Bob Woodson — the Black, onetime civil rights activist who stresses time and again that poor, Black people can be agents of their own uplift — has this bit that he does when speaking to largely white audiences.

Editor’s Note The infantilization of AmericaBy Mike Nichols A welfare spasm to dwarf the Great Society Progressives ignore past failures,…

Downplayed by the media, two very different COVID-19 outcomes for the old and young

Wisconsin stumbled early getting shots into arms. Here’s what happened.

A refusal by MPS and the teachers union to resume in-person classes is a boon to other schools

An unnecessary second stimulus is an invitation for state, county and local officials to act irresponsibly with our tax money

Federal dollars drove personal, small bankruptcies down, but Chapter 11s were flat and could spike

Two very different COVID-19 responses produce different economic outcomes in Hudson, WI, and Stillwater, MN

Massive federal spending leaves many in the Badger State better off, but the bill is coming due

Editor’s Note What, exactly, have our governments just done for us?By Mike Nichols Medicaid on Red Alert As stimulus rules…

As stimulus rules supercharge costs, pressure grows to expand the unaccountable program in Wisconsin

What, exactly, have our governments just done for us?

Families turn to private schools as MPS ignores federal entreaties and keeps classrooms shut

Wisconsin’s small cities offer an escape for suddenly mobile metropolitan workers long cramped by a viral lockdown

Elections commission is confident that ballot tracking and barcoding will mean smooth and secure voting

Raising the minimum wage is an overly simplistic way to make housing more affordable for low-income people

Cutting cops unnecessarily to placate protesters will do nothing to help George Floyd or Jacob Blake

The district failed to fund the curriculum and the teachers, but some MPS believers are pressing on

The state labels thousands of offenders violent when they’ve never committed an act of violence

Madison protesters  sacrifice symbol of abolition, equality and freedom for Black Lives Matter dogma