Florida has long had a high execution rate, but in January 2025, DeSantis, a Trump acolyte, began signing death warrants at an accelerated rate. What followed, Times reporter Pamela Colloff tells us, was the busiest period of executions in more than eight decades.

Apparently, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was so entranced by the prospect of being able to shovel “real money” to his boss, patron and former client Donald Trump, that he ignored the ethical obligations that govern his conduct as a lawyer.

Since I last wrote about the Wisconsin governor’s race a whole lot of water has rushed under the bridge. Let’s review.

House Democrats split nearly evenly on a Wednesday amendment to cut off U.S. aid to Israel, showcasing how the contentious issue is reshaping the political dynamics in the party.

Incompetence and ignorance are the dominating themes among the Democrats running for governor in Wisconsin.

In Madison we woke up Thursday morning to the stinging haze of wildfire smoke blanketing the city, drifting down on us from the same forest fires.

We lost a giant in economic and financial education — and in education reform — this week with the passing of Dr. Mark Schug.

Will we ever escape the scourge of McCarthyism?

Report makes clear that Congress needs to act in next few years. Around 2033, Social Security will have about 80% of the funds needed to make full payments. Congress needs to act to fill 20% gap.

When the day comes that fusion produces enough energy to power a city, it will be thanks to nuclear physicists, computing experts and other scientists who combined to make a century-old theory come true.

The Pentagon’s new “testosterone initiative” is the kind of policy you get when a society has quietly accepted that its military is less a professional fighting force than simply the nation’s largest job-creating program for the young, the poor, and the under‑educated.

It is the emergence of a status envy ideology that shapes how Americans interpret their own lives and measure themselves against others in an environment where traditional forms of community have eroded.

For decades, colleges and universities across the country have offered developmental or remedial education courses to students who arrive on campus not yet prepared for college-level work.

As America recognizes its 250th birthday, Wisconsin has an opportunity to shape the next chapter of its economic story.

Would you be satisfied if you knew the priest that violated your brother or sister, classmate, neighbor or extended family was given a pass, not reported to authorities in the criminal justice system?

Nonprofit drives revenues by increasing caseloads, reducing quality of care, workers say.

Excerpt from Ben Wikler’s “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy”

In the wake of Sara Rodriguez’s calamitous campaign implosion, the other Democrats still running for governor embarked on a frenzied competition to steal her lane. They’re flapping around like crazed vultures.

Social democratic policies aren’t any more extreme than those of the La Follette progressives who set the stage for Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance and regulatory reforms.