Our family remembers Independence Day
David BlaskaFeed the priest! Reprinted and adapted from previous years Dad was always proud of being born on Independence Day. What are the odds? — two of his sisters were also born on…
Wisconsin ‘Moms for Liberty’ Activist Talks About Radical Left Hatred and Vitriol in the City of Brotherly Love
M.D. KittleScarlett Johnson says she has never seen anything like it. The parental rights activist has gotten used to nasty language and overheated rhetoric from the left. But she said the…
God in the Declaration of Independence
Julaine Appling2023 | Week of July 3 | Radio Transcript #1523(Anna Morken, author. Anna is a Summer 2023 intern with Wisconsin Family Council.) It was June 1776. The American Revolution had…
First Look at the Legislature’s 2023-2025 State Budget: What You Need to Know
Rusty SchultzWHAT IS IT: IRG’s team of policy experts did an analysis of the legislature’s budget proposal with a focus on big items you need to know. WHY DOES IT MATTER:…
Republicans would rather teach the poor to fish
Than subsidize poverty! Blaska gave his old boss Dave Zweifel plenty of excuse to fire his sorry ass. Especially the time your irascible blogger blocked the employee side entrance at…
A Religious Freedom Victory
Sierra JohnLast Thursday, the US Supreme Court, in a victory for religious freedom, broadened protections for religious workers in a case that involved a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service…
University of Wisconsin to Review Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
The Center Squareby Benjamin Yount The University of Wisconsin says it doesn’t yet know what the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to end affirmative action university admissions will mean for UW schools.…
Court protects right NOT to speak
Free speech trumps identity politics! Let’s say you are a gay website designer and an intolerant right-wing homophobe wants you to design his hate group’s website. WELL, GO AHEAD AND…
Growing government is our bipartisan pastime
OwenMy column for the Washington County Daily News is online and in print. Yes, it’s early – on a Saturday – because there won’t be a paper on the Tuesday…
Supreme Court Sides With Colorado-based Christian Website Designer in First Amendment Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state of Colorado cannot force a graphic designer to make websites with messages that go against her religious beliefs, citing…