GREEN BAY - If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the Republican motto when it comes to keeping those pesky Democratic voters from voting.
A few years back, they invented the great “voter fraud” epidemic, with no real evidence that it ever existed, to justify a voter ID law in Wisconsin. Since many more poor people, espec ...
GREEN BAY – I have been listening to the “debate” coming out of our nation’s capitol all day on CNN and just can’t help but comment.
Today, the Republicans in the House voted to hold the budget of the United States hostage so that they could make a statement about ObamaCare. They would fund the budget but not the implementation of the Affordable C ...
A few months ago Burke wasn't on the radar screen of possible Democratic candidates for governor in 2014, and now she seems to be the hand picked candidate pushed by the party establishment. But having family money and running with the country club set have not been known to buy you love in traditional Democratic circles.
GREEN BAY - According t ...
GREEN BAY - Maybe, if you don’t look at it, it will go away? That seems to be the conservative stand on the Affordable Health Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare.
In Washington, the right wing in the House has voted 40 times to kill ObamaCare, while the pressing problems of the nation like job creation and immigration go unanswered.
Governor Sc ...
GREEN BAY – The American Legal System boasts that it gives the accused the right to a trial before his or her peers. Unfortunately for justice, it sometimes does not guarantee the same right for the victim.
Such was graphically the case in the trial of George Zimmerman last week in Florida for the murder of Trayvon Martin.
In case you were vacati ...
A Fractured Government in the Face of Presidential Overreach
LAKE GENEVA, WI - For as long as I can remember, I believed that the U.S. government was structured to prevent any single individual from wielding unchecked power. The Constitution, with its delicate system of checks and balances, seemed like an impenetrable shield against tyranny. I t ...
Trump's tone-deaf attempt to turn the DC plane crash into an excuse to scapegoat diversity initiatives only shows his dishonesty and incompetence.
LAKE GENEVA, WI - Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to blame diversity initiatives for the recent plane and helicopter collision near Washington, D.C. is not just absurd—it’s another blatant examp ...
General policies and beliefs have real results when implemented.
LAKE GENEVA, WI - It’s ironic that many of the Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 are now the same people who could face serious hardships from his federal program freeze. Trump drew overwhelming support from rural areas and working-class voters who have historic ...
MADISON – Senator Jeff Smith (D-Brunswick) issued the following statement about his opposition to 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2 during the Senate floor session today:
“It is Day Three of the 2025-2026 legislative session. Already, Republicans skirted the rules and rushed senators into a senate floor session. Republicans are more afraid of v ...
Senator Smith announces he is turning a new leaf in the new year by shifting his regular written column to a video update moving forward.
EAU CLAIRE - I remember as a kid the dreaded moment when the teacher told us it was time to write a paper. It was scary for most, but some secretly reveled in the opportunity to be creative with their word ...