Opening a can

Just as popular culture personifies the new year as a baby filled with potential about what is new, it also portrays the old year as a grizzled old man, bent with the woes and burdens of the past. Every new year brings with it new challenges, new hopes and new fears. Before stepping boldly into the new year, it is important to pause and look back at the past year. As we start 2026, it is import...

It has been said that good fences make good neighbors. I think this is good sense and hence the state of Wisconsin should erect a fence around several of our adjoining Midwest neighbors. Let’s start with Michigan where the football coach at the University of Michigan stands accused of an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Meanwhile down in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker has si...

Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan has been convicted by a federal jury of felony obstruction for directing Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented immigrant, toward a back exit when she learned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were waiting in the building. If the conviction is upheld, Dugan faces up to five years in prison. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign issued a coalition stateme...