Opinion
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David Michael Miller
Hey kid, want a tax break?
On April 18 Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill offering a $100 per child tax rebate and a weeklong sales tax holiday on school supplies. It’s obviously an election ploy. But it won’t work. more
David Michael Miller
Empathy on overdrive
I’m quite liberal on social issues. I am completely comfortable with terms like intersectionality and cisgender. Lately, however, I have heard a few things from fellow social liberals that I am not so comfortable with. more
Apr 19, 2018
David Michael Miller
Prosperity for all?
There are serious issues facing the state, not the least of which is Wisconsin’s growing economic chasm. Let’s see how the Democratic candidates for governor would create broad-based well-being. more
Apr 12, 2018
David Michael Miller
The tyranny of Scott Walker
King George III tried to exact taxes from subjects in the colonies, who did not have representation in Parliament. Gov. Walker tried the same thing in his own state, refusing to call two special elections for some 175,000 Wisconsin residents. more
Apr 5, 2018
David Michael Miller
Banana Republicans
Gov. Scott Walker has refused to hold a special election in two districts despite a judge’s court order. Instead, he and his GOP cronies promise to rewrite the law. They will do anything to preserve power. more
Mar 29, 2018
Save the state treasurer
The duties of the state treasurer have been systematically eliminated for years. But the treasurer plays an important role in preserving school libraries and public lands. more
Mar 22, 2018
David Michael Miller
Bombarding with madness
President Trump has met Kim Jong Un’s childish rhetorical provocations with childish rhetorical provocations of his own. It appears to be working. more
Mar 15, 2018
David Michael Miller
Scott Walker’s subsidy strategy
Gov. Scott Walker ignores the state’s new economy, while doing everything we can to prop up the old economy of manufacturing. His strategy seems to be to spend billions on subsidies — the recipients of these giveaways give Walker campaign donations. more
Mar 8, 2018
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
The reality of “welfare reform”
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature have fast-tracked a set of bills that make sweeping changes to assistance programs for low-income families. Sadly, this so-called welfare reform does little to improve the well-being of families. more
Mar 1, 2018
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
Reversing the politics of anger
Charisma is overrated. What about finding a Democratic candidate for governor who respects law over personal agendas and grudges? more
Feb 15, 2018
5:00 AM
My father’s gift
Dr. Anselmo Alonso died 20 years ago from injuries sustained in a car crash. His son, journalist Alejandro Alonso Galva, now 30, finds memories of his Papi wherever he goes — even around his new hometown of Madison. more
Feb 8, 2018
3:52 PM
Can everyone just chill?
Reach Out Wisconsin brings together political opposites. The meetings are not about compromising ideals or values, or even about finding common ground. They are about maintaining social cohesion despite differences. more
Feb 8, 2018
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
Scott Fitzgerald’s witch hunt
The Republican Senate Majority Leader can’t say why he wants the respective administrators of the state Elections Commission and Ethics Commission out of office. Could it be his political donors who are calling the shots? more
Feb 1, 2018
5:00 AM
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Not that kind of white feminist
Once dormant, the Madison chapter of the National Organization for Women has seen a huge revival thanks to activism spurred by the election of President Donald Trump. This time, the movement will be intersectional. more
Broken promises
For decades, Dane County has been a model for services for the elderly and those with disabilities. Now the state is forcing the county to join Family Care. Many who have relied on the old system feel betrayed — and worry about what’s to come. more
Feeling blue? Or orange?
MMoCA’s one-night only “Chroma” aims to engage all the senses by celebrating color more
Rubber meets the road
The planned reconstruction of Winnebago Street in 2019 is once again pitting local residents against Madison’s lofty bike goals. The Common Council will weigh competing proposals on May 1. more
Belly up to the... museum?
Hops become art in a heady beer collaboration at MMoCA. Meg Mitchell teams up with Octopi brewing for some interactive art … that you can drink. more
