Robin Vos was the face of Wisconsin election
There was one iconic image of this week's election in Wisconsin.
Author: William R. Wineke, Special to Channel 3000
To build a movement, you need a common enemy
For the first time, I am beginning to see a glimmer of hope for the gun control movement and it is the Florida state Legislature.
'Abduction' is an opera for opera lovers
Madison Opera's weekend production of "The Abduction From the Seraglio" is an opera for opera lovers.
WINEKE: The last thing we need is a military parade
President Donald Trump is commander in chief of America's armed forces, and if he wants a military parade, then I guess we're going to get a military parade.
Wineke: Evangelical leaders say Trump's still their guy despite claims he had affair with porn star
I've got to admire the Christian forgiveness displayed by evangelical Christian leaders like Frankly Graham and Tony Perkins.
Review: MSO turns in an incredible performance
Violinist Gil Shaham is the featured soloist in the weekend Madison Symphony Orchestra concerts, and his performance Friday night was simply the best I have seen in more than three decades of attending the symphony.
Wineke: Trump dementia syndrome is on trial
The parlor game of the week seems to be a debate about whether President Donald Trump has dementia.
Wineke: Is this weather really a result of global warming?
I can on occasion feel some sympathy for climate change skeptics.
Wineke: Paul Ryan should defend FBI
Is it really too much to expect the Speaker of the House of Representatives to defend the integrity of the leaders of the FBI? Apparently, it is.
Wineke: Consent of the governed needs majority vote
The measure of legitimacy for this – and, every – form of government rests on the concept of the “consent of the governed.”
Wineke: Has Trump met his match in Gillibrand?
The most important political thing that happened this week may not have been the defeat of an accused pedophile in Alabama.
Wineke: There is a better reason why Roy Moore should lose
Missing from all the argument about Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore's alleged record with teenage girls is the real reason why he shouldn't serve in the U.S. Senate.
Wineke review: Tenor, soprano, bassoon highlight MSO Christmas
The Madison Symphony Orchestra Christmas concerts are always among the happiest events of the city's cultural season.
Wineke: Why would we ever think tax cuts would mean more jobs?
Is the U.S. Senate going to pass legislation offering major tax relief to the nation's richest citizens while raising taxes on its poorest?
Tesla Truck May Threaten Careers
In the midst of all the political turmoil around us, inventor Elon Musk introduces a battery-powered semi truck that he says can drive itself.
Review: APT completes season with astonishing production
American Players Theatre's final production, "Creditors," starts slow but it leaves the audience almost unable to exhale by the time the figurative curtain falls an hour and 40 minutes later.
Wineke: Don't even think of removing adoption tax credit
Of all the crazy provisions of the "tax reform" proposals now before Congress, the craziest is one to remove the tax credit families receive when they adopt a child.
Wineke: Church stance on homosexual funerals should not be secret
I guess what got to me most in the guidance letter the Madison Catholic Diocese recently sent its priests about funerals for gays and lesbians was the quotation marks.
Wineke: Popular pianist highlights season change in Madison
Up until Sunday when a cold rain ended Madison's unusually warm October, pianist Olga Kern must have thought this is a pretty special place.
Wineke: Now everyone hates everyone -- welcome to America
So, let's see where we are on the national unity front.
Wineke: For a TV man, President Trump doesn't understand TV
The most common reaction I've heard to the spectacle of President Trump throwing rolls of paper towels to victims of the Puerto Rico hurricane has been, "What's wrong with that guy?
Wineke: Let's start by putting first things first
Three million American citizens living in Puerto Rico are without electric power and many are without clean drinking water, access to medical care or most of the other standard attributes of civilized society.
Wineke: Divide and conquer doesn't work in team sports
You've got to hand it to our president. A week ago, we were all concerned about health care, possible nuclear war with North Korea and the plight of millions of American citizens whose lives have been ruined by hurricanes.
Wineke: We don't need a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue
It's always a bit difficult to select the craziest idea President Donald Trump has come up with this week, but I'm going with his suggestion that the nation sponsor a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue next July 4.
