Picking A Fight And Then Losing It

June 7, 2012

Don’t pick a fight with someone stronger than you. Wisconsin Democrats and labor unions forgot that lesson.

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Wisconsin Emerges As A Crucial Swing State

January 27, 2012

Obama’s campaign handlers assume Wisconsin will put him over the top, but the Badger State is hardly in the bag.

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Obama’s Sesame Street Bus Tour

August 18, 2011

Obama’s Sesame Street Bus Tour, brought to you by the number 270 and the letters G, O, P.

A Good Turnout But A Bad Idea

April 7, 2011

If you love democracy, or if you just find politics entertaining, you had to smile yesterday after nearly 1.5 million votes were cast in an election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court — yet only a handful separated the two candidates in a cliffhanger that seemed bound for a recount. On the other hand, if you want litigation to be decided on the law, rather than on public opinion, you might …

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How Important Is College For A Governor?

March 21, 2011

I am a pretty big proponent of college. My wife and I went to college. One of our daughters has already graduated, and the other is a student now. At Palisades Hudson, when we have full-time job openings, we consider only college graduates. But I don’t think college is necessary for all people. Or even for all governors. Some critics of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker disagree. The governor, who has …

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Giving Wisconsin Taxpayers A Say On Pay

February 25, 2011

Regular readers know me as a fiscal conservative, but that’s not the crowd I run with. My small Facebook posse tends toward liberal Democrats — and they are in an uproar over the goings-on in Wisconsin. “Today I stand with the teachers, nurses, and all public employees of Wisconsin who are fighting for their rights,” a writer friend I have known since high school posted last weekend, after that state’s …

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A Prosecutor Crosses The Line

October 4, 2010

The justice system is supposed to protect crime victims. Occasionally, however, prosecutors’ power leads them astray. Kenneth Kratz, the district attorney for Calumet County, Wisconsin, sent repeated texts to a young woman whose boyfriend he was prosecuting for allegedly trying to choke her to death. The texts included propositions and inappropriate comments such as “Have u ever been spoiled by someone? I mean like being taken care of and spoil …

Export-Import Melodrama

July 19, 2010

We don’t get too much melodrama in the business section of our morning newspapers, but one recent storyline seemed to be lifted right out of an old Dudley Do-Right cartoon. Bucyrus International Inc., a Milwaukee mining equipment manufacturer, played the role of the innocent victim — along with nearly 1,000 current and prospective Bucyrus employees whose jobs were about to go up in smoke. The bad guy in our story …

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