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John Torinus: Trump: How to go from chump to poker player to Nobel winner
Now that Putin is insisting on a macro settlement of the war, Trump has the opportunity to enlarge the scope of the negotiations to include limits on nuclear weapons.

Michelle Bryant: Trump’s America: A cheater’s paradise
In the America of Donald Trump, the old virtues of honesty, hard work, and fair play have been swept aside for a new creed: if you can cheat and get away with it, why not?

David Blaska: John Bolton is a traitor only to Donald Trump, politically
No one is above the law, but no one IS the law, either.

Scott Niederjohn: Financially illiterate high schoolers about to be taught a lesson
Beginning with the class of 2028, all high school students in Wisconsin must complete at least one semester of personal financial literacy to earn a diploma.

Bruce Thompson: How the minimum wage declined
40 years ago it was worth three times more. What happened?

Bruce Murphy: Why the Pathfinders union struggle matters
Workers at many nonprofits are under-paid and overworked, with high turnover.

Richard Moore: Of rocks and rights: Why Joy Goeben’s bill matters
If eco-radicals get their way, natural resources will have legally personhood and constitutional rights. Those rights will trump ours.

Scott Walker: With Russia, Trump takes a page from the Reagan playbook
Peace through strength works.

Jamie Stiehm: Trump broke the mold, and the presidency
How far and fast we’ve fallen. This beautiful city is beleaguered by Trump’s malice and military. Others may not be far behind. Trump is the un-American president.

Gregory Humphrey: Leadership should not demand applause over substance
This week’s parade of European leaders at the White House felt less like a diplomatic summit and more like a coronation ceremony.

Jon McCray Jones: ‘Free’ big data facial recognition tech would carry big cost for Milwaukee
Biometrica’s offer to Milwaukee is not a neutral tool — it’s a step toward a dystopian future.

Kristin Brey: Swift-Kelce romance sets stage for fulfilling relationship I can identify with
At a time when the gendered culture war between modernity and conservatism is palpable, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce offer a model of partnership rooted in confidence, equality, and timing.

Dave Zweifel: Remembering those who helped us learn
Madison lost two men in recent weeks who, in each of their own ways, were nothing less than outstanding educators.

Mark Belling: Ozaukee data center backlash a bellwether for nation’s future
We need a lot more electricity and a lot more power lines.

Anthony Pahnke and Jim Goodman: Immigrant workers deserve legality, not further persecution
Real immigration policy reform does not underhandedly manufacture undocumented people, or target people who contribute to the economy, but involves doing the hard work of creating fair, workable policy in Congress.

Mike Gallagher: Send Harvard’s Chinese students home
It makes no sense for the U.S. to be educating the scientific and leadership class of a future adversary. on to ensure that Beijing doesn’t have the last laugh.

Tom Still: Adult smoking down, but some disturbing trends among youth
Recent surveys show 8% of high school students nationwide use electronic cigarettes or vape pens, which include nicotine and can harm the brain and cardiovascular system over time. It’s nearly twice as high (15.7%) in Wisconsin, said Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria, who runs the UW’s tobacco center.

Jenna Piwowarczyk: Cross-party friendships: political difference or moral disparity?
I love politics. I love my friendships. Why does it feel like I have to choose between the two?

Bill Barth: Supreme Court needs a do-over
When presented with an opportunity to set reasonable guardrails against partisan cheating in elections the U.S. Supreme Court majority took a pass, saying states were free to make their own rules.

Jeffrey Leverich: Trump’s call to rig mid-term is another hit to democracy
President Donald Trump is openly calling to rig the upcoming 2026 election so as not to lose control of Congress, defying our democracy once again as he unsuccessfully did Jan. 6, 2021, with his violent scheme to overthrow the national election.

‘The Insiders’ consider what Evers, lawmakers will seek to do with Wisconsin’s $4B surplus
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider what Dem Gov. Tony Evers the GOP -controlled Legislature will do with the state’s $4 billion surplus as work begins on the next biennial budget. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 25
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the start of early voting, presidential candidate visits, lawsuits targeting Wisconsin elections and more.