Category: Progressives
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Disagreement is not evil
in a working democracy. My fellow Republicans lose the argument when they call our political adversaries schoolyard names like “Demon-rats.” Progressives might be more credible if they would dial back the hyperbole. Donald Trump is not Hitler — not even close. Nor does the President represent the “end of democracy,” Gov. Pritzker. Like the idiots…
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Free speech and the Constitution took a bullet
‘Our nation is broken.’ — Gov. Bryan Cox, Utah Maybe we were too old to fully appreciate Charlie Kirk in his too-short lifetime, but the young man was engaged in free and open debate on the issues of our time where it mattered most: on our blinkered college campuses. (His “Prove Me Wrong” tour visited UW-Madison…
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Restorative justice killed that transit rider in Charlotte!
Real compassion means protecting the innocent. Can’t get over the murder of that poor young woman on that Charlotte NC commuter train. Is the legacy news media underplaying this story because it doesn’t fit the narrative? Because it might justify President Trump’s crackdown on disorder? Never mind tariffs, Gaza, or vaccines. Shove Jeffrey Epstein aside…
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Only a progressive could bad-mouth a tax cut!
While our school board rides the gravy train! How surprised is anyone that the part-time Madison school board wants to nearly double its pay to $15,000 (from $8,000) AND claim generous health and dental insurance worth between $82,000 and $220,000? After hitting up us taxpayers for an extra $100 million for operations and another $500…
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Hey, Democrats! What’s the big idea?
Enough with the excuses! The Capital Times Idea Fest kicks off next Monday. This weeklong program is not a robust contest of ideas like Bill Buckley once hosted on his televised Firing Line. More like a Members Only, progressive treehouse. No-Girlz-Allowed! Secret password required. Heresies will be condemned, orthodoxes confirmed, slogans recited, pronouns observed. Idea…