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Angela Lang: Hope and history, multiple truths and multiple tensions
Kamala Harris and understanding the most important election of our lifetime.

Dave Zweifel: Four years of chaos was enough
Trump’s first term was bad enough, almost as if the whole idea was to keep the country in a state of confusion, at loggerheads with one another. We should never forget what happened to America during those years and never let it happen again.

Michael Lucas: Why are there socialists?
Human beings are naturally inclined toward socialism. We are hard-wired to care for our friends and family by virtue of our empathy and benevolence. At the same time, we are also inclined toward envy and hubris.

LaKeshia Myers: Disability awareness: Understanding disabilities seen & unseen
It is important to understand that disabilities can be immediately identifiable in some people and nearly undetected in others. It is important to remain respectful and ensure company policies are up-to-date to ensure everyone is safe and protected.

Richard Moore: Sorry, There’s no such thing as the corporate capture of regulatory agencies
Public health and its quest for totalitarian power.

Christina Lieffring: Who will really pay the cost of Madison’s budget referendum?
Affluent homeowners are using poor renters to mask their grievances and save $19 a month.

David Blaska: Madison public schools flush with money
Every three years, Madison’s education-industrial complex breaks out the begging bowls for still more money. Never mind that Madison’s public schools are some of the best-funded in the state; school leadership just doesn’t know how to budget.

Dave Cieslewicz: More reason to vote ‘no’ on MSN schools question
The Madison school district just tripped over a pile of cash. So why do they need an extra $100 million from taxpayers?

Don Leake: Assembly elections to test how much maps matter
Whether the principal factor determining Wisconsin state election outcomes is the candidates themselves or political geography is on the ballot this fall.

Kristen Brey: Desperate for election to be over? Too bad we’ll have to wait days for results.
It matters that every single vote is counted. So hold tight, do some breathing exercises and unclench your jaw.

Charlie Sykes: Why I just endorsed Kamala Harris
Some conservatives reject Trump but cannot bring themselves to vote for the one candidate who could stop him. I refuse to be one of them.

Paul Fanlund: Four thoughts for Kamala Harris backers in election endgame
The possibility of Donald Trump defeating Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is frightening. Here are four ways to cope with the anxiety during the campaign’s final weeks.

Alexis McGill Johnson and Tanya Atkinson: Reproductive freedom is on the ballot.
It will take all of us to protect our rights.

Rick Esenberg: We’re inviting Rich Lowry back to Wisconsin. Here’s why
A friend of ours at the National Review, Rich Lowry, has faced scrutiny following allegations that he used a racial slur during a discussion on Haitian Migrants in Ohio and the story’s political ramifications in the 2024 election. He didn’t.

William Osmulski: Bishops shrug off reports of Catholic Hospitals conducting sex-changes on children
Six Catholic hospitals in Wisconsin are in the Stop the Harm database. Those Catholic facilities conducted sex-changes on at least 24 children from 2019-23.

Jeffrey Sommers: UW-Milwaukee won’t retain top status with more cuts. Wisconsin could fall behind.
Milwaukee and Wisconsin face the prospect of losing this R1 designation for UWM, and with it, returning to the status of Iowa that possesses only a single Carnegie R1 university.

Paul Farrow: A county sales tax: What were you thinking?
Since 2006, the county’s ability to raise the necessary revenue has been restricted by state law, and it has not kept pace with the rising costs of providing essential services. Each year, Waukesha County residents contribute approximately $1.5 billion in sales and income taxes to the state government in Madison. In return, our county receives just $60 million back in state aid.

David Blaska: City of Madison did not lobby Republicans for more state revenue
After filing an open records request, citizen watchdog Bonnie Roe finds that not once did the City of Madison lobby a single Republican legislator for financial assistance during the last 18 months even as its $22 million budget hole became apparent.

Eric Hovde: Tammy Baldwin made Wisconsin’s fentanyl problem worse
Career politicians in Washington have continually ignored the urgent pleas of families and individuals impacted by the fentanyl crisis, allowing the epidemic to not only continue but to worsen. Immediate and real change is needed.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider GOP efforts to remove Wisconsin’s top elections official
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the controversy over GOP efforts to remove Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for November 10
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss developments regarding the Brewers stadium maintenance funding deal, GOP infighting over the effort to oust Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, a series of elections bills lawmakers approved this week and more.