As a former journalist who still believes in fair and accurate reporting, I am truly annoyed with the journalistic ethics lacking in today’s news cycle. Too often, journalists, commentators and media outlets are pressured to be first, rather than right. The immediacy of 24-hour news outlets …
In the presidential election of 1800, John Adams’ camp, through the Connecticut Courant newspaper, said that should Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, the United States would become a nation where “murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest will openly be taught and practiced.”
That tweet storm about the national anthem and NFL players that involved all four major party candidates for Wisconsin governor and lieutenant governor earlier this month ended in an apology last week.
A U.S.-China tariff war is sure to produce very real economic consequences, and political fallout, in both nations. It also presents an opportunity to reexamine the trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies and perhaps set a new course that would address some of the elepha…
I am a junior at Janesville Parker High School and a swimmer on the Parker/Evansville team. I have been swimming for eight years, and, in the off-season, I swim club for Beloit Tide. In the summer, I swim four hours a day, and in the spring and winter, two hours every weekday. During Parker’…
The Federal Election Commission would prefer not to know. On a party-line vote, the FEC has voted not to pursue enforcement action against the campaign of President Donald Trump for soliciting foreign contributions in the summer of 2016.
There has been a terrible death in the family for baby boomers: The beloved Volkswagen Beetle.
When Christine Blasey Ford came forward to report that President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her in 1982, you could cue the response: Why didn’t she speak out then? Why didn’t she go to the police?
When I served as commander of U.S. Southern Command, my first four-star assignment, I visited every country and territory in Latin America—except Venezuela. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had destroyed relations with the U.S., cratered th…
This September marks the 10th anniversary of the economic collapse and failure of Wall Street banks and companies. It recalls one of the most scarring events for Americans, as they remember the fears, anxieties and financial trauma that they, their family and friends, their communities, and …
Confirming a Supreme Court nominee is an intensely political process. That’s certainly been the case with Brett Kavanaugh.
Even teens who never considered picking up a cigarette are using e-cigarettes because they wrongly believe they are not harmful.
Normally, my writing focuses on technological and structural innovation in health care—factors that can bring better health to more people at lower cost. But with the 2018 and 2020 elections approaching, single-payer health insurance is back on America’s front burner—especially the Medicare …
By now you’ve seen the news of Nike’s decision to feature former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in its new marketing campaign. You’ve also likely seen the gamut of responses to this announcement, spanning validation from pro-athletes to disdain from the president to the viral #boycottNik…
This is an exciting and historic time for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Not only are we celebrating our sesquicentennial—150 years of inspiring, engaging and transforming lives—we are also celebrating our new campus.
This past Tuesday, for 90 minutes, the Racine County Government Services Committee heard arguments on both sides of the “dark store” loophole issue.
On Mercyhealth naming Rockford hospital after CEO Javon Bea: When I heard this, I thought it must be a joke. Unfortunately, it’s not.
Twenty-four million Americans—many of whom live in rural areas—don’t have access to high-speed, broadband internet in their homes. But a new study says that next generation wireless broadband, 5G, may be within reach for many rural Americans, if only state and local governments reduce fees t…
For almost a generation, the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and worldwide has been shaken by revelations that a significant number of priests had sexually abused young people—and that church leaders not only conspired to conceal their crimes, but often also allowed them to contin…
The number of fatalities involving semis and other large trucks is spiking, making our highways increasingly perilous for drivers. And both federal regulators and the trucking industry have refused to take relatively simple steps to mandate the installation of new technology that could preve…
Not long ago beer drinkers in this country had three main choices: Budweiser, Miller or Coors. These days, there are more breweries operating in the U.S. than any other time in our history—nearly 7,000. In Los Angeles there are 83.
As someone who spent a career in transportation engineering, I love taking road trips and seeing developments in transportation and how states are handling infrastructure needs and highway safety.
Seventeen years ago today, the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 that went down in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, brought our country together—first in shock and disbelief, and soon after in grief, and then with a common purpose.
In March 2009, I attended an “economic summit” at Blackhawk Technical College. The meeting comprised various community leaders, political types as well as several bureaucrats from Washington, D.C. We were there to strategize about the future of Janesville.
Despite record lows in our state’s unemployment rate, far too many hardworking families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in southeastern Wisconsin are having some pretty tough times. In fact, nearly one in 10 people living in the 1st Congressional District is at-risk of hunger…
Among the key issues in the governor’s race, local versus increasing state control should be on your mind.
In Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara knew in 1964 that the war in Vietnam could not be won, at least the way we think about winning wars. There is historical evidence that President John F. Kennedy would have started removing troops after he won re…
Well into the 1990s and certainly by 2000, any business that did not have the worldwide web or “dot-com” in its name was toast. We may have spent at least $2 trillion over three years to launch what is the internet of today. But this was only the beginning.
We interrupt our daily commentary on politics and other ephemeral matters to defend baseball, because the timeless national game is wrongfully under attack. Baseball! The sport that perfectly encapsulates America’s twin passions for nostalgia and innovation is somehow caught between trends.
In the last days of his life, an old video of John McCain surfaced on the internet.
As Labor Day dawns, the American economy is in good health. Unemployment remains under 4 percent, more than 2.4 million jobs have been created since Labor Day last year, and GDP has expanded briskly. While there are many factors responsible for our current state of affairs, regulatory reform…
The U.S. workforce comprises 156 million workers—men and women, young and old, of every race and ethnicity. This workforce is the source of our economy’s strength; it is America’s workers who work hard, day in and day out, to generate the goods and services that move our country forward.
Perhaps no other political issue receives so little attention, relative to its importance, as open government. Elections come and go without candidates addressing this fundamental tenet of a democratic society.
A provocative new study projects more car wrecks and worse food safety in the future because of climate change. According to the authors, higher temperatures are more hospitable to food-borne pathogens (like salmonella) and lead to poor driving. In addition, “exposure to hotter temperatures …
The president of the United States calls the press “the enemy of the people.” Does he also have a problem with freedom of speech?
Measles cases have surged in Europe, with experts blaming the rise in infections on a drop in the number of people getting vaccinated. In Minnesota, there was a measles outbreak last year. Now, a medical journal article reports that trolls pushed divisive vaccine safety information on social…
Readers comment about "human Frogger," "IRS" phone scams and other stories from the past week.
A prison reform bill that passed the House with a strong bipartisan majority is slowly dying in the Senate. It must be rescued and broadened.
Democrat Gavin Newsom, California’s likely next governor, has been pulled to the new Democratic base where emotion has replaced logic. The progressives want single-payer health care, and they want it now.
The primaries are behind us and the stage is set for the general election in November.
This May, Ohio authorities indicted a Strongsville City school maintenance foreman for using school funds to buy equipment for his personal use. Among the items fraudulently charged to the school account were a generator, thermal camera, lawn mower, snow plow and, oh yes, a barn.
School is starting soon. A nutritious breakfast is a great way to start the day! Are your kids ready? Is your school?
By and large, criminal complaints, affidavits and other documents prepared by law enforcement agencies are dry and poorly written.
When your strongest statement of support for a president is that “there are no charges against him,” you’ve described a presidency under siege. So it is for the reign of President Donald Trump, who came into office a whirling, undisciplined outsider and is now paying the price for his unseem…
If there were any doubts that Robert Mueller’s investigation must go forward without harassment or interference, they were swept aside by the extraordinary events that took place in two courtrooms on Tuesday afternoon.
Nebraska’s execution of convicted double-murderer Carey Dean Moore last week came despite opposition from an unusual source: a pharmaceutical company, Fresenius Kabi, that believed it manufactured two of the drugs Nebraska uses in its three-drug lethal injection protocol.
Ashland County has asked residents to raise their property taxes by $1 million a year to help pay soaring drug-abuse costs.
