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Arthur Cyr: Semiquincentennial is a departure from the Bicentennial
Trump takes different approach than Ford.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze top Wisconsin primaries
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the chances for candidates vying to win top Wisconsin primary elections in August. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

James Wigderson: Victory breakfast at Tiffany’s
For all the buzz her campaign has attracted, Hong looks like a candidate determined to be a loser.

John Nichols: Can a democratic socialist win Wisconsin? Fran Hong says ‘yes!’
Amid all the talk of “electability,” a Midwestern state’s radical history points to what’s possible.

Bruce Thompson: Will Wisconsin’s gerrymandered congressional map be overturned?
Wisconsin Supreme Court moving slowly toward a decision.

Glenn Grothman: Trump, GOP tax cut helping Wisconsin families, manufacturers
Wisconsin families go to work every day and ask for one thing from their government: Don’t make it harder. The Working Families Tax Cut is delivering, and for Wisconsin’s workers, manufacturers and seniors, this is just the beginning.

J. Michael Collins and Tyler Q. Welch: Storm clouds over Social Security solvency hovering closer
Solvency can be achieved through a balanced combination of revenue increases and structural adjustments, such as delays in eligibility to older ages and lower rates of annual cost of living increases.

Alex Saloutos: Anyone can lay down the law on open records
When a government tells you a record is being withheld, that is not the last word. It is one person’s reading, and sometimes it is wrong. You can read the statute yourself, point to the language, and ask someone with authority to take another look. Often, that is enough.

James Santelle and Nick Matuszewski: Life, liberty and freedom from gun violence
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness cannot exist when people face gun violence in their homes, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods.

Gregory Humphrey: ‘Happiness’ and the Declaration of Independence
As July 4th approaches, I find myself trying to better understand the link between virtue and happiness as political language. The Founders believed that a free people could be virtuous and that a virtuous people could be happy. I do not think a majority of the nation in 2026 believes we are experiencing that now.

Steve Ligler: The flag is not a prop
A flag is not a fashion statement, a team jersey or a campaign logo, and it never was. You don’t show your love for something by turning it into a costume. You show it by living up to what it means.

Mike McCabe: Redeclaring independence
Looking around, the mood is hardly celebratory, yet celebrate we should. Another July 4th fast approaches, another Independence Day, but this one marks an especially notable milestone, 250 years since the great experiment began.

Ruben Anthony: America gave me room to grow, serve, lead, despite setbacks
I believe deeply in America’s greatness, but not as a slogan that looks backward. I believe in the greatness that moves us forward toward a more inclusive, just and faithful expression of our democratic ideals

Louis Fortis: Is America losing its soul?
As we celebrate 250 years of our democracy, we need to step back and appreciate how fortunate we are to live in such an amazing country.

Don Millis: Don’t forget Republicans also vote with absentee ballots
While the Trump administration hopes their war on mail-in ballots will combat election fraud, in Wisconsin, this war will help Democratic candidates at the expense of Republican candidates.

Paul Ryan: A simple yet profound idea propels America
We mark a milestone this week that once seemed impossible: the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

Bill Barth: Enduring lesson at nation’s 250th
The capacity to work together to solve problems — not reveling in some fleeting thrill of attacking others — will make or break the country’s future.

Mark Belling: Is America’s 250th birthday its last big one?
For the first time in the history of this greatest nation in the history of the world, there are massive numbers of Americans who no longer believe in the principles of the Founders.

Steve Clark: Even Washington knew enough to immunize the troops
In 1777, facing an outbreak of smallpox that threatened his troop’s combat readiness, General George Washington ordered that the Continental Army be inoculated against smallpox.

Gregory Humphrey: The Supreme Court got dragged into America’s false narratives
There’s a particular rot in American politics that doesn’t come from policy differences, but rather from the partisan-grade production of false narratives.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ preview the 2026 WisDems state convention
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, preview the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s state convention two months before the primary election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. Follow WisPolitics-State Affairs coverage of

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 12
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel State Politics Reporter Jessie Opoien discuss candidates who made the midterm ballot and key matchups, the latest developments in notable legal battles, and online gaming compacts. The program also features an interview with Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Devin Remiker to preview this weekend’s state party convention.