🎧 How to think about acceptance and treatment when discussing gender-affirming care for kids.
Commentary: Young people need a circle of support to help them deepen their understanding of their place in the world.
A Wisconsin judge is dead, and a U.S. Supreme Court justice was targeted for violence. On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands assess the influence of partisan politics on judges, juries and rulings.
Genetically, brains and talent are evenly divided between the sexes. Yet, instead of shutting out one-half the talent pool, society finally opened to women from law to medicine to business.
🎧 With alcohol-related deaths more than double that of guns, why isn't social media filled with debates about how to solve this problem?
From today's Opinion page, two local columns and several letters to the editor on topics ranging from gun safety to the high cost of homes on the market.
The author of "Under the Skin: Racism, Inequality, and the Health of a Nation" discusses inequalities in medical treatment.
I have been attending St. Mary’s in Viroqua since I moved here in 2020. The Rev. Msgr. Hundt gave the homily here on Pentecost Sunday. I have written to Msgr, Hundt to ask how he understands, is convinced that my reality as a transgender person is bringing down western civilization. This dow…
Our 10-year-old granddaughter was leaning over a small stool I was holding, checking out its fresh coat of paint that had covered the nicks, scratches and lumps of previous paint jobs in its long years of service.
You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).
Trust is important. The absence of trust can drive our actions or our inactions.
I recently listened to one of my favorite songs, “What A Wonderful World,” released in 1968 by Louis Armstrong. A glimpse of the lyrics includes the colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the skies are also on the faces of people passing by, I hear babies cry and watch them grow as they learn m…
Dear graduates, Class of 2022:
I’m not a “shut up and dribble” guy when it comes to athletes. Nor am I a “shut up and coach” guy.
Imagine if you will, a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution that protected such liberties as the right to travel and move about. Technically, the Constitution doesn’t spell out these freedoms. So let’s codify them.
Apparently, Republican leadership has decided that it’s OK to move beyond prayers after the last school massacre. Robin Vos, GOP House speaker, and our area’s Coulee Conservatives group have said that the solution for mass shootings in schools should be to “arm teachers,” and not to limit ac…
🎧 Why do so many gun owners feel like their voices are being drowned out in the ongoing debate?
Commentary: There is often a deep irrationality to the public debate about guns that leaves reasonable voices on the sidelines.
As a reporter from the former capital of the Confederacy prepared to depart for the former hub of German Nazism, insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol.
On the two year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, Kelli and Michael Paul catch up to talk about the civil unrest that took place in Richmond and across the country but also how so much of the world changed from that point. Since 2020, Confederate monuments have come down, conservatives h…
Who are they? Who are these boys, these teenagers who viciously kill innocent school acquaintances or maybe unknown children, each victim special in his or her own way, all of them loving and adored?
Who are they? Who are these boys, these teenagers who viciously kill innocent school acquaintances or maybe unknown children, each victim special in his or her own way, all of them loving and adored?
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“I don’t understand where the men are. Like, where are the dads? You know, some teacher is pushing sex values on your third grader. Why don’t you go in and thrash the teacher?” — Fox’s Tucker Carlson, on April 8.
Since the 2020 riots, schools across the nation have removed their officers on campus grounds, but crime rose and schools were left defenseless.
The 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests is approaching: The first break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters was on May 28, 1972, but the botched return on June 17 produced arrests and eventually brought Richard Nixon’s presidency to a premature end on Aug. 8, 1974. The Was…
Ever wonder why superheroes have x-ray vision but not microscopic vision? Mites.
In the aftermath of a tragedy like the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, when emotions and egos are running high, few of us have much wisdom to offer.
In the aftermath of a tragedy like the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, when emotions and egos are running high, few of us have much wisdom to offer.
Secretary of state winner could play important role in 2024 presidential election
🎧 The Great Resignation has meant a record number of people are changing jobs, but not all of them are happy at their new employer.