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Bennet Goldstein: The problem with the will to secrecy
When protective laws are zealously applied to contexts for which they were not intended, it can cause its own form of harm.

Michelle Bryant: Rooting for Shedeur in the shadows of Colin
The NFL is a place where Black bodies generate billions in revenue, but Black voices have little worth.

Bill Bussey: Tipping points
“The Global Tipping Points Report 2025,” issued by a group of 160 climate researchers from 87 institutions and 23 countries, provides some food for thought for all of us.

Duane Beachey: Will America wake up before our hate swallows our democracy?
It seems we will have to walk through this period until a majority of the country can clearly see the lies and deception underlying MAGA.

Scott Fitzgerald: GOP plan to expand HRAs offer real health care alternative
HRAs give employees the ability to select the health plan that works best for them instead of being forced to a single, employer-sponsored option.

James Workman: How Wisconsin fishermen reclaimed their place in the industry
They succeed by being specific, measurable and local. Benefits accrue as fishermen see their ecosystem as an appreciating endowment, with rising yields.

Mike Nichols: Madison is a perfect example of why cities should stay out of grocery business
What’s happening in a south side neighborhood in Madison is the perfect illustration of why government should stay out of an intensely competitive business it knows nothing about.

Reg Wydeven: Lawsuits accuse egg producers of fixing prices after avian flu losses
According to the plaintiffs, the companies set prices through Urner Barry’s pricing benchmarks and a private trading platform.

Courtney Graves: Wisconsin sees a surge in childhood disability program enrollment
Enrollment in CLTS and Birth to 3 programs has skyrocketed in recent years, highlighting both rising developmental concerns and growing program participation.

Dave Zweifel: Few ICE detainees qualify as ‘worst of the worst’
More than 97% of the immigrants detained in Donald Trump’s now ended “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago had no criminal conviction whatsoever.

Jeffrey Sommers: Minimum wage buys less than it did in 1945. US needs a raise
Stuck since 2009 and having lost a third of its value, the minimum wage is bad for American workers and productivity. If our Congress and President refuse to increase it, Wisconsin’s Governor and Legislature should do the job.

James Causey: Getting even small share of American Dream seems far-fetched
To achieve the American Dream — owning a home, saving for retirement, raising children, paying for college, owning a car, having good health care, going on vacations, caring for pets, and paying for a wedding — you need to earn over $5 million in your lifetime, according to Fortune.

Scott Walker: Thankful for family and a nation that overcomes every challenge
Thanksgiving encourages us to honor the past, cherish the present and fight for a freer and more prosperous future

LaKeshia Myers: Just be thankful for what you’ve got
As a society, we can become so enveloped in our personal wants and desires that we don’t take the time to stop and give thanks for all of the things we already have.

Bill Kaplan: Trump is Putin’s lapdog
Putin, greenlighted by Trump, will not stop at Ukraine’s borders.

Arthur Cyr: Trump’s Venezuela aggression follows U.S. pattern
Given the turmoil, literal and rhetorical, context is important. A basic fact of life is that the United States does not willingly tolerate hostile regimes in the Americas. The Monroe Doctrine stated this concern early.

Kristin Brey: Don’t let politics tear Thanksgiving apart. Talk it out.
Here’s the unfunny truth: Economists have actually measured that Thanksgiving dinners with mixed political affiliations end 30–45 minutes earlier than those where everyone shares the same party.

Brian Reisinger: Family farms face disaster that leaves us all vulnerable
The Thanksgiving food on our tables this year is more vulnerable than it’s ever been, as the loss of farms across the nation reaches a tipping point.

Steven Walters: The battle over on-line betting
Gambling keeps growing in Wisconsin. How did we get here?

Tom Still: Modernized state tax credits can help young technology firms
Successful tech-based companies become so in different ways, a phenomenon on display of late with the announced $23 billion acquisition of Wisconsin’s Exact Sciences by Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss legislation to allow early processing of absentee ballots
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss legislation to allow clerks to process absentee ballots the day before election day. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 26
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Republican Bill Berrien dropping out of the governor’s race, Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany launching his campaign for guv, Planned Parenthood halting abortions in Wisconsin, competing election bills from Dem and GOP Assembly lawmakers and more.