What are our values as Americans?

Republicans in the state legislature need to put up or shut up when it comes to school funding. On July 5, 2023, Gov. Tony Evers pulled a political stunt and, with a line-item veto, gave schools the ability to increase spending to help match increases in cost not just for the 2023-2025 state budget but for 400 years in the future. Evers’ stunt blatantly pandered to teachers and school offi...

Dear editor, Trump adviser Stephen Miller recently said that power and violence rule the world. Kingdoms and empires have always fought over land, resources, religion, and influence, and the stronger party took the spoils. After two world wars, nations tried to build something better. International law, treaties, and institutions were created to protect smaller countries and to restrain raw agg...

Dear editor, “Free Tuition?” is the caption for an ad in a recent Shopper. The ad suggests students can attend a local private school at “no cost” through the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP). That is grossly misleading. Quoting “School Choice Wisconsin,” Jan. 8, 2026, “Taxpayers through school district budgets provide $10,877 for each K–8 voucher student and $13,371 for...