Selective statistics don’t help job growth dialog
The early sparring in the governor race between Scott Walker and Mary Burke has been over job creation, with each throwing out the best possible statistics for their time in office and each using the...
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Walker, Burke quiet on Act 10, health costs
Have you noticed the strange silence on Act 10 in the nascent gubernatorial race? There has been a lot of early sparring between Gov. Scott Walker and his presumptive opponent, businesswoman Mary...
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Enough with campaign bickering on job creation
It is a mixed blessing that Wisconsin’s politicians and journalists are making job creation the number one issue in the race for the governorship. Gov. Scott Walker and former Commerce Secretary Mary...
View ArticleWhere’s the meat? There’s some in Walker, Burke economic plans
When a gotcha-politics issue like the lifting of a few paragraphs in Mary Burke’s 37-page economic plan is center stage, the state’s voters are being served up some pretty thin soup. Was it a mistake...
View ArticleBurke ups ante on startup investing
The Wisconsin challenge of playing catch-up in the creation of an economy driven by startups hasn’t played prominently in the soon-to-end gubernatorial debates, but it should have. In one major...
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View from reddest county in very purple state
Rep. Glenn Grothman Judging by its 52.5-point margin in favor of reelecting Gov. Scott Walker, Washington County, my home turf, has become the reddest of the 72 counties in a very purple state. It is...
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GOP could trump Obamacare
U.S. Representative John A. Boehner In another month, the Republican Party will take over both houses of Congress, the beneficiaries in part of dissatisfaction by a majority of voters with President...
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Do Wisconsin campaigns mean anything any more?
Governor Scott Walker The bombshells dropped in Gov. Walker’s 2015-2017 budget give rise to the sobering thought that the recent gubernatorial campaign was akin to Kabuki Theater. What does a campaign...
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Walker on right track with rewrite of Wisconsin Idea
In fairness to Gov. Scott Walker and his staff, who were roasted for daring to tamper with “The Wisconsin Idea,” there is solid precedent and reason to update the mission of the University of Wisconsin...
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Up the middle on immigration issue
When the rhetoric on immigration dies down after the presidential campaigns in late 2016, the nation will need to get serious about resolving the issue. It is untenable to have 11 million people...
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What the GOP ‘debates’ didn’t address
The GOP presidential bar room brawl, masquerading as a legitimate debate, egged on by gotcha journalists, left more unsaid than said on major issues facing the country. The three-hour “debate” lent...
View ArticleRep. Ryan: 10 reasons not to run for speaker
Ten reasons why Paul Ryan should not take the Speaker’s job in the House of Representatives: The Republican congressman from Janesville, Wisconsin has said he will not be a candidate for the...
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Entering 2016, positives exceed negatives
There was a whole lot of negativity in the air in 2015, and it’s a little hard to figure out why. Most of it probably has to do with the extreme political polarization that has gripped the country and...
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Some tips for Senator Santa Claus
The sizeable yearend bonuses for union workers at Ford and General Motors represent a far better model for resolving the issue of income inequality in the United States than the government programs...
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Are you frustrated with presidential debates?
Are you getting tired of the negative picture of the United States being collectively painted by the presidential candidates from both parties as they debate their way through the primaries? Is nothing...
View ArticleIssues inflamed; solutions in short supply
Give the presidential firebrands (Trump, Sanders, Cruz, Rubio) credit: they have raised a long list of tough issues that they see undermining the strength and character of our allegedly troubled...
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Toward 100 reasons to vote ‘No’ on Trump
With the Wisconsin presidential primary a month away, and the possibility that Badger State voters might make a difference, I offer a collaborative project to come up with 100 reasons why not to vote...
View ArticleMore reasons to vote ‘NO’ on Trump
Since publishing a first set or reasons not to vote for Donald Trump last week, with a target of 100 reasons, I have received an out-pouring of additional reasons to add to the list. There’s a lot of...
View ArticleNo Trump list grows to 35 reasons
With the Wisconsin presidential primary a month away, and the possibility that Badger State voters might make a difference, I have been offering a collaborative project to come up with 100 reasons why...
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An appeal for crossovers to stop Trump
Wisconsin Republicans and crossover voters have a grand opportunity to derail Donald’s Trump’s mad lurch toward the GOP nomination for president of the United States. As voters go to the polls for...
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