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Small-Business Men Get a Front-Row Seat for Everyday Life Aug. 27, 2019
WAUPACA, Wisconsin — In another lifetime, the Park Motel and Supper Club sat along U.S. Route ... Read More
1,200 Miles of Miscommunication Aug. 20, 2019
Dear Annie: We have a son and daughter-in-law who live in Wisconsin, while we live more than 1,200 m... Read More
Happy Bittersweet Birthday, America, From the Heartland Jul. 03, 2019
MADISON, Wis. — For the Fourth of July, I'm packing to visit the blue-green city of Madison, W... Read More
Door County: Cape Cod of the Midwest Apr. 07, 2019
By Athena Lucero The woman I met in Los Angeles grinned with nostalgia when I mentioned my recent vi... Read More
Democrats Look Forward by Looking Inland Mar. 19, 2019
In Texas, most politicians used to worry only about the primaries. Once they won their party's endor... Read More
Wait Until You're 18 Feb. 23, 2019
DR. WALLACE: My best friend and I are unhappy at home and at school, and we are talking about runnin... Read More
With Foxconn, Americans Get Snookered Again Feb. 05, 2019
At the White House celebration of a planned new factory in Wisconsin — "the size of three Pent... Read More
From Tea Party Insurgent to Last Man Standing: Ron Johnson in Wisconsin Jan. 08, 2019
There is an irony in the fact that Ron Johnson is the guy who will carry the mantle forward for the ... Read More
'Making a Murderer: Part 2,' A Post-Conviction Master Class Nov. 14, 2018
Undoing wrongful convictions takes a killer instinct. Chicago-based exoneration specialist Kathleen ... Read More
Madison and Washington on the Country's Birthday Jul. 04, 2018
MADISON — Waking up under the Wisconsin sun on the 3rd of July is a treat, knowing the village... Read More
Politics as (Un)usual May. 19, 2018
In Marine Corps jargon, a "duty station" is the military base or camp where a Marine is assigned to ... Read More
Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin Aren't Feeling the Love Jan. 30, 2018
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey was supposed to attend a fundraiser in Pittsburgh last Friday. Inst... Read More
To Limit Gerrymandering, Supreme Court Needs Just to Reaffirm Equal Population Requirement Sep. 29, 2017
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, a case challenging Wiscons... Read More
Justices Should Toss Dems' Phony Election Lawsuit Sep. 13, 2017
If you can't win, change the rules. Democrats and progressive activists are joining forces to urge t... Read More
Notes From Up North: 'Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired' Aug. 01, 2017
I've been perched on a remote lake in the Northwoods of Wisconsin these past few weeks, consorting w... Read More
Hillary Clinton -- Endless Sore Loser Jun. 02, 2017
Attacks on President Donald Trump are commonplace — many depict him as this wildly bizarre, cl... Read More
Raising a Glass of Love to Second Mothers May. 12, 2017
Here's how the story goes: Wearing the gold and white Cinderella dress my grandmother made for me, I... Read More
One Man's Impact Dec. 23, 2016
On Dec. 19, radio host Charlie Sykes completed his last broadcast for WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Read More
The 5 Stages of Losing an Election to Donald Trump Dec. 16, 2016
Though many things have changed in American political life over the past couple of years, one aspect... Read More
Is Partisan Gerrymandering Unconstitutional? Dec. 01, 2016
Ronald Reagan was president when Michael Madigan, a Democrat, became speaker of the Illinois House i... Read More
