City Leaders want to “Do Something!” About Gun Violence? Shame the Judges
So-called municipal “leaders” from across Wisconsin are calling on the state...
Read Moreby RightWisconsin | Sep 27, 2019
So-called municipal “leaders” from across Wisconsin are calling on the state...
Read Moreby Benjamin Yount | Jul 9, 2019
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he expects hundreds of scooters to soon be on the streets of his city after Gov. Tony Evers signed a new state law that legalizes scooters from companies like Lime or Bird.
Read Moreby George Mitchell | May 26, 2019
Note: See the follow-up, Revisiting the Likely Transportation Compromise. While details remain to...
Read Moreby RightWisconsin | Jan 3, 2019
If our expert panel of RightWisconsin prognosticators is really right, then 2019 promises to be an interesting year, both in Wisconsin and nationally.
Read Moreby George Mitchell | Dec 27, 2018
If Evers can’t get the East-West back on track, how will he justify and attract political support for other elements of the essential reconstruction program?
Read Moreby Steve Spingola | Aug 21, 2018
Evers said he wants to release inmates from prison early, do away with Wisconsin’s truth-in-sentencing provisions, and close a much needed detention center in downtown Milwaukee.
Read Moreby James Wigderson | Jun 5, 2018
There is an African proverb, “No fist is big enough to hide the sky.” It’s been a favorite of mine ever since the protesters in Madison, the public employee unions and the Democrats adopted the blue fist as their symbol. For one evening Wisconsin voters under a clear sky saw clearly enough that the recall madness had to end.
Read Moreby James Wigderson | May 29, 2018
The Democratic candidates for governor may look like an angry mob of political pygmies, but Republicans cannot underestimate the Democrats’ motivation to vote out Walker.
Read Moreby James Wigderson | May 29, 2018
By declining to run for governor again, Barrett avoids a possible third election contest against Walker. Barrett lost to Walker in 2010 and in the recall election of 2012. Barrett lost in the Democratic primary for governor in 2002 to former Governor Jim Doyle.
Read Moreby James Wigderson | May 29, 2018
This week, Scaffidi and Wigderson discussed the Starbucks shutdown to get their racial act together. Can this notoriously liberal company fix their public relations problem with a grand gesture?
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