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Let’s peel away the hyperbole to see what Gov. Walker really did in his first budget. By George Lightbourn Great…

Scott Walker is Reagan-like in his bold steps to remake Wisconsin government By Richard Esenberg Madison has fallen. All of…

There could not have been a sharper contrast between the tension in Madison and the calm in Washington, D.C.

It’s a shock for some: He means what he says, and he does what he promises by Richard Esenberg Last…

The lessons from Indiana’s playbookBy Christopher Ruhl After more than six years in office, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has earned…

Peter Barca, a usually levelheaded Democrat, articulated what has been wrong with state government.

By Stephen F. Hayes On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won 59 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. He won Wisconsin by…

The voters exact vengeance upon the disdainful Democrats. Before the vote on Nov. 2, humorist P.J. O’Rourke quipped that it…

Dear Gov.-elect Walker (Scott): Welcome back to Madison. While you were busy convincing us to elect you, most Wisconsinites were…

Editor’s note: Christian Schneider, a WPRI senior fellow, spent nearly a decade running campaigns in Wisconsin. This story was written…

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

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

CHARLES J. SYKES Even for a normally frigid region like ours, this was still the season of our discontent. Abetted…

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

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…

Wanted: fresh thinking I was pleased with the new format for Wisconsin Interest (March 2009). It was a good read…

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

Why Conservatives Like Me are So… Negative! Two Words: Russ Decker

Dispatch: Gubernatorial Politics Doyle fires warning shot at Walker.By Aaron Rodriguez With the 2010 election season approaching, Gov. Jim Doyle…