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Category: opinion
The Slippery Slope of Slaughter
By James R. Parker The bill to make Wisconsin a “second amendment sanctuary” sponsored by Senator Felzkowski is unwise, unnecessary, and ultimately dangerous in the extreme. Her obsession with citizens ability to conduct armed resistance […]
GameStop, COVID and Essential Workers
Why does our society value hedge fund managers more than workers who clean our hospital or feed our families?
Will Sam Work For People Who Use Drugs?
Joella Striebel: When a certain mayoral candidate stopped by my house recently, we got to chatting about substance use concerns in La Crosse.
Against Vaccine Nationalism
Should we value the lives of lower-risk Americans over more vulnerable populations in other countries as we distribute COVID-19 vaccines?
Serves Them Wrong
Mike McCabe: Today’s Republicans put themselves under a spell that has them denouncing democracy, denying science, cozying up to racists and domestic terrorists…and sentencing their own party to a slow and painful death
Reasons to Support The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
Peter Gorski: Let’s tax carbon at the source to encourage a shift away from fossil fuels and then redistribute those funds directly to the American people.
After Four Years, Accountability is Long Overdue
Jim Goodman: Republicans, in the wake of the Capitol invasion, now call for healing and unity, despite their longstanding willingness to aid and abet Trump’s tactics.
The State of Our State
Mike McCabe: The state of our state government is paralyzed. This political paralysis leaves Wisconsin stuck in a rut and more directionless than it has been in a very, very long time.
A Letter to Tom Vilsack
Driftless Young Farmers Coalition: We envision a different future for agriculture…and we need the active participation of the USDA to create it.