Browsing: Crime and Justice

In January, Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. warned the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee of the increasing federalization of local police departments.

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.

Excerpts of a speech by Woodson Center President and founder Robert L. Woodson Sr. at the Wisconsin Center.

Several years ago while sitting at my desk I received a curious phone call from a Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreporter working on a story about convicted felons working as lobbyists in Madison. 

Ed Fallone’s failed Supreme Court challenge will mean continued conservative dominance By RICHARD ESENBERG So what are we to make…

Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from remarks delivered at the annual dinner of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute in…

In April, David Prosser was re-elected to a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court after a campaign in which…

Justice speaks David Prosser has a lot he’d like to get off his chest. Given the ongoing investigations, the Supreme…

As both ideological and deeply personal disputes become increasingly public, the court’s members are issuing fewer opinions than any other Wisconsin Supreme Court in decades

Worried residents meet, take action­—and face pushback from liberals. By David Blaska I live in a lovely neighborhood. We greet…

Vietnam-born alder targets crime, gets blasted from the left. By David Blaska Madison’s infamous liberalism is so doctrinaire that the…

Letters to the Editor

A New Direction for the Wisconsin Supreme Court Diane Sykes – Fall 2007 Read More… Does Wisconsin Lock Up Too…

Has Wisconsin Lost Its Ethics? Bill Lueders – Spring 2006 Read More… The Future of the NBA in Milwaukee Mark…

A Tale of Two Mayors Mark Kass – Fall 2005 Read More… Milwaukee’s Generation Gap George Lightbourn – Fall 2005…

Covering Crime Jessica McBride – Winter 2005 Read More… Tax Freedom (For Some) Frederic Mohs – Winter 2005 Read More……

Anno Mirabilis: 2002 Read More… Saving Wisconsin’s Small Businesses Read More… Challenging Russ Feingold in 200 Read More… The Future…

Before and After: How September 11 Changed Wisconsin Politics Read More… Risky Business Read More… Coup in the Court Read…

An examination of potential cost savings

Criminals Escaping Affliction: Gerald Turner and Wisconsin’s Fair Employment Law Read More… The Devil’s Advocate: WMC, Brady Williamson, and Issue…