Kids who kill and maim
Mike NicholsAnd what adults who’ve lost control need to do about it Sometimes they get lucky, the many kids in Milwaukee who shoot people, and they sidestep homicide charges because their…
Want to truly help Wisconsin’s children? Stop using them as plaintiffs
Climate change lawsuit filed by children as young as eight Fifteen kids — one only eight years old — just filed a lawsuit in, of course, Dane County, claiming that,…
Where the precipitous drop in birthrates is a very, very good thing
Teen birthrates are a small fraction of what they used to be As some of America’s most prominent conservative voices push the pronatalist movement, there’s been a dramatic decrease in…
Tony Evers and why voters are going to be skeptical of what comes next
Tony Evers has had enough and that’s not a good thing for Democrats. More Wisconsinites (48%) approve of the way he handles his job than disapprove (46%), according to the…
The truth about MPS, who makes it to graduation and who doesn’t
The flacks for the Milwaukee Public Schools put out a press release the other day, the sort of thing they issue at this time of year, bragging that 1,056 recent…
Without legislative change, dwindling ranks of young accountants will flee Wisconsin
As nearby states reform, Wisconsin clings to licensure requirements that add little value The numbers don’t lie, and nobody knows that better than all the kids who no longer want…
State should cut funding to public media
Wisconsin taxpayer dollars should not be used to buy off journalists I call it the “tornado, tomato, quilts and kids” defense — all the reasons supporters of big government subsidies…
Derail the Hop permanently
‘Free’ federal money put Milwaukee on the hook for ongoing expenses; time to say ‘enough’ Milwaukee’s $128 million streetcar, the Hop — despite adding a second line — has even…
New legislative resolve is building to pursue nuclear energy
Badger Institute supports resolution now being circulated in the Capitol Nine years after then-Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation lifting a moratorium on building new nuclear power plants, Rep. David Steffen…
The naked truth about Wisconsin’s crazy meth infestation
We need to pay more attention to Wisconsin’s most insidious drug problem There are worse things than dying. That was the crazed, drug-induced argument of the naked-from-the-waist-down guy on meth…