Under a perverse interpretation of federal law, tax-exempt nonprofit organizations supposedly devoted to “social welfare” can spend large amounts of money to influence elections without publicly disclosing the identities of their donors. But instead of cracking down on the use of “dark money…
Rock County needs a significant change. We have had the same sheriff for the last 12 years. On Aug. 14, you won’t see Sheriff Robert Spoden’s name on the ballot, but you will see someone who will bring the same politics and same distractions from the current sheriff and administration. Don’t…
You are committed to telling your stories, but you did away with Sound Off, so we cannot tell ours.
This week, The Washington Post published an op-ed headlined "It's not wrong to compare Trump's America to the Holocaust." As with similar examples of this genre, it's a sickening display of moral relativism that belittles the suffering and murder of millions in the service of some shortsight…
Why would my water bill be raised? I live alone and on a fixed income, and my water usage is virtually nil compared to a family of two or more. It should be adjusted accordingly, and I can only hope the city does its homework in adjustments.
The new rising star of the Democratic Party is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The 28-year-old former bartender doesn’t know much about politics—this week, she bungled her way through an interview answer by referring to Israeli “occupation” of Palestine and citing her lack of expertise on the issu…
Sacha Baron Cohen has fooled a lot of public officials during roughly two decades of TV and movie work playing a variety of characters who coax outrageous and embarrassing statements out of people like Newt Gingrinch, Ralph Nader, Ron Paul and then-host of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump.
Thank you to The Gazette for printing the guest editorial from The Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, on Saturday (“Five funerals later, feeling the regrets”). It was a tragic reminder that we sometimes do not have a chance to get to know our co-workers well.
The Democratic race for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District is tight, and a lot is on the line. If the winner of the August primary can take down the Republican nominee, he or she will be the first Democrat to do so since 1993.
There are few annoyances as constant in modern life as robo-calls. Despite a 1991 federal law meant to limit them, robo-calls to Americans set a new record last month with 4.1 billion, according to the company behind the YouMail call-blocking application.
“Lawmakers in both major parties and former intelligence officials appeared shocked ...”
Nick Polce has values and positions that align with mine.
Trump is trying to do something that both of his immediate predecessors tried to do: turn over a new leaf with Russia.
Questions for Mr. Marklein in reference to his recent letter to the editor.
Removing the dam is going to lower the river.
I met Nick Polce at a Republican Party picnic. My husband and I wanted to start going to gatherings to meet people who had a passion to follow the original Constitution. There was a man running after his toddler son around the picnic grounds. I was smiling at the love they had toward each ot…
OPINION: The city of Janesville never gave its back-in angled parking experiment much chance to succeed, and we hope city officials revive the experiment in a couple years.
Children are sponges of their environment. This lesson was continually reinforced during my decades of trying to help early-childhood students evolve into loving capable adults. I ask, “What lessons are children absorbing today?”
The brutal murder of Emmett Till, a black Chicago youth, in Mississippi nearly 63 years ago went unpunished, but not forgotten. A decision by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, to allow an open casket at Emmett’s Chicago funeral represented an act of defiance as well as mourning, helping to igni…
The Saturday story, "Monterey Dam removal begins," on Page 9A states, "Janesville resident Bill McCoy called for the hanging of Janesville City Council members and the city manager because, he said, what was happening Friday was illegal."
I have known Bryan Steil for many years and have found him to be a man of integrity.
Why didn’t the American men’s soccer team qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Democratic Congressman Mark Pocan represents a Madison-dominated district that is one of the safest for Democrats in the nation. He got 68 percent of the vote two years ago and has no Republican challenger this year.
OPINION: Thumbs down to Republicans dodging debates, Pocan's call to abolish ICE. Thumbs up to preserving Yerkes Observatory, schools raking in safety and security grants.
Let's say you're the president of the United States and want to keep the country safe. But data from the Department of Defense shows that a stunning 71 percent of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 are unable to join the military because they are too overweight, are poorly educated or have a record of crime or drug abuse.
In these warm Ohio months, when my daughter was an infant, I’d strap her into the stroller most evenings and take her for a long walk before bedtime.
A deeply humane friend recently suggested that medics stop saving people on their third opioid overdose. The subject was naloxone, a medication that can yank users from the jaws of death. It can be given via Narcan nasal spray or injection.
OPINION: Offenses by Gary Groelle form a troubling picture of the sheriff's office captain.
Donald Trump’s strategy in his trade war with China boils down to inflicting sufficient economic pain to eventually force Beijing’s leaders to make the concessions the president wants—whatever those may be. That’s the obvious purpose of the tariffs he plans to impose on another $200 billion …
Sure, some of the anger aimed at Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is partisan bluster meant to placate the activist base. Still, most Democrats were going to get hysterical about any pick because any conservative pick was going to take the Constitution far to…
How many times have you heard someone say, “I didn’t do it, but I will agree to pay off my accuser just to get this matter settled so I can move on.”?
As President Trump put Germany and other allies on notice for the harm they are doing to NATO with their failure to spend adequately on our common defense, Democrats in Washington came to Germany's defense.
In the new superhero movie “Incredibles 2,” the baby, Jack-Jack, freaks out his family when he morphs into a destructive demon. NATO members who have been on the receiving end of Donald Trump’s blasts as he prepared for a summit in Brussels—“we’re schmucks for paying for the whole thing”—see…
Recently, I was asked to be the honorary captain for our community-based football team, the Rock County Rage. I was probably asked because the team thought that I was a local dignitary.
The funerals are over. We said goodbye to John McNamara on Tuesday at the University of Maryland. In the days since the rampage in the Capital Gazette offices that killed John, Rebecca Smith, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fischman and Rob Hiaasen, family, friends and colleagues have gathered to say a final farewell.
This week, amid widespread Democratic tumult regarding the selection of a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, alleged comedian Michelle Wolf paid tribute to the most important facet of American life: abortion. On her Netflix show on Sunday, Wolf dressed up in red, white an…
The maniacal, despotic tyranny of political correctness has suffered a judicial flogging by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. On July 6, it ruled in favor of Professor John McAdams and against the University of Marquette.
