Citizen Dave
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The Milwaukee Brewers’ deal tests political party legacies
It’s possible that this could fail because nobody’s plan can find the sweet spot. Vos’ rural members will vote against it because any money coming from the state is objectionable and Democrats will oppose it because any special tax on Milwaukee is a Read more
Vos at a loss
The latest turns of events make Robin Vos look like a guy who’s flailing around, looking for some kind of foothold to save his rigged (well, they are) majorities in the Legislature. Read more
Sep 20, 2023
Don’t cut my taxes
Wisconsin needs more young people. We need people in the workforce and entrepreneurs who will create jobs. The last thing we need is more old folks who are net consumers of resources. Read more
Sep 13, 2023
Expect Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to be impeached
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has floated the idea of impeaching the new Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and now Democrats are organizing a $4 million campaign to fight the move. Read more
Sep 8, 2023
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway fights back
Republicans blame all problems on cities because they don’t get any votes there anyway and it allows them to play on longstanding resentments between urban and rural areas. Read more
Aug 30, 2023
Courting disaster
This court has virtually no credibility as an impartial, thoughtful, nonpartisan and fair body. Read more
Aug 23, 2023
Why is college so expensive?
The cost of college has grown well beyond general inflation over the past couple of decades. We really need a comprehensive deep dive into this at both the national and the state levels. Read more
Aug 16, 2023
Huskies and Ducks are about bucks
Why are the Oregon Ducks and the Washington Huskies joining the Big Ten next year? Money, specifically television and streaming money. Read more
Aug 8, 2023
10:00 AM
Wisconsin Public Service Commission door revolves again
Former Wisconsin PSC member Ellen Nowak did just what you would have expected her to do. Don’t be surprised if, in a few years, Evers’ appointments follow her through that same door. Read more
Aug 2, 2023
8:30 AM
Audrey Thibert
Rudi! Rudi! Rudi!
There are no bad guys in this story. City officials are just enforcing the ordinances. The ordinances made sense for a time when people did actually keep lots of farm animals in an urban setting and before anybody thought pigs could be pets. Read more
Jul 19, 2023
2:00 PM
The $3 billion question
Because Gov. Tony Evers rejected most of the massive Republican income tax cut in the budget he signed a couple of weeks ago, a question remains: what to do with the roughly $3.3 billion left in the state surplus? Read more
Jul 19, 2023
9:00 AM
Madison from a distance
After a career around or in politics followed by a decade of observing it from the outside, I’ve come around to the view that things are more straightforward than they seem. Read more
Jul 11, 2023
8:00 AM
Baldwin wins
The last thing Baldwin and the Democrats can afford to do is to take the election for granted. Tommy Thompson did that in 2012 and look where it got him. Read more
Jun 21, 2023
8:00 AM
In the September issue
MSO, WCO, Madison Opera cozy up to contemporary composers, but still embrace old friends
For Madison’s major classical music performance groups, the fall season balances old masterworks with newer compositions from lesser known, more diverse composers. The result is a blend of music and social history. Read more
‘It’s a management situation’
'You can’t train an aggressive dog,' says Shannon Meyer, a lead worker with Public Health Madison & Dane County. 'It’s just something you have to manage for the dog’s life.' Read more
Cinematheque is packed with new and old, premieres and restorations, and special guests
Okay, Madison. Here’s your chance to prove that there is interest in moviegoing besides commercial fare in Sun Prairie or Fitchburg. Read more
Brian Cowing is more than just an interim artistic director at CTM
CTM veteran Brian Cowing is assuming the role of interim artistic director of the youth theater company, while a national search is under way for a permanent replacement for the organization’s outgoing leader, Roseann Sheridan. Read more
Behind the Cover: September 2023
For September’s Fall Arts Preview cover, he took a cue from our SummerTimes issue, drawing inspiration from cover artist Hannah Jilk’s use of hand lettering. Read more
