Try this on for size: "First-in-the-nation Illinois.”
Here's some advice for anyone thinking about running for office: If you have a criminal record, assume that it will become public knowledge. More important, don't run for office if you don't think you can weather the fallout.
Like all candidates, Democrats focus their campaigns on what they will do if elected. Progressives often accuse Joe Biden in particular of wanting to take America back to the Barack Obama years. And it’s true that Biden often portrays his candidacy as a restoration of the era in which he ser…
Thumbs up to Jim Grafft, special legislative session for dairy farmers, the UW System watchdog. Thumbs down to Joaquin Phoenix.
Moderates consistently warn that progressive ideas can't win "the middle." But just look at the polls.
Yogi Berra has a timely warning for the fractured Democratic party. The baseball legend and accidental oracle is reputed to have said, “It gets late early out here.”
Janesville School District administrators should wear bell-bottom jeans when they present to the school board their new plan to bring back the traditional eight-period day.
If you are interested at all in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, you may be in a confused state.
I’m a fan of The Gazette and have read my community paper for as long as I can remember. The journalistic quality continues to be top notch, and while I don’t always agree with the editorial board, it’s typically a read and a shrug if I don’t agree. Then I move on with my day.
A year and a half ago, I wrote in UW-Whitewater’s student newspaper, the Royal Purple, that then-Chancellor Beverly Kopper had a difficult decision to make publicly. She could either support her students or support her husband, who is of course banned from the campus over sexual harassment a…
Over 20 years ago, I made a mistake in a heated moment with my family while discussing a sensitive family matter. I have long since apologized and made full amends for my conduct. I do not believe this episode in my past has any bearing on my ability to dutifully represent the residents of J…
Janesville is in the process of developing a new identity. Perhaps reviewing Janesville’s early history might help give direction for the city’s ongoing developments.
These ignominious enablers, the Republicans, better wake up and see how close the apocalypse of Hitler is to a cult and Trumpism. Let’s hope he never declares martial law, for we all know he wants to be like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Napoleon and Al Capone.
This Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the only chance you will ever get to vote directly against gerrymandering. Our gerrymandered Legislature will pass a new gerrymandered redistricting map, Gov. Tony Evers will veto it, and it will go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. If Daniel Kelly is on th…
Periodically I observe people raving about the policy accomplishments of President Trump in his first three years. The economic recovery which started in 2008 has continued under his leadership and many indices are actually unprecedented. The Dow Jones, for example, is in uncharted territory…
The chairman of the Assembly Agriculture Committee apologized, saying it was the first time in his 14 years in the Legislature that he had to rush important bills through his committee.
We all have blind spots. I can’t see mine. You can’t see yours. That’s why they’re called blind spots.
After dismal performances in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire Democratic primary, placing third and fourth place, respectively, Elizabeth Warren has about a 1/1,024th chance of winning her party’s nomination.
The depraved totalitarians, nefarious barbarians, two-bit gangsters, odious scoundrels and bigoted scum who run the United Nations recently set up a new “database” to help anti-Semites around the world target Jewish businesses in the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria—businesses that …
In 1966, there were 654 murders in New York City. The next year, that number increased by about a hundred. Then two hundred. By the mid-1970s, nearly 1,700 people were being murdered every year in New York City. That insane level of violence maintained until the early 1990s.
A free society cannot function without vibrant professional newspapers. In light of that truism, the latest dire news for the news business—that McClatchy newspapers, publisher of The Kansas City Star and almost 30 other newspapers in 14 states across America, is filing for bankruptcy—should…
On Sunday pileup on I-90/39: This was the worst we have had all winter so far. People either don’t know how to drive or are too dumb to realize what they should do. Maybe, like, stay home. Thankful that so far there are no deaths.
In suspending The Back Bar’s liquor license last month, the city Alcohol License Advisory Committee showed it’s not afraid to hold bars accountable.
Democracy dies step by step--slowly and ineffably, so you hardly notice it. First, elect a shady, bombastic leader who promises nice things. Then, approve all he does or doesn’t do as long as your pet issues are addressed. Tell your children to respect the office of president, even if the ma…
My husband and I went for a fish fry at The Fireside on Friday night--a treat for us! We “splurged” and had a drink, fish fry and even dessert. When the waitress came to give us our bill, she told us that it was completely paid for--by a young couple sitting not far from us. This was very sh…
Fake news is not new. Hitler spread his propaganda concerning Jews, communists and capitalism through a newspaper he acquired. Hitler discredited honest independent reporting with his slogan, repeated over and over: “lugenpresse,” which translates to “fake news.” Donald Trump calls any cover…
In what seemed like an arcane exchange in the last debate before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Amy Klobuchar reminded Bernie Sanders that some newspaper editorial boards actually like him.
I can't believe you did it! On Monday morning, I read an editorial ("Thumbs down to another pointless referendum question") that said "these referendums are advisory and have no bearing on policy decisions at the state level." Don't you know you should never tell voters that referendums are …
The problems with an online app that led to an embarrassing delay in tabulating the results of the Iowa caucus votes for Democratic presidential candidates should serve as a not-so-subtle reminder that online voting is not quite ready for prime time.
Even if a police shooting is justified, it is nevertheless a tragic event. Montay S. Penning could still be alive today, except that he was wielding a 9mm handgun and ignored Beloit police officers' instructions to drop the gun before they shot and killed him.
On April 7, the voters of Rock County can send a message to our legislators to end partisan gerrymandering by voting "yes" on the advisory referendum that asks: “Should the Wisconsin legislature create a nonpartisan procedure for the preparation of legislative and congressional district plan…
I met Justice Daniel Kelly at a country club in Elkhorn. He is a Wisconsin Supreme Court judge (who loves our country) seeking re-election. He believes in the rule of law and is committed to what the law says and not his own personal opinion. He will uphold our constitution. He's experienced…
On the eve of his impeachment acquittal in the Senate, Donald Trump delivered a combative yet triumphant State of the Union address.
