I couldn't resist paraphrasing Democratic Representative David Obey's recent reaction to the wildly erroneous information on a fede...

A couple of things in the newspapers caught my eye recently. One was a news story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about how taxes in Wisc...

Stunningly outrageous though it was, the state Supreme Court's approval of new judicial ethics rules written by Wisconsin Manufacturers ...

A headline in this morning's print edition of the Wisconsin State Journal says "Judges: Gableman TV ads OK." It's hard to...

Mike Wittenwyler is an exceptionally bright guy. I'd have no trouble saying Mike is smarter than me, but it would be most unfair to damn...

I've long since lost count of the number of times the cause of campaign finance reform has been compared to the Myth of Sisyphus . Until...

The Associated Press summed it all up: " The Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted rules Wednesday allowing judges to hear cases involving th...

Minnesota. So close and yet so far. Both Wisconsin and Minnesota have sitting governors who are not running for reelection. Amazingly few he...

I got to be a fly on the wall at a discussion of Supreme Court elections last night. Two groups of about 10 or 12. One men, the other women....

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a case - Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - that started as a narrow dispute over whe...

As we continue to wait for the Democrats who control both Washington and Madison to actually do something about money's paralyzing grip ...

On the right side of our blog's main page above the links, you'll find a clock keeping the time that has passed since former Assemb...

Other than house-elves , politicians are about the only ones you'll ever hear refer to themselves in the third person. It's an annoy...

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As state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman set out to fight off charges of judicial misconduct , either he felt there was not suitable ...

When Washington and Madison politics threatens to drive you insane, there's a need for some comic relief. Leave it to Lake Geneva. The p...

The following is excerpted from the text of the speech I gave at Saturday's Fighting Bob Fest entitled "A Democracy Worthy of the ...

Wisconsin judges and district attorneys would no longer have to provide information to the public about the property they own under changes ...

Dear Chief Justice, As you and your colleagues on the Supreme Court deliberate in the Citizens United case , I have two questions for you. ...