Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

After Nov. 6, conservative ideas are even more critical for the country Writing on the National Review website the day after the…

In the summer of 1997, Wisconsin’s electrical generation system was in trouble. Two of the state’s nuclear generating plants were…

Following the 2012 presidential election, pundits of all stripes began appealing to retroactive prescience to explain what cost Mitt Romney…

The Badger paradox Winston Churchill once described Soviet Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Apparently,…

By Arthur C. Brooks Scott Walker’s victory over Wisconsin’s public sector unions and their political allies is a victory not…

Manitowoc — Kaye Schulz worked at the old Mirro Co. here, mostly as a lathe operator, for almost 35 years. When she…

By Stephen F. Hayes On Aug. 12, 2010, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker munched on a ham sandwich in the…

One of my favorite quotes is from the French economist Frederic Bastiat. In his essay “Ce qu’on voit et ce…

Before there was a Tea Party, there was a Teed-Off Party. “It was just something I dreamed up one day,…

By Ambassador Mark Green (Ret.) I remember an episode from my state legislative days when we were grappling with an…

Wisconsin historical Society Photo 3562 In the summer of 1897, Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Robert M. La Follette hopped on to…

By Fred Siegel Why did the labor left insist the on the self-defeating campaign to recall Scott Walker? An able…

By Charles J. Sykes “A little Madness in the Spring,” observed Emily Dickinson, “is wholesome even for the King.” Wisconsin…

MVPs: Rodgers and Walker Except for an exceptionally mild winter, 2012 began inauspiciously.National League MVP Ryan Braun faced a 50-game…

This is the question pondered by prognosticators. And given the biggest political year in Wisconsin history, this is a question…

To refloat the state budget and to save education, he had to break the power of the unions By Richard…

Among the many tales of woe that appeared in the media in the wake of the Wisconsin protests was the…

Kurt Bauer grew up in Beloit and vividly remembers the first time he set foot inside the Ingersoll Milling Machine…

The age of uncertainty What if?Let’s be honest. Nobody knows what lies ahead, except that 2012 will be the biggest,…

Gov. Walker is in the national vanguard fighting to reverse destructive union gains. By Fred Siegel Fred Siegel is a…