The Beloit Daily News’ Bill Barth proposes that Wisconsin lawmakers take a new look at Act 10, the Scott Walker-engineered law that essentially destroyed public worker unions in that state. It might have been a good idea in 2011, but 15 years later the pendulum may have spread too far, he declares.
In a joint Milwaukee Journal Sentinel column, four Milwaukee leaders proclaim that Milwaukee kids can’t read, but the state does nothing to change that. The four members of the Milwaukee Reading Council, including the city’s mayor, blame the Department of Public Instruction for refusing to release needed funds.
On his Substack blog, Ebiyan House, Mike McCabe explores the meaning of words, including faith. Faith isn’t necessarily religious, he writes, adding its meaning has been twisted like the meanings of so many other words when in reality faith represents the importance of belief in what is possible…