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Michelle Bryant: Erasing service, undermining strength
Racist leadership practices return to the military

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq: Truth tellers must not be silenced
It is a clear attack on the public’s right to know. We all suffer when truth‑seekers are punished for exposing corruption, documenting conflict, or giving voice to those who would otherwise be unheard. Silencing a reporter is an attempt to blind the world.

Dave Zweifel: Voters believed him; now we’re stuck with a liar in chief
April Fool’s is a good day to review Donald Trump’s campaign promises to the American people. Suffice it to say that he took a lot of us for fools.

John Nichols: War amps up anti-Trump energy at No Kings
The war with Iran, which has metastasized into a deadly regional conflict with daunting international economic implications since Trump launched it in late February, became a vital theme of No Kings Day rallies in Minnesota and nationwide.

John Torinus: Record numbers slam Trump, Iran war
There was a new dimension to the anti-Trump protest Saturday that drew a record turnout of an estimated 1,600 citizens to the grounds of the Washington County Courthouse. It was opposition to his new war against Iran.

Jessica McBride: Leave Kristi Noem alone. She’s not responsible for balloon-gate
I’m tired of the snap judgments that fall so much harder on women, especially conservative women. We don’t really know what went down in Kristi’s marriage and, frankly, it’s hard to see how it’s any of our business, as weird as it all is. Leave Kristi alone. She has enough to deal with.

Jason M. Walter and Eric Olson: Why should WI pay for data center costs before they exist?
All of ATC’s customers, Wisconsin households and businesses, started paying for a project the day construction began, eighteen months before the facility opens.

Courtney Graves: SNAP reform underway in Wisconsin
Wisconsin lawmakers just advanced two major bills related to the SNAP program; one was signed by the governor, and the other just passed the Assembly.

David Blaska: Give Hong a 20-second hug; she writes bills that never pass
Hong is the beating heart of the pro-Palestine, “reimagine policing,” social justice warriors here in Wisconsin. The huddled masses yearning for more free stuff support legislation like her Assembly Bill 370. It required prisons and jails to allow inmates to get and give a 20-second hug.

Gregory Humphrey: Republicans are in a pickle, a very sour one
There is palpable anger afoot in this nation. Not violent fist-a-cuff anger. But rather a determined, reasoned, and righteous commitment against the destruction of our national norms and the constitutional guardrails that govern this land.

Peggy West: Don’t let Cesar Chavez’s actions erase Latino history in Milwaukee
The Chicano Movement was our Civil Rights Movement and we cannot stand by and watch it be erased by the actions of one man, no matter how much he contributed to it.

Michelle Bryant: The NFL: Play or get played
Will the league stand by inclusion efforts?

Steven Walters: Republican unity shatters in final Wisconsin Senate session
There were some surprises along the way.

Richard Moore: Three women and a Legislature: The lawmakers who made the session matter
In a session otherwise defined by circular firing squads, three Republican legislators did something rare in Wisconsin politics. They led.

Joe Gothard: Wisconsin must fix how it funds public schools
Wisconsin is sitting on a significant state budget surplus. Investing these resources into special education services would provide real relief while ensuring schools have the resources needed to serve all students. A more balanced approach to school funding, including a new approach to general aid disbursements, is necessary.

Shannon Whitworth: Ditch identity politics to save Wisconsin’s urban schools
It is up to us as adults to put young people in an environment where they can be successful. And when we do that, these kids respond positively. When provided an equal level of expectations and a positive environment, Black students can perform just as well as their white counterparts.

Jon Knudson: Ideological groups behind Wauwatosa school board candidates
Wauwatosa ‘2030 Slate’ mum on governing Ideas, promises school board recall elections

Bill Kaplan: There’s hope; organize, protest and vote
Americans have had enough of Trump-GOP’s cruelty, incompetence, lies and stupidity. There’s hope; Americans are organizing, protesting and voting.

John Nichols: No kings! No wars!
The founders of the United States feared monarchically inclined presidents who could wage wars of whim.

Paul Fanlund: George McGovern’s war diary and how times have changed
The book’s foreword says McGovern’s diary provides “a sense of the man he was to become. We also come to understand why McGovern, having experienced combat firsthand, in later life was not among those given to glorifying war or to sending their fellow citizens to fight when not absolutely necessary.” Times have changed.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ check in on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, midterm elections
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at upcoming Wisconsin elections and the impact of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of candidates. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for March 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel State Politics Reporter Jessie Opoien discuss Gov. Tony Evers calling a special session to ban partisan gerrymandering, a key GOP lawmaker calling a Department of Public Instruction conference at a water park “routine,” the Wisconsin congressional delegation’s response to the war in Iran and more.