It’s catnip for MSNBC and its ilk— the urban myth that The People are rising up spontaneously, like mushrooms after a heavy rain, to protest at back-home listening sessions the threat to democracy represented by elected Republican congressmen. The peanut gallery at Blaska Policy Werkes is not that gullible.

We have seen the impacts of Marklein’s callous and ineffective leadership across the 17th Senate District. It is clear when elementary schools are forced to close their doors and has only become more obvious with his most recent devastating cuts to public education.

The fact that there will be a number of Democratic primary candidates — including, perhaps, several statewide officials, the chief executive of the state’s largest county and able young legislators — is not a problem. It’s a measure of the party’s renewal in recent years. And its strength going into the 2026 race.

A moderate gubernatorial candidate is the Dems’ best chance for 2026

Unless the governor acts, Wisconsin families across all sectors — including public schools — will be left behind families in other states.

The race for governor in the most important swing state in the country is wide open.

The current delays and legal maneuvering surrounding the Line 5 relocation project serve no one. They hinder progress, put the energy security of millions at risk, and postpone job opportunities and infrastructure improvements that benefit both tribal nations and neighboring communities.

It’s an ideal time for leadership at the UW-Madison to consider creating a new college to focus on computing, data and AI.

Teen birthrates are a small fraction of what they used to be.

Obama never played hard against Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and others. That flaw cost us dearly.

Jack Holzhueter, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, went on from The Capital Times to become one of Wisconsin’s best-known and revered historians, working at the Wisconsin Historical Society for 36 years as a research specialist.

She’s death on “unelected bureaucrats.” What’s that all about?

Let’s not fear open processes. Let’s welcome it. Let’s create space for new voices and unexpected ideas. Let’s allow voters — not insiders — to choose.

Americans demand more from the government than they are willing to pay for, year after year. That translates to a debt bomb. Look around at your children and grandchildren. They will inherit our bomb.

America flourishes when Americans are willing to let go of yesterday and can’t wait for tomorrow to come, anxious to build something brand new. This is truly something to hope for, to plan for, to work for.

If children do not receive discipline at home, how can any adult in public be expected to check them when they misbehave?

When systemic manipulation rewrites who is thanked for doing the real work.

Justifying these cuts as a way to redirect funds from climate-related “social agendas” that conservatives have ridiculed for decades is simply negligent in every sense of the word.

Governor is a great gig and Evers has no clear heir apparent.

That is how Gov. Tony Evers presented himself back in 2018, and that is how he won against Scott Walker. As much as I would like a screaming progressive, Wisconsin is not ready for one yet.