Recent Editorials

Senate health care bill shows more respect for women

The Senate health care bill unveiled Wednesday by Majority Leader Harry Reid is not exactly the cure for all of what ails America.

Nov 21, 2009 | 5:45 am | Loading…

Buy Local makes good sense for area economy

A suggestion for Christmas shopping: Buy local when you can.

Nov 20, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Keep questioning Edgewater project and TIF

The Edgewater project remains unsettling and unsatisfactory to a lot of Madisonians

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Empower education officials — but carefully

The goal of making the state superintendent of public instruction’s job a more powerful one is worth pursuing

Nov 18, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Mark Gundrum: judicial activist

State Rep. Mark Gundrum, R-New Berlin, wants to leave the Legislature and become a judge

Nov 17, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Override Doyle’s wrongheaded DNR veto

Legislators should recognize that rejecting this veto is an important step toward reasserting the role of the Legislature as an equal partner in state government.

Nov 16, 2009 | 9:30 am | Loading…

No vindication for Gableman

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s attorney, James Bopp Jr., claims that a panel’s recommendation to the state’s high court to drop an ethics complaint against the scandal-plagued justice was a “complete vindication.”

Nov 14, 2009 | 5:30 am | Loading…

Doyle’s right to reject drunken driving pledge

Gov. Jim Doyle made it clear he doesn’t condone drunken driving. But he said he believes elected officials should be held to account by voters -- not by arbitrary pledges.

Nov 13, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Unemployment must be top issue for Dems

U.S. unemployment has reached double digits, and that’s bad political news for President Barack Obama and Democrats

Nov 12, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…

A particularly poignant Veterans Day

This Veterans Day 2009 tugs at our hearts more powerfully than most

Nov 11, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Approve the new Central Library plan

Mayor Cieslewicz, who is a cautious budget planner, has come up with sufficient funding.

Nov 10, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Health bill flawed, but necessary

Bill dramatically expands options for the tens of millions of Americans who are not currently covered by private insurers.

Nov 09, 2009 | 6:45 am | Loading…

Reform foes would scrap Medicare

How wrong are the critics of health care reform? Dangerously wrong - especially if you are a senior or an American with a disability

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Seniors, cancer fighters, doctors says it’s time for reform

It is a big deal that the AARP, the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and other groups support the health reform bill that is set for a weekend vote

Nov 06, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

The silver lining for Obama, Dems

Congressional election wins Tuesday boost Dems

Nov 05, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…

Obama must walk the talk on factory jobs

Working-class voters in Wisconsin haven't fared so well in the year and a half since they sent Barack Obama on his way to the presidency

Nov 04, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

David Obey, D-Great Lakes

Congressman Dave Obey succeeded in securing funding for the restoration of the Great Lakes

Nov 03, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Get ironclad commitments on Edgewater

Discussion of TIF money and project approvals can wait.

Nov 02, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Pelosi’s not-so-robust public option

In the health reform legislation debuted Thursday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the compromise was even more compromised than had been expected

Oct 31, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Once again, big money wins

The state Supreme Court had a chance to whittle away at the influence of big money on court elections, but blew it

Oct 30, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…

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