– Editorial – - Ballot initiative proposal is a good idea

An activist is a judge, who acts like a legislature and makes new laws, instead of interpreting the laws as passed by the legislature. By this standard, the jury is still out, on Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Maxwell. Earlier this fall, Maxwell exercised judicial activism, when he called for Wisconsin to require people to provide proof of citizenship, when registering to vote and ...

Politics should not play a part in determining who gets federal disaster relief. “When it comes to getting things done, I don’t care what party somebody’s in.” Chris Christie, former Republican governor of New Jersey, made this comment in 2012, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and faced criticism over meeting with Pres. Barack Obama, to secure federal help, to recover from the disast...