It used to be so much simpler. On election day, we would proudly go to our local polling place, step behind a curtain, and pull a...
Like many, I sat down to watch some football this weekend. I ended up watching a bunch of campaign commercials. They were everywhere, one right after...
To quote Bob Dylan, “If you’re looking to get silly, you better head back to from where you came. Cuz the cops don’t need you, and...
We all have the right to change our minds. Chances are you don’t feel exactly the same about any number of issues as you did when...
This doesn’t sound like a very effective system. In Wisconsin, the law gives the Governor the authority to call lawmakers into a special session of the...
Maybe it time to give average citizens the right to determine under what laws they should live. That is the proposal of Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers...
Why is it taking so long? The director of the La Crosse Center is stepping down in just one month. But the city still hasn’t hired...
There aren’t many requirements to run for political office. You have to be a legal citizen, and sometimes be of a certain age. Perhaps there should...
When you come into some money unexpectedly, it can be tempting to go on a spending spree. Rarely is that a good idea. That is why...
Generally speaking, we would like to hear less from the politicians, not more. But that isn’t necessarily true on the campaign trail. It is important that...
Despite the importance of the job, it seems we aren’t very good at it. Every ten years the United States conducts a census, designed to be...
We agree it is a problem, but not on how to fix it. A new poll finds deep dissatisfaction with the American system of health care...
Wisconsin’s candidates for Governor disagree on many issues. But perhaps no single issue illustrates the disparity in their vision for the states as education. Governor Tony...
Voters in Wisconsin will need to be a bit more deliberate if casting absentee ballots in the next election. In yet another case in the courts...
La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds has called addressing the homelessness problem his top priority. But it is clear there is a long way to go. The...
The November mid-term elections are now just two months away. Plenty can change in eight weeks, but a reading of the political tea leaves offers some...
Few things get our blood boiling like politics. But sometimes political rhetoric goes too far. In a prime-time speech to the nation last week, President Joe...
When President Joe Biden wiped out student debt for some college borrowers, he only addressed the symptom, not the illness. The real problem is less the...
An epidemic implies a sense of urgency. But that seems lost on Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers. There is no question Wisconsin and the nation are in the...
Is a coming La Crosse school district referendum on shaky ground? Opposition appears to be growing to the idea of merging the city’s two high schools...