Barbara Lawton for Governor

I was talking with Amy this morning about who might be a good candidate to replace Scott Walker and she suggested Barbara Lawton, the Lt. Governor under Jim Doyle.  She was originally slated to run against Walker in 2010 but dropped out of the race citing personal reasons.  I think…

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The Root of our Economic Problems

Once again, the Financial Times comes up with an OpEd that so adroitly brings order from the financial chaos swirling around us.  In this case, Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and author of The New Asian Hemisphere, calls out the bankers for…

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Rest In Peace, Ed Thompson

Rest In Peace… Ed Thompson, the younger brother of former Gov. Tommy Thompson, has died at his home in Tomah after a fight with pancreatic cancer. Sometimes controversial, always colorful, he was known for his Libertarian politics, including his campaign to become governor in 2002. He also served in local…

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The test of our progress

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