Everyday partisan differences are irrelevant in matters of science.
During times of crisis, it is normal to want as much information as possible. This feeling is magnified by the fact that the coronavirus is unlike any crisis that we have seen in our lifetimes. Given recent discussions about the amount of information shared by the Rock County Public Health D…
Amid some of the darkest days in our history, there is a ray of light shining on the nation.
Ironic, isn’t it, how an invisible enemy can make a chronic weakness so plainly apparent?
There’s BV (before virus) and AV (after virus) time, and those BV days seem so long ago. Do you remember them? What do you miss most about the good ol’ days? That’s our poll topic for this week. Participate at GazetteXtra.com. The results are not scientific.
The United States held a presidential election during World War II. It held one during the Civil War. It held an off-year election during the worst of the influenza pandemic in 1918.
From this coronavirus public health crisis, though it has been with us barely three months, two lessons are clear: Accurate information quickly reported and disseminated widely has the potential to slow the rampage of COVID-19 infections and deaths—and misinformation will surely accelerate i…
If you’re reading this at 11 a.m. and you already maxed out your recommended calories for the day, we feel you. Stay-home orders from state and local governments should come with refrigerator padlocks.
Sunshine Week, the annual nationwide celebration of access to government information, was March 15-21. Like almost everything else, the coronavirus pandemic has affected the open government community and government entities’ plans to highlight the public’s right to know. Openness forums and …
Congressional members and their aides are barred from making stock trades based on knowledge other than that available to the general public.
Did you notice how quickly Washington’s $1 trillion coronavirus spending package swelled to $1.6 trillion, and then $2 trillion? As we write, Senate negotiators sounded close to a deal to deliver $1,200 checks to many Americans, increase unemployment benefits, lend to small businesses, bail …
The direct effects of the COVID-19 pandemic range from uncomfortable to devastating—mentally, physically, socially and financially. While preventing the spread of the coronavirus should be everyone’s top priority right now, policymakers must also take action to protect Americans from the pan…
Wisconsin’s April ballot contains a so-called victims’ rights question that merits a resounding “no” answer.
Even if we are feeling legitimate anxiety about society these days, most people seem OK with keeping a few feet away from others, working from home, distance learning and washing their hands a lot—practices aimed at taking care of other people.
In this time of crisis, it’s important to remember how important movie theaters are to communities across the country.
In these unprecedented times of uncertainty, fear and social distancing, we need each other’s community support more than ever.
The person credited with saving the most lives ever is Edward Jenner, inventor of the smallpox vaccine. The disease had a much higher mortality rate than the novel coronavirus that is confining many people to their homes right now; about 80% of children and 60% of adults who contracted small…
The Republican-controlled state Senate has one more shot this year to do the right thing and pass a smart package of bills to help the homeless across Wisconsin.
Sports isn’t just a diversion for Americans. It’s a connection. It binds us as lovers of the double steal, the buzzer-beating three-pointer, the slap shot off the crossbar and into the back of the net. Yes, an evening of sports serves as salve for a troubling day at work, a bout of boredom o…
I’m writing in response to the Sunday op-ed titled, “Incumbents turn their backs on the south side.” Not “sexy” enough? Wow, that definitely wasn’t my thinking at the candidate forum, but let me better explain my position. I feel awful for folks on the south side who do not have a local groc…
Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, set a standard for the rest of the private sector Tuesday by announcing that, in addition to its existing paid sick leave policy, it would provide up to two weeks of paid leave for employees who fall ill or are quarantined because of a confirme…
McClatchy, a group of local newspapers including the Kansas City Star and Miami Herald, recently announced that it is filing for bankruptcy, a move that will end family control of one of the nation’s most prominent newspaper publishers.
President Donald Trump took a lot of flack recently for comments he made about the coronavirus outbreak, including an assertion that because the illness caused by the virus is mild in most cases, many “go to work, but get better.”
We walk the Earth’s crust, we erect vast cities, we boast of our achievements. We see ourselves as the mistresses and masters of our fate. Yet as John Lennon and other writers before him bluntly warned, life is what happens while we’re busy making plans.
This op-ed is in response to The Gazette editorial last Sunday on textbooks and student learning. We write this rejoinder out of respect for previous school boards and staff who persevered after the March 2011 passage of Act 10, which created the largest cut to education in Wisconsin history…
The coronavirus outbreak gathering speed around the world is scary enough. Locally, the announcement Wednesday morning that California had its first COVID-19 death hammered this home. But even after (and assuming) the virus ultimately fades away, whether its overall impact is akin to the ave…
The Federal Reserve did what it could Tuesday to offset the growing economic impact of the coronavirus by announcing a supersize reduction in its benchmark interest rate—the first time the Fed has acted between its regularly scheduled meetings since the financial crisis in 2008.
State leaders can’t agree on what to do. And for once, that’s a good thing.
As Texans headed to the polls to cast their votes on Super Tuesday, we’d be lying if we didn’t say we find it curious and even a bit crazy how the presidential primary system is organized.
When Joe Biden won big in South Carolina on Saturday, headlines also declared “near-record turnout” in the Palmetto State. “Turnout in South Carolina makes Biden’s win even more impressive,” was the Washington Post's take.
Paul Fanlund thinks Bernie Sanders is unelectable. For those who don’t know him, Fanlund is the editor and publisher of The Capital Times, a newspaper that used to call itself Wisconsin’s “progressive voice” but no longer does.
Accurate facts and history are under assault these days at every turn, from college campuses to Hollywood elites.
One attribute of nearly all farmers is their innate ability to fix things. It’s ingrained into farmers as much as the dirt that runs through their veins.
Put down the cellphone. Live a little. That phone is stealing your life away.
During a press briefing Wednesday evening on the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. is “totally prepared” to respond to a disease that is spreading to new countries seemingly every day.
How much leeway should government have to quarantine you; medicate you; experiment on you; control your home, water and diet — all in the name of protecting your health and the well-being of those around you? How do we define specific, coherent limits to such government authority?
Trade pacts and tariffs have dominated much of the news for the past four years what with the Trump administration revamping trade agreements with Canada and Mexico and entering into a trade war with punitive tariffs for China.
