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- Wisconsin’s childcare subsidies, regulations fail for families
- How a development tool can increase property taxes
- Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
- Why are schools that put kids more than a year ahead even at issue?
- Teaching economics, electing to ignore it
- Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud
- It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin
- Eau Claire teens find police are the opposite of oppressors
Browsing: Civil Society
It’s clear that Gannett newspapers, at least the one in Milwaukee, have a progressive mindset
Wisconsin newspapers fail to disclose left-wing funding sources for hundreds of stories they publish
They’re spurned for not fitting the liberal mold, but they stand strong
Marriage has become so rare in some quarters that folks no longer know how to talk about it — literally.
These couples still cherish the institution
Add Catholics and older folks to those who are choosing to be single
10 years ago, shaken Republicans thought the future pointed to Hayek and Reagan, not to Bannon and Le Pen
Never Trumpers’ myopia keeps them from seeing the greater danger that a Clinton presidency would have created
Contrarians must push back against nativist authoritarianism and return to conservative principles
Erecting cultural barriers ices out the melting pot
The left’s complaints about cultural appropriation keep Americans separated rather than united
An important step in working toward solutions for situations like Milwaukee’s would be to look honestly at the source of the unrest and rioting in the Sherman Park neighborhood. Not all of those participating have been doing it for the same reason.
Everyone making a donation was thanking me, if for nothing else, as a representative of veterans who had served his country. I can’t tell you how good that made me feel.
The Joseph Project addresses regional employment challenges with a free-market approach.
Poor blacks have been the victims of a cruel bait-and-switch game, where the demographics of all blacks were used as…
Generational gaps in behavior are nothing new.
In 2012, Democratic candidates successfully sold the narrative that Republicans were waging a war against American women. Consequently, exit polls found a significant gender gap.
To end gun violence in our inner cities, we need to stop focusing on the guns. Guns are only a symptom of a larger and more insidious disease.
Recently I celebrated Father’s Day with my wife and two small children. A day specifically to celebrate what we bring to the table as men and fathers is a wonderful gift.
Excerpts of a speech by Woodson Center President and founder Robert L. Woodson Sr. at the Wisconsin Center.

