Republicans' newest target? Big business
Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell is threatening corporations that don't support his party's nationwide effort to curb voting rights with “consequences.”
Author: Bill Wineke, Special to Channel 3000
Wineke: When did it become 2016 again?
If you believe the polls, it is becoming unlikely that President Trump can win the 2020 election against former Vice President Joe Biden..
Wineke: Well, of course we need a mask mandate
Gov. Tony Evers has extended the statewide mask mandate through late November.
Something Really Important Happened Here
Something really important happened in Wisconsin last week.
Wineke: Here's a good word about Trump
Sometimes I don't think we properly appreciate the ability President Trump has to lift our spirits.
WINEKE: Our Food Supply is Safe – Until it Isn't
A couple of weeks ago Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue stood beside President Trump to assure us that the nation's food supply is “strong, resilient and safe.”
Wineke: Let's not reopen the Wisconsin economy just yet
A couple of headlines in the morning paper illustrate the dilemma posed by demonstrations around the country demanding that states reopen their economies and end shelter-in-place regulations.
Wineke: Trump alone can fix it
President Trump campaigned for office by crowing that this nation has many problems and that he, “alone, can fix it.”
Wineke: Young violinist takes Madison by storm
It takes a certain amount of artistic courage to be the Madison Symphony Orchestra's featured violin soloist three weeks after the legendary Pinchas Zukerman took the stage.
Wineke: Hillary broke the glass ceiling
The headlines and the cable television shows this week are all lamenting the exodus of Sen. Elizabeth Warren from the presidential race.
Wineke: The GOP wants my money... or else
I’m afraid the Republican Party is losing all patience with me.
Wineke: This is why we need the deep state
The United States is registering its first cases of the coronavirus, a respiratory illness that seems to be sweeping the world and is highly likely to become a deadly pandemic.
Wineke: Did Bloomberg win the debate?
After spending a day watching and reading the political pundits, I'm beginning to think I must be the only one in America who thinks Mayor Bloomberg came out of the last Democratic Party debate looking better than when he went in.
Wineke: Zukerman, Forsyth bring Valentine's Day affection to Madison Symphony Orchestra
MADISON, Wis. -- Violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth first thrilled Madison Symphony Orchestra audiences with a performance of Brahm's “Double Concerto” in 2001. Zukerman, 71, and Forsyth, 53, have since married. They returned to the Madison stage over…
WINEKE: Ron Johnson Has Wrong Priorities
President Trump is happily waging his reign of terror on those who oppose him and the Republican Party is happy to go along.
Wineke: Madison Opera shares grief, pride in weekend performances
The most important thing about Madison Opera’s weekend performances of “Fellow Travelers” is that artistic director John DeMain conducted the orchestra a day after his wife, Barbara, died unexpectedly.
Wineke: Mitt Romney votes America's conscience
There was just one serious question posed for Wednesday's impeachment vote and that was how former Republican presidential candidate would come down.
Wineke: Roger Olsen lived Christianity
If you were to Google the name “Roger Olsen” you would turn up two or three entries, one of them noting he was pastor of Grace Church in New Glarus and the other announcing he was speaking at another church.
Hillary cleared; time for another investigation
Almost lost in all the hoopla about the impeachment trial of President Trump is a report that yet another Justice Department of Hillary Clinton has concluded without the former Secretary of State being charged with wrongdoing.
Wineke: President's bluster betrays our values
Just for the sake of argument, let’s accept the idea that the assassination of Iran’s top military leader by the American government was a good idea.
Wineke: More evidence political battle is now theological dispute
I've been standing on a soap box for a while proclaiming that the real political battle in this country is actually a theological battle about the divinity of President Trump.
Wineke: Don't pray for Trump?
Of all the resentments President Donald Trump seems to have against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, none seems to bug him more than Pelosi's claim that she "prays for him every day."
Wineke: Old friends star in MSO Christmas
Attending the Madison Symphony Orchestra's annual Christmas spectacular is very much like enjoying a party with old friends.
Wineke: These guys are losing it
I don't know what's going on in Republican circles these days, but it is pretty clear that insanity is kicking in big time.
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