AnnieJo

Why, oh why, can Wisconsin not hold Scott Walker to account for flagrant, outrageous hypocrisy between his pre-governor press statements and his actions as governor? I’m going to source these three examples for you. But even so, you may find it hard to believe. OK, here’s the first one. Remember how Walker campaigned so...
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The conservative think-tank Wisconsin Public Research Institute (WPRI) has issued a report on the failings of education in Wisconsin, just days before Governor Walker is slated to release his 2013/2015 state budget proposal. You might expect, given that the governor has been talking for months about using the budget to expand Milwaukee-like voucher programs...
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From Webster’s Collegiate (10th ed): proclaim (L proclamare, pro- before + clamare to cry out): 1a: to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing 2: to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally On Saturday January 19, At some point in January 2013,...
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If there’s one thing we’ve learned in Wisconsin since February 2011, and in Michigan just this month, it’s that what gets passed in the statehouse after the election can be devastatingly different than what was promised or campaigned upon or even hinted at before. We’ve also been hit with the following corollary: these things...
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The candidates are making their closing argument as Election Day comes upon us. My own closing argument starts with Paul Krugman, and culminates in a video. In his Oct. 28 NY Times column, Medicaid on the Ballot, Krugman says: So this election is, to an important degree, really about Medicaid. And this, in turn,...
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