushed approvals for four air pollution permits to allow Foxconn to emit annually 796 tons of eye-watering, land-and-water contaminating smog and other airborne pollutants. Today it’s the US EPA approval at Walker’s request to exempt much of SE Wisconsin from clean air standards that will apply to much of the state and country.
Black/white homeownership gap is a dismal 40.7%. It’s even worse in 8 other cities.
The insiders are the ones who are secretly keeping you down, and the insiders are making a profit off your misery. Apparently, you can take Nicholson out of the Democratic Party, but you can’t take the progressive rhetoric out of Nicholson.
It’s disconcerting to hear Secretary of State Doug La Follette, politically speaking the highest-ranking genetic heir of Wisconsin’s greatest governor, call a primary challenge against him a “nuisance.”
Republicans can take some comfort that their state legislative dominance is unlikely to evaporate in a single election cycle.
Beyond the Beltway, there is much for conservatives to be optimistic about. People haven’t given up on the American experiment.
When UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee released records about sexual misconduct complaints to news organizations last month, they heavily redacted the documents and refused to identify numerous employees who were found to have committed wrongdoing. Should media outlets sue to challenge those redactions, history suggests they’ll have a good shot at prevailing.
The data about California may have political and economic lessons for Wisconsin.
He’s suing to slash my authority as state superintendent, and forcing me to use attorney hostile to my views.
We are closer to peace than we have been for three generations and the world has Trump to thank for that.
They’re spurned for not fitting the liberal mold, but they stand strong.
Vindictive GOP lawmakers have made sure that campaign violations will be ignored
Hartwig explains why he’s running despite voting against keeping the office.
The Department of Homeland Security reluctantly admitted following a recent New York Times story that it has separated mothers and children in about 700 refugee families.
Suggesting changes to fire department practices isn’t an affront to heroes
The University of Wisconsin produces some of the best engineers and most innovative research to be found. It is capable of solving major problems that have not only state and national impact, but worldwide impact as well. But it’s not enough just to come up with top technologies. The Wisconsin Idea guides us to ensure these technologies benefit the entire state.
Serving in the military isn’t “conservative” or “liberal” at all. Both Democrats and Republicans serve bravely and honorably, and neither ideology has a monopoly on claiming patriotism and bravery on the battlefield.
The criminal charges filed by the Wisconsin attorney general’s office against the former chancellor and vice chancellor of UW–Oshkosh have the smell of prosecutorial overreach, scapegoating and missing of the mark.
Stephen F. Hayes, editor in chief of The Weekly Standard, interviews House Speaker Paul Ryan at the TWS Midwest Conservative Summit in Milwaukee.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on free speech after a California university professor called Barbara Bush “an amazing racist” and cheered her death.
Last week it was the DNR’s rushed approvals for four air pollution permits to allow Foxconn to emit annually 796 tons of eye-watering, land-and-water contaminating smog and other airborne pollutants. Today it’s the US EPA approval at Walker’s request to exempt much of SE Wisconsin from clean air standards that will apply to much of the state and country.
Black/white homeownership gap is a dismal 40.7%. It’s even worse in 8 other cities.
