Despite a lot of acrimony, one thing we can all agree on is that kids are important. Children need to learn and play, so school is important.
It seems impossible that the year 2021 is only 365 days long.
Social scientist Dr. Lawrence Eppard is joined by Bob Inglis, a former Republican South Carolina Congressman, to talk about how conservative principles can help solve the problem of climate change, the future of the GOP, and more.
‘Hubble on steroids!”
Despite a lot of acrimony, one thing we can all agree on is that kids are important. Children need to learn and play, so school is important.
Lucky countries have celebrations that remind their citizens of what binds them together — think Memorial Day or the Fourth of July.
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands interview a UW-Madison expert about when the pandemic will finally be over
The threat of further Russian aggression against Ukraine is very real. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is in a weak position to lead an international response.
There’s been a lot of coverage and commentary about what President Joe Biden said Thursday about his predecessor, including his pointed failure to mention him by name. I’m more interested in what Biden said about the founding ideals of the nation itself — and how he emphasized some and faile…
As the country awaits a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a New York state case that may create a federal constitutional right to carry guns outside the home, what lessons can the nation draw from the recent acquittal in Wisconsin of Kyle Rittenhouse and the convictions in the murder of Ahmaud …
COVID-19 scare stories continue, sensationally spurred by media, even as we collectively reopen and return to a more normal existence. To provide context, TV talking heads often mention the devastating Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.
Social scientist Dr. Lawrence Eppard is joined by a political scientists to discuss a variety of topics including Joe Manchin, the Electoral Count Act, the future of American political parties, and more!
Episode 29: Richard Kyte and Scott Rada talk about the “Let’s Go Brandon” chant and what it says about us as a nation.
Commentary: We cannot address the symptoms of deep-seated cultural change through political fixes. Instead, we need to change the way we live.
I recall the days when having a fistfight didn’t mean your life had to end. In the neighborhood where I grew up, an occasional fight wasn’t uncommon. Sometimes it started because of bantering while playing a sport. These skirmishes often taught us that we could disagree but still remain frie…
Steven Potter: How to file a request for public records from your local, state or federal government
Every time an elected official sends an email, it becomes a public record. When an employee at a government agency makes a purchase, that transaction is the public’s business. Whenever a permit or license is issued by a government authority, this is information you should be able to obtain.
Commentary by Nils Gilman: After 2021 tumult, here’s what it will take to protect American democracy
For those of us who care about protecting democracy, 2021 has at times resembled the sort of nightmare where you see a friend standing on a train track but your screams about the looming danger can’t be heard.
Scientists who’ve been reluctant to talk up any new COVID-19 treatment are suddenly using the expression “game changer” to describe the Pfizer antiviral pill Paxlovid. But the changed game will include rationing.
Cautiously and cheerlessly, we are tiptoeing into yet another new year, telling each other, through our masks, that we hope it will at least be better than last year.
It’s time to start panicking about the possibility of losing democracy in the United States.
The Grinch did not steal Christmas this year, but Russia President Vladimir Putin did his level best to cast a shadow over our holiday spirit. The Kremlin killjoy has been doing his yearend press conference for two decades, starting in 2001.
We are sticking our heads into the sand regarding the reality of omicron, and the results may be catastrophic.
There are two problems with the conventional wisdom about polarization in American society.
Dear Future Historians,
For a quite a while, progressives were calling our country’s painful inflation mild and “transitory,” meaning it would last just a yawn or two and be gone.