An old Democratic campaign manager once revealed to me the key to successful public relations: “The more liberal your candidate,…

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

Mavis Roesch began teaching in the St. Louis Public Schools in 1967. Soon after, she moved to Milwaukee, teaching first…

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…

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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…

Last August, Congressman Paul Ryan announced for the 43rd time that he would not run for president. He’s always maintained…

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

Alfie Kohn’s startling message on schools may be hurting Wisconsin’s poorest students By Michael J. Petrilli One hundred years ago,…

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

Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from remarks delivered at the annual dinner of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute in…

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

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

A troubling attitude seems prevalent today in many professional circles: confusing one’s own self-interest or viewpoint with the public interest.…