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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.

Sam Klinger: Compass Health Center’s Brookfield opening is an investment in Wisconsin’s mental health
We believe that when communities invest in mental health, they invest in everything that makes them stronger—families, classrooms, workplaces, and neighborhoods.

Mike McCabe: The more things change
With life and politics more and more disconnected, no wonder so many people are disillusioned and detaching from the democratic process.

Bill Berry: A grandfather’s record book sheds light on early union years
My grandfather, William J. Taylor, was a labor leader who documented a time when unions were truly united.

LaKeshia Myers: Honoring our heritage: Celebrating Black Catholic History Month
November is Black Catholic History Month—a time to celebrate the profound contributions of Black Catholics to the Church, to remember our spiritual ancestors, and to reflect on the rich tapestry of faith that stretches from the earliest days of Christianity to the present moment.

Paul Fanlund: A first look at the Center for Black Excellence and Culture
Led by Alex Gee, the Center on Madison’s West Badger Road will open early next year. It’s intended to celebrate and foster Black culture.”

John Imes: COP30: From Rio to São Paulo to Belém—local leadership driving global impact
After opening COP30 in Rio de Janeiro with hundreds of mayors, governors, and regional leaders at the Local Leaders Forum, the momentum carried straight into São Paulo and then Belém – and the message has remained consistent, clear, and urgent: the world is looking to local and state leaders to deliver real climate progress when national governments stall. America is showing up – and America is still in.

John Nichols: Maybe Grothman never heard about Ripon’s utopian socialists
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeaulah, joined 198 other House Republicans — along with 86 of the more ill-thought members of the Democratic caucus — in voting last week for a resolution that “denounces socialism in all its forms and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.”

Jeffrey Leverich: Democrats can ride health care issue into 2026
Republicans now own the hardships they created as premiums increase for millions of families, costing them hundreds or thousands of dollars.

John Torinus: How would Cheney have dealt with Putin?
Dick Cheney would have cut through Putin’s manipulations. He would have had no illusions about how Putin operates.

Ashlyn Brown: Why a state Senate bill to redefine abortion will hurt, not help, patients and doctors
We need people to be able to trust their health care providers, and we need politicians to stop making laws that pigeonhole physicians into even narrower definitions of care.

David Crowley: Trump to Wisconsin: You’re on your own
Rather than helping with disaster relief and affordability, the Trump administration is actively making things worse for Wisconsinites.

Richard Moore: Here’s a stewardship deal worth signing
Why we need these guardrails before spending one more dollar

Gregg Hoffmann: Latest transmission line spurs public input
Dozens, if not hundreds, of citizens showed up to ask questions and give their input on the MariBell Transmission Project.

David Blaska: We thought it was a good idea to challenge Madison’s uni-party
Anyone who challenges the progressive machine is risking Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg.

Michelle Orge: Hunger doesn’t begin or end with a government shutdown
The need for strong, consistent support — both from policymakers and from members of the community — remains as urgent as ever.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss a bipartisan vote to audit the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent bipartisan Legislative Audit Committee vote to audit the Department of Public Instruction following a series of issues involving the department. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 14
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the end of the federal government shutdown and a ban on THC-containing hemp products included in the deal, President Trump’s pardon of lawyers involved in Wisconsin’s GOP false electors scheme, school report cards and more.