People of color know Nancy Pelosi. She's every executive who hired them because their "unique" viewpoint was sorely needed at her organization, but then ignored every new suggestion.
Here we go again. This week, President Trump appeared to renew his threat to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if Democrats do not pass his new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). His threats may worry pro-trade Republicans, but they are music to the ears of anti-NAFTA Democrats, who would love nothing better than to get rid of NAFTA without giving Trump a trade victory.
In 2016, a bunch of real-life white supremacists—not just Republicans who happen to disagree with the Democrats’ preferred immigration policy—put together a conference in Washington, D.C., to attract attention. All kinds of major news networks dutifully showed up, because legacy media has so…
Democrats continue to call Republicans "racist" every chance they get. I believe we should explore that a little.
If you want to provide space for homeless people to sleep overnight in their cars, where would that space be? That’s a good question with no clear answer.
One of the worst parts of experiencing homelessness is the utter exhaustion. But getting rest can be transformative.
Volkswagen recently announced that it is completely ending the production of its iconic car, the Beetle. It led a rich life for 80 years. Despite its nefarious origins with the Nazis, this automobile shaped like a charming insect wound up making friends with all types of human beings. Indeed…
The July 7 story, “Schools struggle with how to teach about slavery” (Page 12B), deserves a review. “Teaching about slavery is hard," says the Southern Poverty Law Center. After all these years of rising illiteracy, one would hope schools would finally focus on reading in kindergarten, not s…
When it comes to examining the immigration crisis dominating the news cycle, Americans must question why there was no public outrage—or widespread media coverage—when the Obama administration deported 3 million illegal immigrants.
Susan Brooks. Brian Fitzpatrick. Will Hurd. Fred Upton. You may have read or heard these names in passing, but they are worth lingering upon. These are the four Republicans who supported a resolution condemning President Trump's plainly racist taunt urging four House members to "go back" to their countries of family origin.
We want to join the many voices rightly celebrating one of the greatest moments in our history. How hard it must have been to even imagine that journey 50 years ago that saw America reach out and touch something so distant, mysterious and powerful.
Marijuana is legal for recreational use to the east and north of Wisconsin in Michigan, and in six months will be legal to the south in Illinois. It’s also permitted for medicinal use to the west and southwest in Minnesota and Iowa.
This summer, I’m taking a tip from the Chantix turkey. You may have seen the ads for Chantix, a drug claiming to help people stop smoking gradually. The turkey character is seen trying to quit cigarettes in a calm, slow manner rather than going “cold turkey.” The mellow Galliforme calmly adj…
The city of Janesville has 2,645 public fire hydrants throughout the city: in yards, along roadways and near street corners. Fire hydrants are installed for the safety of the community and to help reduce insurance rates. They are also used by our water department as a way to keep our water s…
Regardless of your position on Donald Trump and his administration, one thing is universal: Our President is impossible to avoid. So far through his candidacy and presidency, Trump has received three times as much average media coverage as President Obama—and it shows.
It’s already a crime to identify a covert intelligence agent or confidential informant working overseas. But even though the law has only been used twice in 37 years—and even though no persuasive case has been made that it needs to be toughened or expanded—Congress is now proposing to broade…
The new CEO for the YMCA of Northern Rock County, Angie Bolson, will make far less than her predecessor, and some people are pointing to gender inequity to explain the pay gap.
Every citizen is entitled to live in safety. Home ownership is not a prerequisite. Whether you own your home, rent one or live in your vehicle, one should be able to be safe. Providing a safe place for those who are homeless is an obligation, just as is providing safety for homeowners. In ei…
As the newly elected president of the board of regents, here’s my pledge: I will continue to be a tenacious advocate for the UW System.
White racism was at the root of Donald Trump’s 2016 candidacy, and so it will be again in 2020. Either we decisively reject it at the ballot box, and thus begin to salvage our pluralistic values, or we can acquiesce in the slow death of the American dream.
To be American is a wonderful thing most of the time. There are moments, however, when it is downright humiliating. Can you imagine a more pitiful scene than a busload of Americans traveling 815 miles from Minneapolis to a Walmart in London, Ontario, Canada, to buy insulin at a 10th—a 10th!—…
We should feel great about this economy, yet, something seems to be amiss.
Wisconsin has an opportunity. The Republicans are concerned about the governor having power to create spending in the budget with a veto. While I fully agree with Gov. Tony Evers that education funding should be increased, I agree with the Republicans that it should not have been possible fo…
For many, summer is the literary season of lighter novels at the beach or pool. For me -- exhausted by the quickening pace of President Trump's moral and mental disintegration -- escape takes the form of reading works of fiction that I have often read before. Encountering a new novel is usually a stimulant. Reading a familiar novel is more like a security blanket. One is like foreign travel; the other re-walking paths close to home.
It is appropriate that the truth about Paul Ryan is being exposed, not only by Donald Trump but by other significant sources. It's absurd for Ryan to call out Trump for knowing nothing about government because Trump is second to none on implementing his policies, and Ryan couldn't even make …
The Janesville city fathers have provided “easy access” to the downtown Rock River.
Thumbs down to more Milwaukee Street bridge delays, traveling through flooded streets. Thumbs up to the first of the first responders, Paul Ryan speaking out.
Five state officials went to Fort Gordon, the Georgia military base that is home for about 12,000 active-duty soldiers, in June armed with Gardetto’s snacks and this elevator-speech message:
A Maryland eighth-grader was suspended for three weeks and did not get to graduate with his class in June. This was his punishment for appearing in the background of a friend’s video in which said friend held a disabled Airsoft gun.
A man named Josef Buzhminski told this story at the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
Who knew 11 rolls of toilet paper could cost $12,801?
Let's stop wasting voters' time on advisory referendums that have zero impact on policy changes.
Did public service just take another blow in our community? In the case of the Janesville School Board, it seems like the arrow is pointed toward “yes.”
Fighting progressive policies most Americans support will lose you “centrist” votes, not gain them.
In Washington, the National Mall has gone quiet. The Blue Angels have flown back to base, the Abrams tanks have been returned to Ft. Stewart in Georgia, and President Trump’s July 4 speech has been debunked by fact-checkers and panned by Russian state-run TV. The memes it inspired might prov…
