When it comes to looting, organized crime has nothing on a far-from-trivial share of unelected “public servants” at the state and local levels. Theft, bribery, manipulation of compensation packages—it’s clear that many bureaucrats prioritize their greed over low-cost, high-quality services f…
Anti-Semitism is pernicious and dangerous wherever it appears, including on college campuses. It’s appropriate for the federal government to investigate and if necessary penalize federally aided colleges and universities that fail to protect Jewish students from harassment or discrimination.
President Trump’s reaction to the murderous rampage in Pensacola, Florida, last Friday by an officer of the Royal Air Force of Saudi Arabia was insensitive and grossly insufficient. Three American servicemen lost their lives and eight were wounded by a Saudi wielding a 9mm Glock 45 pistol in…
Historic downtown Janesville needs our support as a community. Our historic downtown is valued by most and is representative of who we are as a community and our history.
Two shootings in two days at Wisconsin high schools last week, plus a third incident involving a fake weapon, have startled much of the state.
The Nov. 24 Gazette editorial regarding the proposed development near the Briar Crest subdivision omitted crucial factors of the project and again labeled Briar Crest residents as difficult. Developer Zach Knutson’s pitch to Briar Crest residents to build single-family homes and duplexes, al…
FedEx Corp. navigates the sinews connecting every corner of the nation—roads, bridges, airfields and seaports.
The state Department of Tourism has a long-standing tradition of not being political. We carried on that tradition during our eight years in office. Specifically, we retained several members of the Governor’s Council on Tourism that were appointed by former Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat.
President Trump didn’t jet off to Madrid for this week’s United Nations climateklatsch, but Nancy Pelosi brought a congressional delegation—and a message. “By coming here,” she proclaimed at a news conference, “we want to say to everyone: We’re still in. The United States is still in.”
There are a few key milestones in the first semester of a college freshman's life: the first few days away, especially if they're on a far-off campus; the first big paper to write; the first big exam. Teary calls home or anguished texts may come in the night, along with family and friends' reassurances that all will be well.
Madison’s Beltline isn’t getting any wider anytime soon. Transportation officials don’t expect a major improvement project for more than a decade.
You can walk into City Hall asking to see records without ever having to give your name.
Maybe it’s the fires, but the news seems filled with California apocalypse stories. One San Francisco based columnist recently wrote, “I’m starting to suspect we’re over.”
It’s the holiday season, which means bell ringers for the Salvation Army are busy collecting donations at stores throughout Janesville. This week’s poll asks about your encounters with the red kettles. Do you make a donation?
Since September, the last thing a caller to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hears before being connected to a counselor is this: “Your call may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance purposes.”
During the 2008-2009 global economic and financial market crisis, we painfully learned about a Minsky moment. That is the moment when asset prices, including equity prices, collapse following a prolonged period of reckless speculative activity.
If the owner of a company called Innovative Market Systems ran for office, would that limited partnership supplier of financial data have to change the way it did business? We ask because long ago, Innovative Market Systems changed its name to Bloomberg LP. It grew a news division, and its b…
Conservatives want you to believe that not having to choose between paying for rent or medicine is Soviet-style tyranny.
Here’s one safe prediction for the 2020 presidential campaign. Twelve so-called “battleground” states will once again command nearly 100 percent of the candidates’ general-election time and attention. The remaining 38 “spectator” states will be totally ignored because they have voted for the…
I think it’s time to call in a professional negotiator to settle a serious dispute between Mother Nature and Old Man Winter.
When President Donald Trump signed a new agreement to replace NAFTA, a lot of people who depend on borderless commerce—many of them Midwest exporters of manufactured and agricultural goods—breathed a sigh of relief. After 15 months of arduous negotiations, the specter of harmful trade barrie…
Like most Americans, residents of the Badger State like to take out the measuring stick and see how we rank against other states — especially when it puts us in a good light.
If you’re one of the 115 million credit union members, you may not even realize it but your credit union doesn’t pay federal income taxes. Federal law recognizes that credit unions operate in unique ways and so, on the principle that credit unions provide financial services in a democratic, …
Thanksgiving means real, not ideological, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrated this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of November to be a “day of thanksgiving and praise to our ben…
Some GOP politicians try to micromanage the lives of their female constituents by limiting access to abortion. The goal seems to be forcing every pregnant woman to give birth, whether she wants to or not.
Social media monitoring by law enforcement agencies has drawn scrutiny from a coalition of free speech and civil rights groups, raising important questions about privacy as well as oversight of the use of government power.
We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.
The idea of Medicare for All advanced another step with the recent release of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s more detailed health proposal. It is expansive and bold, and has brought some excitement to the progressive core of the Democratic Party. While policy mavens can delight in the details, the …
During the last Beloit School Board meeting members discussed various issues related to how the administration has been handling information requested under Wisconsin’s Public Records Law.
America and the world are facing a crisis of division. Left vs. right. Have vs. have not. Urban vs. rural. Us vs. them.
On a summer afternoon in 1975, the most notorious labor leader in the United States disappeared, the presumed victim of a mob hit. Today, the case remains unsolved, Hoffa’s body has never been found, and his story continues to fascinate the public. Martin Scorsese’s new film, “The Irishman,”…
For the first time in U.S. history, an American war has lasted long enough to see a child born at the start of hostilities reach fighting age. Our military personnel have been in Afghanistan—first with Operation Enduring Freedom, launched less than a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept…
The EPA wants to ban research that doesn’t violate the privacy of its subjects. That means less science — and fewer rules for polluters.
In an unlikely turn, socialism has become part of the 2020 presidential campaign. Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders has reiterated the case for “democratic socialism,” while President Trump has said a vote for any Democrat next year is a vote for “radical socialism.”
Abortion rights are under siege—everywhere from Poland to Wisconsin.
Low-wage jobs catering to the wealthiest Americans are now growing twice as fast as other jobs.
To be fair, the justice system needs to be based on rules and procedures that ensure people serve time only for the actual offenses they are convicted of. So why is the Department of Justice now, apparently, engaging in a process that will keep people in jail longer depending on the amount o…
Just as the Indiana Dunes finally has achieved national park status, Washington insiders are trying to cash in on all the parks by commercializing them to the max.
Predicting how the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case based on the questions the justices raise during oral arguments is a fraught endeavor, but the tenor of those exchanges Tuesday morning did not bode well for supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Chief Justi…
Tens of thousands of parents take advantage of Wisconsin’s school choice program in order to provide a better education for their children. If Gov. Tony Evers has his way, though, that choice will be taken away from them.
Below-freezing temperatures, with lows in the single digits, are predicted for early this week across Wisconsin.
USPS employs veterans at three times the national rate, but the White House wants to slash these jobs — and our benefits.
