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Bill Berry: In the fight for democracy, don’t count the boomers out
“A bunch of old hippies.” That was the derisive term used by some to describe 2025’s massive protests of Trump administration policies.

John Nichols: When Rob Reiner joined Wisconsin’s fight to beat Trump
In the fall of 2020, as Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were locked in a high-stakes competition for the presidency, Wisconsin ranked as the ultimate battleground state.

Richard Moore: When dreams (and liberty) go up in smoke
Our governor made sure it won’t be a possibility coming our way any time soon, vetoing a bill to exempt new cigar bars from the state’s public smoking ban.

Amelia Robinson: Trump’s Rob Reiner slam sign of syndrome that plagued Archie
That so many inexcusable things have happened since Trump was re-elected does not somehow make his heartlessness any less vomitous. Dancing on someone’s grave isn’t cute.

Scott Fitzgerald: A merger could bring better streaming
Consumers stand to benefit from Netflix’s acquisition of Warner.

Gregory Humphrey: Saturday’s mass shooting: Moral indictment of nation unwilling to protect its citizens
The mass shooting at Brown University today is a barbaric and unacceptable tragedy that once again exposes the nation’s inability to confront its epidemic of gun violence.

Michelle Bryant: Seizures and sinkings: Trump’s troubled maritime policy
I have a simple question: If you can board a tanker, why do you need to sink/AKA “blow up/AKA “kill everybody” on fishing boats?

Jessica McBride: A new bill would change the power structure at UW, giving students a better education
My program could hire Tom Brokaw or Walter Cronkite (if he was still alive) to teach broadcast journalism, and they would have no vote on which broadcast news classes we offer because they aren’t PhDs with tenure. Make that make sense.

Dave Zweifel: State Dems pushing back against anti-vax trend
Hats off to state Rep. Lisa Subeck and state Sens. Kelda Roys and Chris Larson for pushing back against the insane campaign to get Americans to shun vaccines.

David Blaska: Can Madison WI afford to be any more progressive?
In a few months, The Capital Times will encourage voters to elect progressives to local political office. We know this from bitter experience.

Don Leake: Pushing back against partisan redistricting
With its recent decision in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, the US
Supreme Court has opened the door wide to partisan redistricting. What other
conclusion can be made?

Robert Nigh: Why Wisconsin needs Farm Bureau health plans
When my dad passed away in 1966, our family lost their primary health insurance overnight. My name is Robert Nigh, and I’m a dairy farmer from Vernon County, and this is a story that has repeated itself through three generations of my family.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin Congressional redistricting cases now before judicial panels
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at court cases seeking the redrawing of Wisconsin’s Congressional district boundaries. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin candidates decry money in politics, promise to raise a ton of it
Ending the vicious cycle of campaign cash and the destruction of democracy

Brian Fraley: Waiting on word …
The worst kept secret in Madison is that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos may not run again in 2026. These rumors surface every two years around this time, and while his departure would be hugely significant, it would hardly be unexpected.

Mark Lisheron: Legislature balks as Evers demands millions for more food aid bureaucrats
Lawmakers suspect state bungling will trigger penalty for bad-payments rate, but governor won’t show data

David Blaska: Johnson intervenes in Troupis electors case
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the Department of Justice to review the case brought by Wisconsin’s attorney general against retired Dane County circuit judge James Troupis “to determine whether any wrongdoing has occurred.”

Juan Carlos Garcia Martinez: Opting out of the tech-backed AI inevitability narrative
As data centers set their sights on harvesting Wisconsin’s human and natural resources, refusal and resistance starts locally.

Tom Still: AI’s ‘good’ sides will help Wisconsin over time
The struggle between AI’s potentially “wicked” and “good” sides will continue for a while, but good should triumph in time. People should keep an open mind while waiting for this movie to play out.

James Causey: Trump targets nurses, teachers, women-dominated professions
It’s absurd that the U.S. Department of Education has chosen to exclude nursing from its definition of ‘professional degree’ programs.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin Congressional redistricting cases now before judicial panels
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at court cases seeking the redrawing of Wisconsin’s Congressional district boundaries. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 21
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss former Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel’s appointment as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, this week’s Assembly and Senate floor sessions, a ruling upholding wedding barn alcohol permit requirements, utility rate hikes and more.