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Editor’s Note Balancing risks with freedomBy Mike Nichols Read More… Harmful history of government set-asides Preferential contracts undermine the truly…

Editor’s Note Think politicians and bureaucrats are looking out for you? Think again.By Mike Nichols Read More… Badger Briefing: Here’s…

Editor’s Note In a free society, it’s better when we the people — not the government — make the decisions.By…

Editor’s Note The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s journalism center and Gender and Women’s Studies major raise some questions — and eyebrows.By…

Editor’s Note Digging into the decline of marriage, fire department staffing, overused TIFs and driverless transit.By Mike Nichols Read More……

Editor’s Note WPRI has transformed itself into the Badger Institute — a name that reaches back to the industrious miners…

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Wisconsin could lead the way again Let us take a moment to celebrate our unique political culture here in Wisconsin.…

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Rightward, ho! In 2011, it was Act 10.In 2015, right-to-work. In our cover story, WPRI President Mike Nichols explains the…

Scott Walker is back in town Postmortems — complete with recriminations and finger-pointing — will continue to be written about…

The American Dream The left’s response to Paul Ryan’s attempt to change the national dialogue about poverty was, perhaps, predictable.…

Here we are again In a few weeks, Wisconsin voters will again get to decide whether to continue the conservative…

Heartland conservatism If there were any winners in the government shutdown, it may have been GOP governors, including Wisconsin’s Scott…

The singular leadership of George Lightbourn The term “public servant” has been used too generically to retain much of its…

Smart can win In the wake of November’s election, national Republicans conducted an autopsylike review of their failures. As Wisconsin’s…

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

A watershed moment for Wisconsin As Politico noted earlier this year, if there is any state that “epitomizes what the…

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

Justice speaks David Prosser has a lot he’d like to get off his chest. Given the ongoing investigations, the Supreme…