Opinion
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After detention
When immigrants are released from detention centers to await their appearance in court, they often have nothing. Sarah Frank traveled to the border with much-needed supplies. Read more
Ron Johnson’s moment
As chair of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Ron Johnson has a lot of power. He should use it to help desperate families who are crossing the border. Read more
Jul 11, 2019
David Michael Miller
Lead by example
Adults should encourage kids to stand against injustice. But the style that many Madison equity activists have adopted is causing more injustice than it’s preventing. Read more
Jul 3, 2019
David Michael Miller
Reyes’ vote on cops was in bounds
Three former Madison alders have filed a complaint against school board president Gloria Reyes, charging that she should have recused herself from the vote on school resource officers. Read more
Jun 27, 2019
David Michael Miller
The GOP’s education deception
Republican lawmakers are spinning their evisceration of Gov. Evers’ budget, talking about their “historic investment” in schools. They’re deliberately obscuring the facts. Read more
Jun 20, 2019
The incredible rise of CEO pay
While workers pay continues to languish, CEO salaries continue to skyrocket — even in Wisconsin. Read more
Jun 13, 2019
The world has changed, Dave, and student loan debt is a bad thing
Today student loan debt is the second leading form of consumer debt in the country, exceeding credit card and auto loan debt. Borrowers worked hard to get their education, but they are trapped in a system that treats them unfairly. Read more
Jun 7, 2019
David Michael Miller
Political hacks
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald began undercutting Tony Evers before the governor even took office. Read more
Jun 6, 2019
5:00 AM
Feedback for June 6, 2019
A reader asks: Who is stopping disruptive behavior in the classroom? Also, teachers write in support of Cheatham, and there’s divided support for a Mifflin Street historic district. Read more
Jun 6, 2019
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
Committed to the status quo
Well-intended Madison and Dane County residents have some choices to make right now. Do we really believe that black lives matter, or do they only matter if they politely tolerate the status quo? Read more
Jun 3, 2019
4:00 PM
David Michael Miller
Another failing grade
School districts need stable, predictable budgets. It should be written into state law that revenue limits are indexed to inflation. Read more
May 30, 2019
5:00 AM
Eliminate all exemptions
To only allow only religion-based exemptions for required school vaccinations is antithetical to American values, if not outright unconstitutional. Read more
May 23, 2019
5:00 AM
Cheatham’s report card
In announcing her resignation, Jen Cheatham struck a valedictory note. So did her supporters. No one mentioned a divided district or demoralized staff. Read more
May 16, 2019
5:01 AM
Trending
Downtown businesses close due to MGE fire, power outages
No power meant forced closures for many downtown Madison businesses. Somehow the bargain event of the season on State Street — Maxwell Street Days — was not affected. Read more
Rebels with a cause
The Leathernecks motorcycle club was founded by Marine veterans as a way to reconnect back in civilian life. Although they look tough dressed in leather on their Harleys, they’re “straight-laced” with “families and honest jobs.” Read more
After detention
When immigrants are released from detention centers to await their appearance in court, they often have nothing. Sarah Frank traveled to the border with much-needed supplies. Read more
A museum of our own
Madison has a lot of museums but not one is devoted to its own history. Without a history museum, is the city losing the stories and artifacts that show us how we have evolved and who we are? Read more
“There better be beer!”
Revised designs for the Madison Public Market are incorporating feedback from the public. It will be “green” — and presumably not orange. Read more
