By Gordon Lafer As a political scientist, I’m sometimes asked how it’s possible for a democracy to enact laws that are opposed by the majority of...
By Stan Sorscher Recently, an investigation by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined that Boeing threatened and intimidated its unionized workers in Washington state when...
By Brendan Williams Perhaps not since British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain famously heralded the 1938 Munich Agreement, surrendering Czechoslovakia to Germany as bringing “peace with honor”...
By John Burbank My son Owen and I just drove across half the country. He has a summer job in St. Paul, Minnesota, and we are...
By Brendan Williams As a legislator I came to realize no principle on Earth could withstand the arbitrary pressure to adjourn on time – if such...
By John Burbank You’d be hard-pressed to find a better example of “kick-’em when they’re down” politics this year than the workers’ compensation legislation rushed through...
By Kimberly Freeman Brown Right-wing pundits and politicians have been in rare form over the past few weeks, with the National Labor Relations Board’s complaint against...
By Brendan Williams Throughout the 2011 legislative session, cold comfort, and perhaps a smug relativism, was found in the statement, “We’re not Wisconsin.” Indeed, as time...
By David Groves Calling all advocates for open government. You know who you are. Every newspaper editorial board in the state. Every right-wing corporate-funded think tank....
By Sen. Scott White With continued high unemployment and an economy on a slow path to recovery, now more than ever voters expect their elected officials...
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