Capitol Punishments
The week’s highlights (and low-lights) from the Wisconsin Legislature and beyond.
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The long betrayal of labor hurts us all
President Biden’s strike-averting railroad deal takes place amid a long-decaying discourse about working conditions.
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Madison police are not learning their lesson
Domestic violence and the city’s latest budget find cops sticking to familiar, toxic patterns.
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The Madison Public Market and other things we didn’t completely screw up this year
We’re taking a brief pause for gratitude here at Capitol Punishments.
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God help us, the moderates have some takes about Mandela Barnes’ loss
Citizen Dave blames Barnes and the Democrats for not moderate-ing hard enough.
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The relief and troubling lessons of Wisconsin’s midterm elections
We’ve avoided a right-wing bloodbath, but we still need to talk about our deep-seated political failures.
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We’re already too comfortable with the violent far right
In Wisconsin and beyond, it’s long past time to confront the reality of the authoritarian threat.
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A few words of encouragement for Wisconsin’s weary voters
It’s awful out there, but there are real opportunities before us.
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Wisconsin’s state and local governments have learned to be useless
The “nothing works” doctrine continues to hinder progress in transportation, housing, and much more.
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Ron Johnson’s gas-price nonsense obscures the real costs
Massive fossil fuel subsidies power climate change and Johnson’s lies in the first debate of Wisconsin’s Senate race.
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We’re paying Wisconsin Republicans to lie about bail and everything else
Drawing a line from Ron Johnson’s tax-cut votes to the 2022 campaign’s merciless attack ads.