Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

Recently, a liberal friend suggested that I read President Obama’s “nuanced and thoughtful defense of government” at the University of…

Business, it is said, clamors to zip by train between Milwaukee and Madison. Business, we’re told, needs high-speed rail and…

Spring backward April, as T.S. Eliot reminded us, is the cruelest month, and this year it was especially cruel to…

While it makes sense that Paul Ryan would be the conservative pin-up guy in 2010, the story was much different…

The economy dominates every political and policy conversation these days. Some people know what they’re talking about, most do not.…

By Mike Nichols Peggy Sullivan was given a government-issued debit card to buy groceries in Wisconsin at the same time…

Paul Ryan, unlike the president, acts like a grownup in facing the entitlement tsunami By RICHARD ESENBERG In his State…

The takeover takedown Even in a year of notable failures-from the stimulus to health care reform-the collapse of efforts to…

Conservatives know that American genius flows from the bottom up rather than the top down By Richard Esenberg Reaction to…

Consider the plump budget, the slow high-speed train and class-conscious Legos. As John Keats would have appreciated, autumn in Wisconsin…

The stereotype of the typical union member is time-tested. Union Man is a pot-bellied factory worker or tradesman making a…

By Mike Nichols Research Assistance by Christian Schneider Long before he became a prominent, well-paid lobbyist skilled in influencing lawmakers…

Whom do you trust? “How much of the time,” pollsters asked Wisconsin residents in September, “do you think you can…

Our state motto is “Forward,” but Wisconsin is falling behind in the economic race to create jobs and raise family…

Summit Meeting. GOP hopefuls meet for first time, critique Jim Doyle’s tenure, make their cases to be governor. By Charles…

Dubbed a future leader, Paul Ryan already shapes the Washington debate. By Stephen F. Hayes Shortly after 12:30 p.m. on…

Commuter train boosters pull a fast one on the public. By Deb Jordahl Never give up; three simple words that…

State government needs a good dose of sabermetrics. “The Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun is the best young hitter in the…

Big ideas … and the epic disconnect The job-killing tax and fee increases in the new state budget were bad…

As the US implements the transformation of General Motors into “Government Motors,” and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) raise government investment and entanglement in the private sector to historic new levels, the question on everyone’s mind is “will it work?”   Oddly enough, clues to the answer of that question may come from an unexpected place:  Iraq.