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(02/10/12 2:06am)
An investigation conducted by the Wisconsin State Legislature's
Joint Audit Committee last week revealed that the state's FoodShare
program, which provides money for low income families and
unemployed to buy food, may have committed fraud. According to the
audit, $32.9 million of the $1.1 billion in FoodShare loans, which
are comprised of both federal and state funds, were spent outside
of Wisconsin which, while legally permissible under the federal
FoodShare provisions, has suggested to some pundits and lawmakers
that the program is being exploited by the program's
beneficiaries.
(02/02/12 3:01am)
Political accountability has always been an issue. The amount of
misinformation that transpires in a 10 minute chunk of cable news
alone is overwhelming, and in today's media environment most of
these falsehoods remain unchallenged.
(01/26/12 3:28am)
The Republican Party is in disarray. For the first time ever,
three different presidential candidates have won the first three
primaries of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and the GOP
establishment has become worried that Former Gov. Mitt Romney,
R-MA, whom they presume to be their most electable candidate, may
not obtain the nomination. For the past year, primary voters have
been resisting Romney by switching from one conservative
alternative to another, including ridiculous fringe candidates like
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-MN, and Herman Cain.
(11/17/11 3:48am)
In 2012, presidential candidates are expected raise and spend
approximately eight billion dollars in campaign contributions, an
increase of 20 percent from the 2008 election.President Barack
Obama alone is expected to raise about one billion dollars for his
campaign, and don’t expect that money to come from teaching unions
or the ACLU; despite Obama’s promise of liberal change, his 2008
campaign accepted more money from the financial sector than anyone
in history.
(11/08/11 5:01am)
In a relatively quiet vote last week, the Republican-controlled
state Senate passed a bill that would require reforms to sexual
education in Wisconsin. If the bill passes, it will recommend
teachers teach abstinence as the only certain way to avoid
pregnancy. The bill would also require teacher to endorse the
values of marriage and parental responsibility. This program,
currently used in 26 states, does not require that educators inform
students on the health benefits and correct usage of
contraceptives. When asked to explain the reasoning for the bill,
state Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, said, “This is small
government at its best. This is about local control.”
(10/19/11 6:00am)
Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO and Republican
presidential candidate, has seen an enormous and inexplicable surge
in the polls recently. Speaking in a booming Georgia drawl and
delivering his conservative talking points like advertising
slogans, Cain has focused his campaign around his 9-9-9 plan for
economic growth. The plan proposes a complete repeal of the current
U.S. tax system, replacing all forms of taxation with
three flat taxes: a 9 percent personal income tax, a 9 percent
corporate income tax and a 9 percent national sales tax.
(10/17/11 6:00am)
Last February, Gov. Scott Walker became a Republican
icon after successfully orchestrating the near complete destruction
of union rights in Wisconsin. Walker and the state GOP managed to
strip collective bargaining rights for almost all public workers by
separating the initial budget bill into two portions: one bill that
comprises the state budget, and another that solely exists to strip
public union rights.
(09/28/11 6:00am)
With the 2012 Republican presidential primaries fast approaching,
the chalk graffiti on Bascom Hill suggests that one
candidate has gained a lot of momentum on campus: Rep. Ron Paul,
R-Tex. Paul, a 12-term congressman, has cultivated a loyal
fanbase in recent years thanks to his rigid
ideological consistency and libertarian values, which have
attracted conservative and liberal support as well as an incredible
amount of online donations.
(09/19/11 6:00am)
When Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., announced her
intentions to run for U.S. Senate, it excited and
satisfied many liberal Wisconsinites. Baldwin is an
ideologically consistent, progressive public servant whose years of
service to Madison and the nation have advanced the causes of
LGBT rights, non-profit health care and peace-oriented
foreign policy. And, perhaps not surprisingly for a Dane County
representative, Baldwin was rated in 2011 as the most liberal
member of the U.S. House of Representatives by The
National Journal— a distinction which will entice voters in
Wisconsin's 2nd and 4th congressional districts and students here
on campus.
(09/08/11 6:00am)
President Obama just can't win.
(12/28/10 6:00am)
Many reviewers have criticized director Tom Hooper's ""The King's
Speech"" by calling it a calculation to win Oscars. The film is,
after all, a British period piece set during the buildup to World
War II and features a main character who must overcome a
disability, all characteristics talismanic of ""Oscar bait""
movies. I entered the film with that cynicism, too, but leaving the
theater I felt overcome with joy that my fears were misplaced. This
is a tender, wonderful film deserving of any awards it
receives.
(09/25/09 6:00am)
(10/16/06 6:00am)
After reviewing the film of Saturday's 48-12 trouncing of
Minnesota, Wisconsin head football coach Bret Bielema met with the
media Monday to provide his analysis of the game and his plans
heading into this Saturday's game at Purdue.