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- Wisconsin DPI mired in one scandal after another
- Republican candidates join nationwide scrutiny of tenure
- Most UW System schools’ enrollments are stagnant as tech colleges flourish
- Money now more important than Milton or Macbeth at UW schools
- UW students turning away from gender and ethnic studies degrees
- Rights of nature and the wrongs inflicted on Wisconsinites
- Milwaukee will pay someone to say nice things about The Hop
- Port Washington to be land of opportunity for job-seekers
Browsing: Culture/Politics
Tucked away in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget is nearly $3 million for a new cabinet-level chief equity officer and 18 new equity officers assigned throughout state government departments and agencies. The governor’s request comes at a time when diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are under fire in higher education, business and in government for fundamental unfairness and divisiveness and a failure to achieve their intended goals.
What’s the big deal that Scott Walker didn’t campaign on curbing union power?
The good things in life in this democracy — opportunity, fulfillment, upward mobility, prosperity, the redounding energy and succor that comes from free association, love of relatives and friends
Dave Obey isn’t bone-tired after all. When the former House Appropriations chairman stunned the Beltway — and his district back…
Jimmy Gullberg has 129,200 followers on the social media platform TikTok, many of whom look to him for entertaining advice about his job as a physician assistant in Milwaukee.
Young conservatives fear and loathe cancel culture
Civil Rights Leader Bob Woodson from the Woodson Center joins the Badger Institute to discuss his alternative to Critical Race Theory. Originally live-streamed on July 22nd, 2021.
Elections commission is confident that ballot tracking and barcoding will mean smooth and secure voting
Madison protesters sacrifice symbol of abolition, equality and freedom for Black Lives Matter dogma
How people — and finely crafted furniture — leave an indelible imprint on our lives
Family’s universal belief is that competition and merit are best for America
For Margaret Farrow, longtime legislator and Wisconsin’s first female lieutenant governor, the public always comes first
Hordes of job-seeking Socialists descended on our office wanting the crumbs of victory,’ says famed poet, who served as Emil Seidel’s secretary
Election reforms that are designed to wrest control from the major parties and to fix political dysfunction are gaining support
Democrats on the far left embrace redistribution of income and other modern-day socialist ideals
The untold story — finally — of Milwaukee’s socialist icon and his appalling views toward blacks, immigrants and women
What we have seen happen in retail is mirrored throughout the economy
The increasing popularity of recreational marijuana is not reason to legalize it. In fact, the more we learn about the impact of recreational use, the more we should take caution.
Detours, obstacles and deals gone bad didn’t deter Mike Mooney, chairman of leading commercial real estate firm MLG Capital
It is time to end the war on pot, which enriches criminals and puts innocent people in jail, all at a huge cost to Wisconsin taxpayers.

