The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they presume too much competence on the part of the conspirators. The same may be true when it comes to President Trump's alleged quid pro quo with Ukraine. As Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., put it, "What I can tell you about the Trump policy towards the Ukraine is that it was incoherent ... They seem to be incapable of forming a quid pro quo."
Janesville welcomed our hockey Jets almost 10 years ago, and the response was and continues to be positive. The community and businesses have supported the organization, and Jets ownership and the young men on the team have weaved themselves into the fabric of our city.
While Democrats pretend to care about stopping foreign interference into our elections to preserve the integrity of our democracy, they conveniently turn a blind eye to their own election meddling. The rest of us can see with our own eyes.
One of the most durable conspiracy theories of our times finds Vladimir Putin recruiting a billionaire media personality named Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. In some iterations of the tale, Trump is willingly serving his Kremlin comrades; in others, he is merely the victim of kompromat…
The public impeachment hearings were barely underway when Jim Jordan, the GOP’s attack Chihuahua, began to yap about the whistleblower. Where’s the whistleblower? Why can’t we question the whistleblower? Bring in the whistleblower! Who’s the whistleblower?
I’d like to personally bop over the head the next Democrat who says that Michael Bloomberg shouldn’t be running for president because he’s a billionaire. Let’s give thanks that a simple-minded dismissal of rich candidates didn’t sink FDR’s chances.
This week, The Atlantic released its newest issue, provocatively titled "How to Stop a Civil War. "Leading its collection of essays is a fascinating piece by Yoni Applebaum. In it, Applebaum posits that at the crux of America's vitriolic politics lies demographic change: "The United States i…
In June 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and uttered those iconic words that shook the world: "General Secretary Gorbachev ... come here to this gate … Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" They had been repeatedly removed from his draft speech by nervous State Department bureaucrats, but Reagan kept putting them back in. And just 2½ years after Reagan spoke them, that wall came down.
The (mostly) charming family movie “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is about a divorced father living alone in his posh Manhattan digs. Unexpectedly, he receives two boxes of penguins, and chaos ensues. But the 2011 film has a not-very-subtle subtheme: the prominence of future President Donald Trump …
School is in full swing, which means that some lucky students are about to undergo an enormous, transformative experience. It does not involve a test.
Two of the last six Wisconsin governors never served in the Legislature.
I’m here to offer you an action list.
Anyone claiming to be a journalist must possess the soul of a cynic. As a member of the fourth estate for more than four decades, I have developed a thick skin in addition to the ability to find a dark lining in any silver cloud.
The lesson of the 2019 state elections confirmed the lesson of the 2018 congressional midterms: Donald Trump can stage all the demagogic rallies he wants, but he’s powerless to reverse the GOP’s hemorrhaging in the populous suburbs.
Last week, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, a group that has often infiltrated news organizations to uncover liberal bias, released an explosive “hot mic” video of “Good Morning America” co-host Amy Robach venting about ABC’s decision to spike a story about late serial sex predator Jeffrey E…
Sometimes a phrase can summarize an era. "We shall overcome." "If it feels good, do it." "It's morning again in America."
#TrumpDerangementSyndrome isn’t just a hashtag making the rounds on social media or a conservative talking point directed at those on the left whose unhinged hate for President Donald Trump has hindered their ability to think straight or act rationally.
Big oil companies are drilling public oil for free, thanks to a “temporary” loophole that’s stayed open for 25 years.
Former vice president Joe Biden said in a recent interview he agrees with Jim Mattis that the Obama administration's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq was a mistake, but that as vice president he tried to keep "a residual force" stationed there.
Moderation along with good manners delivered impressive victories to Democrats this week. Case in point was Andy Beshear's win over Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin in the Kentucky governor's race.
What can you say about "sophisticated" investors who would pile billions into a startup whose 40-year-old founder walks the streets of Manhattan barefooted and says his company's mission is to "elevate the world's consciousness"? Did I mention that his enterprise has yet to turn a penny of profit?
When you're on your last leg, when your colleagues have turned tail, when the House of Representatives passes the rules under which you will almost certainly be impeached -- you have to be creative.
Speaking in 1910, former two-term president Theodore Roosevelt offered some practical advice that Elizabeth Warren and today’s progressive Democrats would be wise to heed. Although they probably won’t.
More journalists than ever may be covering the state Capitol.
It may be too much. And also too little.
Take enough undergraduate psychology courses and you'll internalize a simple precept: Your perception is your reality.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson likes to compare himself to Sir Winston Churchill, the great leader who preserved his nation through the truly terrible, highest-stakes early challenges of World War II.
Unless you were listening closely, you might have missed one of the most illuminating moments so far in Donald's Trump's impeachment saga.
As hundreds of Wisconsin dairy farms go under, the White House is telling them to clear out for the big guys.
They let Donald Trump out of his bubble Sunday. It did not go well.
Klobuchar's prospects have decidedly improved of late. A strong performance in the October debate has her drawing crowds in New Hampshire. Her fundraising has surged, as has her media coverage.
The numbers in the first paragraph of Gov. Tony Evers Oct. 21 executive order were scary.
When an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta said she had been almost abducted at school by a man who grabbed her off the slide at recess—and his gun fell out of his pocket, and he aimed it at her and touched it to her nose, and he choked her, too, but ran off the minute the teacher blew the whistle t…
With the passing of Morris Andrews earlier this month, Wisconsin lost a great representative of all workers with a special emphasis on public school teachers.
Lest we forget, inhumanity and injustice continue unabated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
After dozens of House Republicans demanded access to a secure facility in the Capitol on Wednesday where House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was preparing to depose a Pentagon official, Democrats expressed outrage at the breach of protocol.
Who knows? Maybe “The Rise of Skywalker” will bind all the tedious storylines of the first two “Star Wars” sequels into a cohesive and rewarding coda. Then again, if the new trailer offers any clues—and as I understand it, this is point of trailers—the movie looks like it will ratchet up the…
Several years ago, city of Janesville leaders decided to focus a revitalization effort for downtown on our city’s oldest asset: the Rock River. Ever since, whether for better or worse, the Rock River has become central in conversations about the downtown.
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill must demand that Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., immediately recuse himself from the impeachment inquiry. There simply cannot be fair, impartial and legitimate impeachment proceedings with a known partisan and conspiracy theorist like Schiff at the helm of such…
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred more than a half century ago, but the lessons of that terrifying Cold War episode remain important. Fading of memories over time argue more strongly for reviewing the story.
Sometimes idiocy is a form of confession.
What can you say about a political party that argues endlessly about how much they’d have to raise middle-class taxes to pay for a leading candidate’s proposal? Elizabeth Warren has run herself—and much of the Democratic Party—into this political ditch.
In the Bible, the people of Babel unite in fighting God; they decide to build a massive tower to challenge God’s supremacy. God, annoyed by their presumption, promptly causes them to speak a variety of tongues, dividing them and ending the foolhardy project.
It’s no secret where America’s wealth has gone in recent decades: upwards.
A few weeks ago, I got into what became a heated argument with one of my young students, who was indignant that her teacher flat-out refused to share an important cultural, political and social fact.
