A practical path out of poverty
Mike NicholsEducation, work, marriage, then kids — still the best, though not only, sequence It’s hard to rise up — especially when you’re a single mom with a newborn — but…
Badger Institute’s response to Wisconsin Right Now
Jessica McBride and Jim Piwowarczyk noted in a Wisconsin Right Now piece they ran Monday that Jeremiah Mosteller, a Badger Institute visiting fellow working on our “real facts” policy briefs,…
The real world intrudes for a moment at UW-Madison
How about some real diversity instead of the DEI sham that demonstrably does not help Black students? I don’t want to get in the way of the decent idea finally…
Government gets its cut of the Christmas tree trade
And it came to pass that the whole world should be taxed (or charged a fee) — unfortunately When it comes to Christmas, you gotta love little cities like Abbotsford.…
Dental Therapy: A cure for Wisconsin’s oral care woes
Bill to license mid-level providers could make its biggest splash in underserved parts of state — and open up opportunities for young people Sometimes it takes decades for common sense…
Congressman Steil tries to save City of Milwaukee from further waste and embarrassment
Congressman Bryan Steil is still waiting to hear back from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about his request to please make it clear Milwaukee does not have to…
Federal strings determined the timing of Hop’s unfinished L-Line
Grant conditions were satisfied by streetcar’s Sunday-only route through construction site Milwaukee city officials are going to run their streetcars, part of the $128 million Hop, through a closed construction…
What to do about progressive icon and eugenicist Charles Van Hise
UW-Madison finally grappling with how to tell the real story of its odious one-time leader For years, I’ve wondered when and how the University of Wisconsin-Madison would deal with the…
The Journal Sentinel gets its comeuppance
Local paper’s smear of Moms for Liberty noted in Wall Street Journal A recent one-sided smear by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel of the parental rights group Moms for Liberty was…
Let’s talk real facts about pot in Wisconsin
The vast majority of Wisconsinites have an opinion about whether pot should be legalized or not — but based on what? According to a Marquette Law School poll last fall,…