We’re proud to have joined the blog community and to have moved to nearly exclusively blog format, but as such we’ve found there is a need to clarify what is and what is not acceptable in comments on columns. Post comments are good ways to explore issues and to vette out both sides. However, 80% [...]

With the window of opportunity closing, and the kitschy whale wall still infecting our urban landscape, County Executive Scott Walker needs to take a break from his race for Governor and actually do the job he is paid to do. The Whalen Whale wall has to go. The State has given the county about a [...]

Delusional. Crazed. Loyal. Big GOP donor Bob Dohnal, Publisher of Wisconsin Conservative Digest, takes great pride in being looked to as a spokesperson for the right. Recently, Dohnal made it clear on WPR’s the Joy Cardin Show, that he was more than a little fringy. Dohnal said “The bible isn’t a holy book — it’s [...]

Walker’s Chief of Staff is from the Markensen group and Brian Fraley is also from the Markensan group. That alone isn’t reason for Scott Walker to want Fraley to challenge State Senator Tom Reynolds in a primary. Walker wants a big Tosa turnout for Republican gubernatorial primary. As the former State Rep from Wauwatosa, Walker [...]

Throughout the Clinton years, those of us who were supportive of the Presidents moves to grow our economy, decrease the dependence on welfare without punitively hurting those that tried to work, and safeguard the rights of all Americans constantly heard about how terrible the Clinton agenda was. A strong majority of Americans approved of those [...]

He’s an unapologetic democrat and he’s not eliminating core city services in order to balance the budget and he’s not putting future generations of city residents on the hook to pay for todays services. What’s wrong with this guy? By todays standards of borrowing from future generations to fund present needs, Barrett just doesn’t get [...]