Democracy is hard and it always has been. Those of us lucky enough to live in one occasionally forget that, while the battle to establish a democracy is finite, the fight to maintain one it is not. Through those struggles – by our military on actual battlefields and by our citizens around the dinner table [...]
Through rain, thunder, dark of night (and occasional mood), my daughter in-law Danni has been cheerfully canvassing neighborhoods to get out the vote. For the most part, Wisconsinites have been receptive to her efforts to provide them with information on how, where and when they can cast their ballots. One man stood the requisite six [...]
Wisconsin has been a swing state with varying degrees of drama for more than a century. That's kind of cool when you think about how one proud but genetically humble state in the middle of the country can make its voice heard, and kind of not-so-cool when you think about all the voices we hear [...]