As I read through the program notes for the weekend Madison Symphony Orchestra concerts, it struck me that the commentaries J. Michael Allsen writes for each performance are almost as much a part of the enjoyment as the concerts themselves.
You have to hand it to Georgia Republicans: When they decide to go full-fascist they don't fool around.
Society is paying a price for the Senate's refusal to convict Donald Trump in the recent impeachment trial.
As the Senate prepares to try former President Trump next week, it might do well to recall a previous investigation about Richard Nixon.
We haven't seen much of Wisconsin's Legislature this year and that might be a good thing, because they're coming back Tuesday and planning to do their best to make sure more of us die.
And, poof!, he was gone.
Many observers seem outraged that the traitors who stormed the nation’s Capitol last week and desecrated the most important building in representative government were carrying a Confederate flag into the Senate chambers.
The world does not need me to inform it of the shameful actions of President Donald Trump and his supporters Wednesday.
The two things we need to remember about the day's news is that General Michael Flynn was once head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and was later National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump.
The attorney general of Texas, accompanied by 17 other state attorneys general and about half the Republicans in Congress, is petitioning the Supreme Court asking that Wisconsin's presidential votes be discarded*.
I'm not quite sure when this all happened, but this year, especially, outdoor Christmas decoration patterns are dominated by inflatable figures.
No fewer than five of Vice President Pence's closest staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.
If you have a child in school and that child is exposed to someone who has the Covid-19 virus, here's what will happen: Your kid will be sent home and told to quarantine for 14 days.
There are a lot of reasons why I think Amy Coney Barrett should not be a Supreme Court justice, but her religious faith and practice is not one of them.
It's kind of hard to be truly shocked by anything the president does these days, but what happened last week comes close.
The nation's political pundits keep warning us that, if President Trump is reelected, we are in danger of becoming an authoritarian society.
As I watched the Republican National Convention this week, I began to agree that it is time for a change.
MADISON, Wis. -- My favorite news story of the day occurred in the skies above Lake Michigan last month, but it was reported Thursday. A Michigan state drone helicopter was attacked by a bald eagle. The drone crashed. The eagle flew…
The State of New York now wants the National Rifle Association disbanded because its top leadership consists of a bunch of crooks.
You might think that a report showing that the American economy slowed by a percentage greater than that experienced in the Great Depression might be treated as sobering news by President Trump.
Here is “Law and Order” Trump style: The Department of Homeland Security sends teams of police-type guards to Portland, Oregon, where they face dangerous combatants — a “Wall of Moms” dressed in yellow tee shirts and shoot chemical gas at the moms and at the city's mayor.
I don't know if we will ever get to the point with President Donald Trump when people rise up and say “Enough is enough!”
The University of Wisconsin System says it is hiring former Gov. Tommy Thompson as its interim system president.
President Trump, seemingly cowering in the White House basement, sent out a bluster-filled “tweet” to demonstrators surrounding the White House.
