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Who’s really hurting the UW?
Why was Joe Gow stripped of his tenure but LaVar Charleston allowed to return to teaching?
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Wisconsin Supreme Court race is about more than abortion
The case on Wisconsin’s abortion law will likely be settled before the new justice is seated.
Mar 12, 2025
Change the way Madison elects its school board
Only in Madison do candidates for school board have to run for a specific seat, but still also run districtwide.
Mar 6, 2025
All prisons are local
Gov. Tony Evers’ prison plan is both good public policy and pretty good politics. And it stands a chance in a Republican Legislature.
Feb 27, 2025
Intrigue in Wisconsin superintendent race
Incumbent state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly came out on top in the Feb. 19 primary. She’ll face second-place Brittany Kinser on April 1.
Feb 19, 2025
New logos can’t solve the problems of the Madison school district
Why is the board spending $100,000 on a Kentucky-based consulting firm to redesign the high school logos?
Feb 12, 2025
Ben Wikler lost, it won’t matter
The Democratic Party’s problem is that its priorities are out of sync with too many voters.
Feb 5, 2025
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University of Wisconsin stumbles toward player equity
Players in big time college sports are finally getting some piece of the billion-dollar pie. The free market is working wonderfully and just as it should.
Jan 29, 2025
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Note to Wisconsin Democrats: Cut the gas tax
Legislative Democrats have announced a series of more than a dozen initiatives designed to lower the cost of living for average Wisconsin families. They should focus on one.
Jan 22, 2025
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The $4 billion solution
Republicans want to spend at least half of Wisconsin's surplus on tax cuts while Democrats would rather spend it on various services. Gov. Tony Evers will soon propose some plan in his two-year state budget and the debate will begin.
Jan 16, 2025
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The techie in me
This year I am making one resolution: I will stop being the stereotypical old guy, complaining that he can't figure out how to get Netflix to work on his iPad — and related frustrations of a generational variety.
Jan 7, 2025
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What’s in store for 2025?
There will be no break from politics in 2025. Get ready for another hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court race, a search for a new Madison police chief, and more.
Jan 1, 2025
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Bad words to avoid in 2025
We need a break from these overused words in the new year.
Dec 24, 2024
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In the March issue
Supreme Clash
Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has labeled rival Brad Schimel a 'right-wing extremist.” Schimel, in turn, has pegged Crawford as “a radical in a robe with an extreme and dangerous agenda.'
The Wisconsin Film Fest settles into Flix Brewhouse and other venues
Flix Brewhouse, UW Music Hall, the Bartell Theatre and the Barrymore stay on the roster of Wisconsin Film Fest venues.
Testing norms, teaching civics
The president of the United States is aggressively testing the limits of his executive power and other political norms. How to teach civics in this moment?
Tony Robinson, 10 years gone
Reflections on how the fatal police shooting of an unarmed, Black teenager changed Madison
Behind the Isthmus cover: March 2025
Cover illustrator Lauden Nute is an abstract, lowbrow artist who specializes in weirdness and texture,” says Isthmus art director Tommy Washbush. And Tommy means that in only the very best way.
