James Wigderson and his critics
From the Waukesha Freeman Sound off: Mr. Wigderson’s column on Thursday is, as usual, dead wrong. He blames Governor Doyle for the beginning of fiscal irresponsibility, when actually it started with...
View ArticlePainful cuts long overdue
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Mar 3, 2011; Section:Opinion; Page Number:8A Painful cuts long overdue Walker’s budget corrects Doyle’s fuzzy math (James Wigderson is a blogger publishing...
View ArticleSo much for ramming speed
Our friends at Media Trackers attacks the myth that the Republicans “rammed through” the budget repair bill. But was the Budget Repair Bill really “rammed through” as opponents accuse?Governor Walker’s...
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I miss Russ Decker… Just remember why this whole fight was able to take place. Because Russ Decker lost his job in the Senate, and he hated Jim Doyle. - Jack Craver Print this entry
View ArticleAppointments with destiny
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date: Apr 7, 2011; Section: Opinion; Page: 8A Appointments with destiny Recent past proves why judges should be elected rather than appointed (James Wigderson...
View ArticleG.O.stuPid
The Republican Party is sometimes called “the stupid party,” but this time they’ve outdone themselves. When the story was first broken by the LaCrosse Tribune of phony Democrats getting recruited to...
View ArticleFinally, Doyle’s promise kept
This week at the MacIver Institute I did a comparison of the last Doyle budget and the current budget cycle. It looks like the legislature is finally living up to former Governor Jim Doyle’s promise,...
View ArticleClosing out the year’s predictions
The problem with doing fifty predictions at the beginning of the year is checking them at the end of the year. Of course, I could be like every other pundit that makes predictions and then ignores...
View ArticleWhat’s that tree doing there?
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Dec 22, 2011; Section:Opinion; Page Number:8A What’s that tree doing there? The holiday display that shocked Madison What do you want for...
View ArticleThe real Milwaukee Choice Program funding gap
Opponents of school choice in Milwaukee complain the program is taking money away from public schools to educate ex-public school students. In an interesting op-ed for RightWisconsin.com, George...
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“It seems that nobody except members of the legislature are confused as to whether a husband is a man and a wife is a woman.” - Former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, Democrat Print this entry
View ArticleWalker makes case against Doyle third term
Waukesha Freeman Page A6 Opinion August 14, 2014 Walker makes case against Doyle third term Burke’s experience is also her weakness Gov. Scott Walker and company were in Waukesha on Tuesday night. They...
View ArticleJames Wigderson and his critics
Sometimes when you’re wrong, you’re wrong. Kevin Welch, you’re wrong. The following letter to the editor appeared in Friday’s Waukesha Freeman: The real Scott Walker To the editor: Mr. Wigderson lives...
View ArticleCan we repeal the rest of Doyle’s tax increases?
In an op-ed for the MacIver Institute that appeared this week, I reminded readers that we still have not eliminated former Governor Jim Doyle’s tax increases, nor have we cut overall state spending....
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