I know that politics is not always a feast of reason, but there has to be some line between normal levels of absurdity and lethal madness. Whe…
As policymakers, principals and parents wrestle with the reopening of schools, many are struggling with what feel like competing priorities. H…
It’s not that we forget. But sooner or later, news becomes history, and the awful thing that happened loses its power to shock. You remember t…
The pandemic is worsening and the delta variant is so infectious, we are told, that we need to return to COVID-19 restrictions—even for fully …
Conventional wisdom holds the United States, with its light-touch approach to broadband regulation, “has some of the highest broadband prices …
Next year will be the first election in 12 years without an incumbent lieutenant governor on the ballot.
This spring, 166 workers in Janesville awoke to a nightmare.
Remember when House Democrats impeached President Donald Trump for twisting the arm of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, allegedly condi…
”It’s always encouraging to see great people like Eric Holder fighting to end Republican gerrymandering.”
Wage-earning women in Britain have found their voices in yet another singularly female affliction requiring workplace concessions—menopause.
Blockbusters are finally coming back to movie theaters. But the buzz is elsewhere in Hollywood. Streaming services are upending the film indus…
During the pandemic, while most of us were relying on broadband to work, study, even confer with our doctor, at least 14.5 million Americans w…
The Republican-crafted 2021-23 state budget—with a $2.3 billion income tax cut and $574 million to control property taxes that Democratic Gov.…
All of us operate on a budget. Businesses, government, families and individuals use budgets to set their priorities and make ends meet. We hav…
Law enforcement please be forewarned. If I see someone standing in a long line under a beating sun, I will offer them a bottle of water.
The past year and a half has been the hardest time most small businesses have ever seen. Many, unfortunately, did not survive. For those of us…
We are in the midst of a global loneliness crisis that struck long before “social distancing” entered our vernacular and our smiles were occlu…
It has been several decades since Americans dealt with the specter of inflation. However, according to several economic benchmarks and commons…
The U.S. military is retreating from Afghanistan as the Taliban make rapid gains across the country. American troops recently slipped away fro…
Someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease every 65 seconds. Slowly robbing its victims of their memory and independen…
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Meghan McCain is leaving “The View.”
For a governor whose favorite card game is euchre, Democrat Tony Evers has taken two major steps to expand high-stakes gambling in Wisconsin.
On May 4, President Joe Biden set the goal for 70% of adults to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose by Independence Day. On June 22, the White Hou…
The grim mission at Champlain Towers South transitioned Wednesday from search and rescue to recovery. Equipment has been removed and the dogs …
Recently, while trying to sort out all the seemingly conflicting data on our pandemic situation regarding vaccination rates, variants, cases a…
News media gave a distorted picture of the historic importance of the fair-elections legislation offered by Democrats in the U.S. Congress. To…
I figured that nine months after the pandemic began, sheltered and cooped up Americans would be creating a baby boom. It never happened. In Ca…
Americans should be deeply concerned about our “sick-care” health system. We wait until people fall seriously ill and then we apply rescue car…
Good teachers know that if something is relevant to their students’ experiences, it needs to be a part of their education.
It’s a rite of summer to fire up the grill and enjoy burgers and steaks cooked to sizzling perfection. Or, in sadder cases, charred to an unre…
“Mom and Dad, where do legislators come from?”
It was midafternoon on June 7 when nearly three dozen sheriffs deputies and police officers arrived at the Two Inlets pump station site on Enb…
Donald Trump and his accountant, Allen Weisselberg, have spent decades crunching the Trump Organization’s numbers together. During a 2007 depo…
On July 4, some 245 years ago, the signing of the Declaration of Independence articulated the political ethos of the United States: a country …
United States Sen. Tammy Baldwin is receiving positive media coverage for her work on behalf of employees at Hufcor in Janesville.
“Nobody’s free until everyone is free,” said civil rights hero Fannie Lou Hamer.
Hundreds of thousands of people are weighing in on the factors keeping kids—and especially teens—on social media instead of meeting up in real life.
Just as we’re emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, one might be forgiven for thinking that a new plague has infected America. Everybody’s talk…
With all of the political division in Congress, it’s a pleasant surprise that one of the few areas of bipartisan support comes in the form of …
Acknowledging the federal government’s role in decades of systemic discrimination in agriculture, Congress in March approved $5 billion in deb…
With Michigan’s government lifting all COVID-19 orders on public gatherings and mask requirements, the state’s economy is ready to recover fro…
The Border Game. That’s the trap-me-if-you-can contest Vice President Kamala Harris has been playing ever since President Joe Biden tasked her…
I was motivated to write recently about an insight into the concept of political “centrism,” as it relates to politics in the Middle East, the…
It’s federal transportation policy season, with the House and Senate advancing bills to fund federal surface transportation programs for the n…
A dictionary definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It’s not the same as sympathy. As memoirist…
Republican legislators have put Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers up for reelection next year in a position where voters mig…
In a landmark First Amendment opinion, the Supreme Court has limited schools’ ability to punish students for off-campus speech. In a case invo…
Voting in our country should be a simple concept. If you are a citizen, you get a vote. Agreed?
A new managing editor, a new sports editor, two new reporters and a data reporting intern have all begun jobs at The Gazette since June 1.
A common complaint we hear from American public officials is that the public doesn’t show up to their events, or that it feels like only the “…
In the event that a group of U.S. senators cannot agree on committing enough money to a bipartisan infrastructure plan, Democrats are reported…
According to the establishment media, critical race theory, or CRT, is a distraction. It is a right-wing smear. It is a conservative attempt t…
I don’t pretend to be an expert on the Catholic Church, but I can sniff out hypocrisy. And whenever you put the Catholic Church in the same pe…
There is a jar filled with dirt on my kitchen counter. Some 500 people in the area likely can make a similar statement. It is my souvenir from…
They tried. Oh, they tried. Republicans spent a decade bashing and voting to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. And what did they get for all …
Martin Pattison and John Michael Kohler were two extraordinary men who sought to preserve Wisconsin’s natural resources.
After recklessly ending former President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s investigation to prove the coronavirus originated i…
Conservatives have a special purgatory for uppity Black women who dare question America’s founding myths.
Several years ago, one of the best-connected Capitol lobbyists was asked about the future career prospects of a retiring veteran Assembly Repu…
Learning can come in many forms—from traditional classroom “sit-and-get” settings to innovative “outside-the-classroom-walls” programs.
This week, a video from a San Francisco Walgreens went viral on Twitter. The video depicted a man standing next to his bicycle and loading up …
It’s no secret that Americans across the country struggle to afford medical care. Be it high insurance deductibles, surprise medical bills or …
A decades-old pipeline called Line 3, operated by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst of a controversial upgrade. That has sparked …
President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe provides positive confirmation of collaboration and stability among nations on both sides of the Atlantic…
The story of Wisconsin and other Great Lakes states over the past three decades has been one of deindustrialization. Cynical politicians from …
As a physician, I make medical decisions based on science, evidence and best practices. That’s because, like most professionals, I want my pat…
It takes a lot for Bob Lang, who has been the most respected watchdog of state government’s finances for decades, to use the “U” word.
I must warn you in advance that this is not satire. This news is real.
After a friend of mine graduated college and moved to California, he was surprised to read help wanted ads that were looking for “Midwestern w…
The word “exemption” is a tricky one.
As lockdowns sent city dwellers “fleeing” to the suburbs for more space, the prices of homes offering that space took off. To play in the bidd…
The president and first lady are each making a cure for cancer a priority in their White House service. Earlier this year, President Joe Biden…