All WPRI Reports By Author:
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Agostini, Stephen
"Wisconsin's Quiet Crisis: Why Building a 'New' Milwaukee Economy Matters to Wisconsin" January 2004
Alesch, Daniel
"The Impact of Indian Casino Gambling on Metropolitan Green Bay" Sept 1997
"New Strategies for Environmental Problems: Breaking Out of the Box" Feb 1997
"The Green Bay Packers: America's Only Not-for-Profit, Major League Sports Franchise" Nov 1995
"The University of Wisconsin System: An Agenda for the 21st Century" March 1994
"Reforming Welfare in Wisconsin" February 1993
"The Dependency Pond" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 2
"Privatizing Welfare in Brown County Wisconsin" May 1990
Adams, Scott
The Impact of Smoking Bans on Bars and Restaurants WI Interest Spring 2006
Andrews, Morris
"Blaming the School" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 2
B
Ballard, Larry
"Medical Dilemma" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 1
Barrett, John
"Raising Taxes in Wisconsin: Measuring the Full Costs" January 2003
Beck, Roy
"The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 2
Belling, Mark
"The Alternative: The Rising Voices of Talk Radio" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 2
Belman, Dale
"An Evaluation of Public and Private Earnings in Wisconsin" March 1993
Bennett, William
"Color Blind" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 1
Berry, Todd
"Why Wisconsin Has High Taxes" July 2003
Bingham, Richard
"Evaluating Wisconsin's Teachers: It Can Be Done" December 1989
Black, Benjamin
"The Discontented Voter" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 1
Black, Gordon
"Wisconsin Speaks: A Survey of Public Opinion" November 2004
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 2004
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" November 2003
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 2002
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" April 2002
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" September 2001
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 2000
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" July 2000
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" August 1999
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" August 1998
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" August 1997
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 1996
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 1995
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" August 1994
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" December 1993
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" June 1993
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" January 1992
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 1991
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" February 1991
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" September 1990
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" February 1990
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" September 1989
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" January 1989
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" September 1988
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" February 1988
"The End of the Two Party Era?" 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 2
"The Discontented Voter" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 1
"The Lack of Confidence in Public Education in Wisconsin" April 1989
Bolick, Clint
"How We Won The Choice Case" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 7 No. 2
Brannon, J. Isaac
"Draining Away - Who Is Leaving The State? Where Are They Going? A Report from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh" August 2001
"Pumping Up Gas Prices in Wisconsin: The Effects of the Unfair Sales Act on Retail Gasoline Prices in Wisconsin" October 1999
Browne, Mark
"Health Insurance For Public School Teachers In Wisconsin: A Good Value for Taxpayers or a Case of Market Abuse?" December 2000
Buchanan, Julie
"Color by the Numbers" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 1
Buss, Dale
"The Amazing Growth of Indian Gambling in Wisconsin" 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 1
"Bias" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 2
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Caire, Kaleem
"Lies and Distortions About Choice: Setting the Record Straight" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 3
Carson, Christopher
"Sex Education in the Milwaukee Public Schools." 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 2
Cebula, Richard
"The Value of Fringe Benefits and Tenure in Wisconsin: Public Versus Private" January 1996
"The Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wisconsin Industries." October 1994
"The Financial Impact of Out-of-State-Based Welfare In-Migration on Wisconsin Taxpayers." November 1989
Chandler, Richard
"Encouraging Growth Companies in Wisconsin" March 2006
"Putting the Lid On: How Wisconsin Can Cap Its Spending"2005 WI Interest Vol. 14 No. 1
"Limiting Government Spending in Wisconsin" September 2004
Chubb, John
"Educational Choice: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Mediocrity in American Education and What Can Be Done About It" March 1989
Cibulka, James
"Reforming Public Education in Wisconsin." August 1996
"Restructuring Wisconsin's Educational System: How Effective is the Department of Public Instruction?" September 1991
Cipriani, Frank
"Chartering the University of Wisconsin-Madison." November 2001
Clowes, George
"Horror Stories from the Public Schools"2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 2
Cotti, Chad
"The Impact of Smoking Bans on Bars and Restaurants" WI Interest Spring 2006
"Health Insurance for Wisconsin Public Schools: The Case for Competitive Bidding" January 2005
Cox, Wendell
"Light Rail In Milwaukee" March 1998
D
Devon, Tonia
"Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Wisconsin: Linkages Between Universities and Industry" November 1990
DiIulio, Jr., John
"Two Million Prisoners" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 1
"Who Really Goes to Prison in Wisconsin? A Profile of Urban Inmates in Wisconsin Prisons." April 1996
"Broken Bottles: Liquor, Disorder, and Crime" May 1995
"Community-Based Policing in Wisconsin: Can It Cut Crime?" October 1993
"Crime and Punishment in Wisconsin: A Survey of Prisoners and an Analysis of the Net Benefit of Imprisonment." December 1990
"America's Ticking Crime Bomb and How To Defuse It." 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 1
"The Ten Deadly Myths About Crime and Punishment in the US." 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 1
Dodenhoff, David
"Concealed Carry Legislation: An Examination of the Facts" May 2006
"Changing the Poverty Culture: Why the Welfare System Doesn't Help" WI Interest Winter 2006
"Road to Nowhere: Education and Training Under Wisconsin Works" April 2005
"What Happened to the 'Work' in Wisconsin Works?" 2004 WI Interest Vol. 13 No. 1
"Wisconsin Works: Only Work Should Pay." October 2003
"Charter Schools Grow Up" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 1
"Social Policy Gets Religion" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 1
"Anatomy of a Merger-The Elusive Search for Fairness at the Journal Sentinel" 1998 WI Interest Vol. 7 No. 1
"The Truth About Sentencing in Wisconsin: Plea Bargaining, Punishment, and the Public Interest." March 1998
"Privatizing Welfare in Wisconsin: Ending Administrative Entitlements - W-2's Untold Story" January 1998
"W-2: Ready or Not, Here It Comes." 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 1
"Is Welfare Reform Really Conservative?" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 2
Downs, Donald
"The Politics of Civil Liberty on Campus" October 2001
"The University of Wisconsin, Free Speech and the First Amendment" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 3
D'Souza, Dinesh
"Racism 101." 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 1
Duff, Marc
"Wisconsin's Polluted Air...Really?" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 3
"Corrections Privatization Generates Savings and Better Services" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 1
Durden, William
"Distance Learning: Education's New Oedipus" 1999 WI Interest Vol. 8 No. 1
"Introducing Rigorous Standards into Wisconsin's Schools: The Virginia Model." January 1997
"The Academics of School-to-Work." 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 1
"The Deconstruction of American Education." 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 2
"Talent Derailed." 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 1
"Wisconsin's Shrinking Educational Advantage: The Internal "Brain Drain" Reexamined." October 1989
"Wisconsin's Internal Brain Drain " May 1988
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Eisen, Marc
"My Life and Times with the Madison Public Schools: Up Close, the Author Finds that Politics Obscure Key Educational Issues" WI Interest Winter 2007
"The Public Schools Come Home: Online Education is Changing the Roles of Schools, Teachers and Parents" WI Interest Fall 2002
Esposito, Katherine
"A Better Way to Teach: How One Madison School Achieved Success by Bucking the District's Favored Approach" WI Interest Spring 2005
F
Farber, Naomi
"Teen Pregnancy in Wisconsin: Can Prevention Work?" December 1999
Fass, Simon
"Hmong in Wisconsin: On the Road to Self-Sufficiency." April 1991
Fine, Ralph
"We Must Stop Compromising with Criminals" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 2
Finley, Daniel
"A Tale of Two Counties" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 2
Fischer, Michael
"A Betrayal of Teachers by Their Union" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 2
"Why I Quit Teaching" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 2
"Fiscal Accountability in Milwaukee's Public Elementary Schools: Where Does the Money Go?" September 1990
Flaherty, Michael
"The Impact of Government on Wisconsin Agriculture." December 1998
"Family Farm Welfare" 2002 WI Interest Vol. 11 No. 3
"Wisconsin's 'New Democrats' and Why Wisconsin Liberals Hate Them" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 2
"Post Election Analysis: Lessons Learned?" 1998 WI Interest Vol. 7 No. 2
"The National Cheese Exchange: A Symbolic Battle in Wisconsin's Dairy Industry" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 1
"Wisconsin's Dairy Industry's Quiet Crisis" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 1Fletemeyer, Thomas
Renewing the University of Wisconsin System: Creating the Capacity to Manage and Compete July 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 7)
Fonder, Melanie
"A Losing Bet? Filling Wisconsin's Budget with Casino Revenue" WI Interest Spring 2004
Freedman, Joe
"Free Education Zones" 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 2
Fuller, Howard
"Lies and Distortions About Choice: Setting the Record Straight" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 3
"The Real Evidence: An Honest Research Update on School Choice Experiments" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 2
"Expanded School Choice: A Profile of Eligible Students and Schools" July 1995
G
Gazel, Richard
"Casinos and Crime in Wisconsin: What's the Connection" November 1996
"The Social Costs of Gambling in Wisconsin" July 1996
"The Economic Impact of Native American Gaming in Wisconsin." April 1995
Geddes, Lori
"Income Success Among Former Wisconsin Welfare Recipients: Work Matters." September 2002
"Disappearing Wisconsin Welfare Recipients: Where Did They Go?" December 2001
"Economic Lessons for Welfare Mothers." February 2001
Goldstein, Kenneth
"The 2000 Vote for President" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 1
Gorman, Linda
"The History of Health Care Costs and Health Insurance: A Wisconsin Primer" October 2006
H
Hagedorn, John
"John Norquist's Legacy" 2004 WI Interest Vol. 13 No. 1
"Getting Mugged in Electron Alley" 2002 WI Interest Vol. 11 No. 1
"Murder in Milwaukee: The Homicide Rate is a Scandal; and Most of the Ideas to Cut it are Wrong" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 2
"The Business of Drug Dealing in Milwaukee." June 1998
"What's Wrong with Child Welfare in Milwaukee" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 1
Hakim, Anat
"The University of Wisconsin, Free Speech and the First Amendment" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 3
Haney, James
"A Taxing Dilemma" 1999 WI Interest Vol. 8 No. 1
Hartmann, Michael
"Coup in the Court: It's Time to Fix Wisconsin's Federal Judicial-Selection Process" 2002 WI Interest Vol. 11 No. 1
"The Folly of 'Fully' Publicly Financing State Supreme Court Campaigns"1998 WI Interest Vol. 7 No. 1
"'Family House' Cordelia Taylor and the Physical Renovation and Spiritual Revitalization of a Part of Milwaukee's Central City" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 2
"'Next'...(Signature of Defendant or Defendant's Attorney): Liberal Judicial Substitution in Wisconsin's Criminal Courts" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 2
"Strengthening Volunteerism Through Wisconsin's Welfare-Replacement Proposal: A Brief Examination of Time Dollars." December 1995
"Sometimes So Simple, It's Sad" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 1
Haughton, Jonathan
"Raising Taxes in Wisconsin: Measuring the Full Costs." January 2003
Hawkins, Brett
"The Politics of Poli Sci" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 1
Hayes, Brian
"Wisconsin's Lethargic Response to "The CSI Effect" WI Interest Fall 2005
Hein, Susan
"Government Pollution: The Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage District's Impact on Lake Michigan." September 2003
"The Future of Government Consolidation in Milwaukee County" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 1
"Concealed Weapons: Why Are They Still Illegal in Wisconsin" 2002 WI Interest Vol. 11 No. 2
"No Parking Zone: Downtown Milwaukee's Looming Crisis" 2002 WI Interest Vol. 11 No. 1
Hemphill, Ross
"Critical Issues in the Regulation of Electric Utilities in Wisconsin" April 2006
Heywood, John
"An Evaluation of Public and Private Earnings in Wisconsin." March 1993
"Evaluating Wisconsin's Teachers: It Can Be Done." December 1989
Hinckley, Ronald
"The Wisconsin Citizen Surveys: An Analysis of Public Opinion from 1988-1993." June 1994
Holt, Mikel
"Tearing Down the Plantation Walls" 2000 WI Interest Winter Vol. 9 No. 1
"We (Still) Have a Dream" 1993 WI Interest Vol.2 No. 2
Hruz, Thomas
"Reaching the Green: Golf's Impact on Wisconsin" WI Interest Fall 2004
"Rethinking Special Education in Wisconsin" WI Interest Fall 2002
"The Growth of Special Education in Wisconsin - Full Report." July 2002
"The Growth of Special Education in Wisconsin - Summary Report." July 2002
"The Growth of Special Education in Wisconsin - Appendices." July 2002
"The Twilight Zoning Laws: The Impending Judicial Death of Zoning Variances in Wisconsin" WI Interest Spring 2002
"Wisconsin Teacher Compensation: A Bum Deal or a Plum Deal" WI Interest Fall 2001
"Performance-Based Pay for Teachers in Wisconsin: Options and Opportunities." June 2001
"A Vote Against Fraud: Defending Reasonable Measures to Protect The Voting Process in Wisconsin" WI Interest Spring 2001
"The Involuntary Scrapping of Early Retirement Plans in Wisconsin" WI Interest Winter 2001
"Quality Control: Merit Pay and Why the Teachers' Unions Stand in the Way" WI Interest Fall 2000
"The Costs and Benefits of Smaller Classes in Wisconsin: A Further Evaluation of the SAGE Program." September 2000
"Painting a Different Picture: Why a City of Milwaukee Lawsuit Against the Paint Industry Should Fail" WI Interest Summer 2000
"Criminals Escaping Affliction: Gerald Turner and Wisconsin's Fair Employment Law" WI Interest Winter 2000
"Adults or Kids? - Inspecting the Rights, Responsibilities and Privileges of 18-20 year olds." WI Interest Fall/Winter 1999
"Taking Potshots at the Gun Industry: The Danger in Public Lawsuits Against a Legal Product" WI Interest Spring/Summer 1999
"Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: A Critical Look at Smaller Class Sizes" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1998
Hughes, Mark
"Getting Milwaukee To Work: Antipoverty Strategy, Where the Rubber Meets the Road." May 1993
Hutchinson, Ray
"The Educational Performance of Hmong Students In Wisconsin" December 1997
J
Jensen, Scott
"Armchair Quarterbacking and Sloppy Arm Tackling" 1998 WI Interest Winter Vol. 7 No. 2
"Wisconsin's Index of Leading Cultural Indicators" 1995 WI Interest Winter Vol. 4 No. 1
"Tommy's Lessons" 1993 WI Interest Winter Vol. 2 No. 2
Jorgenson, Timothy
"Can Railway Brighten Milwaukee's Future?" 1994 WI Interest Winter Vol. 3 No. 1
Joyce, Michael
"The Legacy of the 'Wisconsin Idea'" 1994 WI Interest Winter Vol. 3 No. "The Revitalization of Civil Society" 1993 WI Interest Winter Vol. 2 No. 2
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Kass, Mark
"Milwaukee's Taxation Without Representation: Boards That Tax Should Be Elected" WI Interest Winter 2007
"Taxing Wisconsin Out of Business " WI Interest Fall 2006
"The Future of the NBA in Milwaukee: Rethinking the Bradley Center" WI Interest Spring 2006
"Too Much Government - Too Little Business " WI Interest Winter 2006
"A Tale of Two Mayors: Does Style Get Things Done? " WI Interest Fall 2005
"The Park East Runaround: Why Nothing is Happening There" WI Interest Spring 2005
"Sewer Politics: Cleaning up Cronyism at MMSD" WI Interest Winter 2005
"The Fall of Marvin Pratt: It Wasn't About Race. It Was About Taking the Heat." WI Interest Spring 2004
"MPS on the Brink: Election Results Could Force Program Cuts and School Closings to Save Lavish Fringe Benefits " 2003 WI Interest Vol.12 No. 3
"Keeping the NBA in Milwaukee" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 2
Katz, Diane
"A Wisconsin Telecommunications Policy Primer: Twenty Comprehensive Answers to Twenty Basic Questions" September 2005
Kelly, Frank
"Pumping Up Gas Prices in Wisconsin: The Effects of the Unfair Sales Act on Retail Gasoline Prices in Wisconsin." October 1999
Kemble, Chris
"Crime Mountain: Forty Years of Liberal Criminal Justice" WI Interest Fall 2005
Kengor, Paul
"Lowly Sinner: George W. Bush's Humble Faith" WI Interest Spring 2004
"Evaluating World History Texts in Wisconsin Public High Schools." June 2002
"Competitive Contracting and Privatization Options in Wisconsin State Government." April 2001
"The Effect of NAFTA on Wisconsin." May 2000
Knapp, Dale
"Why Wisconsin Has High Taxes." July 2003
Kohout, Jason
"Raising the Sales Tax to Lower the Property Tax: A Flawed Idea for Schools and Taxpayers" December 2004
Korris, Steven
"The Summerfest Follies" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 2
"Milwaukee's Apartheid Agency: The Social Development Commission" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 2
"Madison's Home-Made Welfare Magnets" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 2
"Dual Education in the Madison Metropolitan School District" February 1994
"Married to the Legislature" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 2
L
LaVelle, Michael
"Wisconsin Speaks September 2006: A Survey of Public Opinion" October 2006
"Wisconsin Speaks 2006: A Survey of Public Opinion" July 2006
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey June 2006 " July 2006
"Wisconsin Speaks 2005: A Survey of Public Opinion" November 2005
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 2005
"Party Politics and Ideology" 1933 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 2
"Welfare In-Migration in Wisconsin and The Migration Impact of Wisconsin's AFDC Benefit Levels, A Re-Examination" December 1988
Leetch, Linda
"Health Insurance For Public School Teachers In Wisconsin: A Good Value for Taxpayers or a Case of Market Abuse?" December 2000
Lightbourn, George
"Behind the Curtain: The Obsolescence of Government" WI Interest Winter 2007
The Mounting Cost of Deferred Responsibility in Government: The Future Impact in Wisconsin January 2007
"Requiem for Entitlements " WI Interest Fall 2006
"The Bankruptcy of Government: The Decline and Fall of Milwaukee County" WI Interest Spring 2006
"An Educational Head Fake: Why Wisconsin's School Aid System Won't Change" WI Interest Winter 2006
"Milwaukee's Generation Gap " WI Interest Fall 2005
"Financial Delusion: The $1.9 Billion Deficit in Wisconsin's 'Balanced' Budget" March 2005
"Raising the Sales Tax to Lower the Property Tax: A Flawed Idea for Schools and Taxpayers" December 2004
"Education Task Force: New Wrapping Can't Disguise Old Ideas" WI Interest Fall 2004
"The Education Establishment vs. Conservatives: Some Objects are Closer than They Appear" WI Interest Spring 2004
"Milwaukee Public Schools: A City's Lost Economic Promise" 2004 WI Interest Vol. 13 No. 1
"Wisconsin's Quiet Crisis: Why Building a 'New' Milwaukee Economy Matters to Wisconsin." January 2004
"Wisconsin's Budget: There's Still Work to be Done" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 3
"Reforming Wisconsin's Budget for the Twenty-First Century." April 2003
Logan, Charles
"The Ten Deadly Myths About Crime and Punishment in the US." 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 1
Luebke, Robert
"Homeschooling in Wisconsin: A Review of Current Issues and Trends." July 1999
"Why the Educators are Wrong and Mom and Dad are Right: The Homeschooling Movement in Wisconsin" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 1
Lueders, Bill
"Has Wisconsin Lost Its Ethics?" WI Interest Spring 2006
"The Last Word in Casino is 'No' - Voter Revolt in Madison" WI Interest Spring 2004
"Could Campaign Finance Reform Happen Here?" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 2
"Paint It Black: What Spencer's Ascension Means for Assembly Democrats ?\ and the State of Wisconsin" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 3
"What Now For The Dems? They're All Revved Up With Nowhere To Go" 2001 WI Interest Vol. 10 No. 2
"The Devil's Advocate: WMC, Brady Williamson, and Issue Ads" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 1
"Crime and Punishment 101: The Leon Shohet Story" 1999 WI Interest Vol. 8 No. 1
M
Mayers, Jeff
"2006 Could Prove to be a Watershed Election For Democrats" WI Interest Winter 2007
"Motivating Republicans in 2006" WI Interest Spring 2006
"A Political Melodrama: The Race for Wisconsin Attorney General " WI Interest Winter 2006
"Gubernatorial Creative Writing: Changing the Legislature's Mind" WI Interest Fall 2005
"'Co-Governors' Vie for Republicans' Hearts and Minds" WI Interest Spring 2005
"Swing State: Wisconsin Stays in Play Through '08" WI Interest Winter 2005
"The Trouble with TABOR" WI Interest Fall 2004
"Lobbying: Wisconsin's Growth Industry" WI Interest Spring 2004
"Wisconsin's Recall Fever: Simmering Long Before Gray Davis Could Rise Again" WI Interest Winter 2004
"Suddenly Last Summer: A Scorecard for Wisconsin Budget Wars" WI Interest Fall 2003
"Tribal Gaming in Wisconsin: An Emerging Political and Economic Force" WI Interest Spring 2003
"Changing the Guard in Wisconsin" WI Interest Winter 2003
"Wisconsin's Next Governor: Fiscal Crisis - No Popular Solutions" WI Interest Fall 2002
"Union Powerhouse Practices Political Pragmatism" WI Interest Spring 2002
"Before and After: How September 11 Changed Wisconsin Politics" WI Interest Winter 2002
"School Cap Wars" WI Interest Fall 2001
"The Future of Wisconsin Republicans" WI Interest Spring 2001
"The Fight For Wisconsin's Educational Bully Pulpit" WI Interest Winter 2001
"Governor Scott McCallum? Eight Post-Election Scenarios At the Wisconsin Statehouse" WI Interest Fall 2000
"Politics 98" WI Interest Spring/Summer 1998
McAdams, John
"The University of Wisconsin System: Abandoning the Middle Class " WI Interest Fall 2006
"Wisconsin Should Have the Death Penalty" WI Interest Spring 2006
McBride, Jessica
"Keeping the Felon Vote" WI Interest Spring 2005
"Covering Crime: How the Media Covers Violence" WI Interest Winter 2005
McDade , Philip
"The Status of High School Education in Wisconsin: A Tale of Two Wisconsins " January 2006
"Challenging Russ Feingold in 2004: Likely Republican Contenders" WI Interest Winter 2003
"Congressional Redistricting in Wisconsin" WI Interest Spring 2002
"Is Junior Ready For Junior Kindergarten" WI Interest Fall 2001
"The Return of Free Speech Wars to Madison" WI Interest Spring 2001
McDermott, Karl
"Critical Issues in the Regulation of Electric Utilities in Wisconsin" April 2006
McGee, M. Kevin
"Draining Away - Who Is Leaving The State? Where Are They Going? A Report from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh." August 2001
McKinley, Daniel
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Challenges Ahead for Parental School Choice in Wisconsin" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1998
Mead, Lawrence
"The Decline of Welfare in Wisconsin." March 1996
"The New Paternalism in Action." January 1995
"The Change in Wisconsin Welfare" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1995
"The New Politics of Poverty" WI Interest Spring/Summer 1993
Millard, Pete
"The $64 Billion Question: Wisconsin's Looming Infrastructure Costs" WI Interest Spring 2004
"An Act to Remember: Higher Pensions - Higher Property Taxes" WI Interest Fall 2003
"Lights Out: Wisconsin's Electric Future" WI Interest Fall 2001
Miller, James
"Who Elected Jim Doyle? And Preserved Conservative Constitutional Ideas" WI Interest Winter 2007
"Wisconsin Speaks September 2006: A Survey of Public Opinion" October 2006
"Wisconsin Speaks 2006: A Survey of Public Opinion" July 2006
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey June 2006 " July 2006
"Wisconsin Speaks 2005: A Survey of Public Opinion" November 2005
"The Wisconsin Citizen Survey" October 2005
"Will Wisconsin Taxpayers Receive Fair Revenue Sharing from Casinos? Don't Bet on It!" WI Interest Spring 2005
"Health Insurance for Wisconsin Public Schools: The Case for Competitive Bidding" January 2005
"The Tip of the Iceberg" WI Interest Spring 2002
"Chartering the University of Wisconsin-Madison" November 2001
"The Packers and Public Funding" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1999
"Remedial Budgeting for the Milwaukee Public Schools" WI Interest Spring/Summer 1999
Mills, Carol
"Talent Derailed." 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 1
Mitchell, George
"The Ugly Politics of Parental Choice Opponents" WI Interest Spring 2005
"Privatizing Parole and Probation in Wisconsin: The Path to Fewer Prisons" April 1999
"The Truth About Sentencing in Wisconsin: Plea Bargaining, Punishment, and the Public Interest" March 1998
"Off the Radar Screen: Wisconsin's System for Protecting Incumbent Judges" WI Interest Spring/Summer 1998
"Controlling Prison Costs" December 1996
"Who Really Goes to Prison in Wisconsin? A Profile of Urban Inmates in Wisconsin Prisons." April 1996
"An Uncertain Future for Wisconsin's Successful Prison Policy" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1995
"Prison Works" August 1995
"The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program." November 1992
"Parole in Wisconsin." June 1992
"An Evaluation of State-Financed School Integration in Metropolitan Milwaukee." May 1989
"The Rising Costs of the "Chapter 220" Program in Wisconsin." October 1988
Mitchell, Susan
"School Choice Misinformation: Why Good Journalism Matters" WI Interest Spring 2003
"How School Choice Almost Died in Wisconsin." September 1999
"Wisconsin's New Charter School Law: A Promising Opportunity for Further Education Reform in Milwaukee" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1997
"Why Choice Supporters Can't Relax" WI Interest Spring/Summer 1996
"Why MPS Will Continue to Fail: Effective Organizations and the Milwaukee Public Schools." WI Interest Spring/Summer 1994
"Why MPS Doesn't Work: Barriers to Reform in the Milwaukee Public Schools." January 1994
"Educational Choice in Wisconsin: Public Funds for Private Schools Early Childhood through Post-Secondary" May 1993
Moe, Terry
"Educational Choice: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Mediocrity in American Education and What Can Be Done About It" March 1989
Mohs, Frederic
"Tax Freedom (For Some): The Tax-Exempt Housing Mess" WI Interest Winter 2005
"Thumb on the Scale: The Truth About Race Preferences at UW" WI Interest Winter 2002
Moore, Adrian
"Making Privatization Work for State Government" WI Interest Fall 2002
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
"Defining Deviancy Down" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 2
Mulroy, David
"Celebrating Western Civilization" WI Interest Fall 2003
"Why Colleges Need Great Books" WI Interest Fall 2000
"The War Against Grammar" WI Interest Fall/Winter 1999
Munro, Douglas
"The Effect of Federal Mandates on Wisconsin State Government." September 1993
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Nemko, Martin
"How to Fix the Schools" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 1
Neuhaus, Richard
"The Limits of Pluralism" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 2
Niederjohn, Scott
"An Evaluation of The Wisconsin Health Plan" January 2007
"The Milwaukee Iron Curtain" WI Interest Fall 2006
"The Milwaukee Teacher Residency Requirement: Why It's Bad for Schools and Why It Won't Go Away" June 2006
"Have Wisconsin Policymakers Forgotten Their Economics?" WI Interest Fall 2005
"The $100 Million Question: Breaking the Health Insurance Monopoly" WI Interest Winter 2005
"Health Insurance for Wisconsin Public Schools: The Case for Competitive Bidding" January 2005
"Revenue Forecasting and the State Budget in Wisconsin" WI Interest Fall 2004
"State Revenue Forecasting in Wisconsin: A Critical Examination" May 2004
"Has the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Become Irrelevant?" WI Interest Winter 2004
"Are Wisconsin Public School Teachers Really Underpaid?" WI Interest Fall 2002
Norquist, John
"Milwaukee's Fight Against Crime" 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 1
"No More Tin Cups" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 1
O
Oakerson, Ronald "Local Taxes, Spending, and Public Accountability: How Wisconsin Compares." June 1990P
Parks, Roger
"Local Taxes, Spending, and Public Accountability: How Wisconsin Compares." June 1990
Peterson, Carl
"Critical Issues in the Regulation of Electric Utilities in Wisconsin" April 2006
Piehl, Anne Morrison
"Probation in Wisconsin." August 1992
Pigeon, Steven R.
"An Insider's View of the New Milwaukee" WI Interest Winter 2007
Polivka, Bryan
"Distance Learning: Education's New Oedipus" 1999 WI Interest Vol. 8 No. 1
Pontynen, Arthur
"Public Art and Public Values: The Blue Shirt" 2003 WI Interest Vol. 12 No. 2
Poole, Jr., Robert W.
"Should Milwaukee's Airport be Privatized? " WI Interest Fall 2006
"Rebuilding the Marquette Interchange via a Public-Private Partnership" December 2002
"Another Look at Tolling Wisconsin Interstates" 1998 WI Interest Vol. 7 No. 2
"Wisconsin's Sixty-Two Cents on the Federal Highway Dollar: A Transportation Funding System in Need of Major Repair" 1997 WI Interest Vol. 6 No. 2
"Private Tollways for Wisconsin" February 1996
"The Privitization of Milwaukee County's General Mitchell International Airport." July 1994
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Quade, Quentin "Smoke Screens" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 2
R
Reeves , Thomas
"Heretical Thoughts About Higher Education" 2004 WI Interest Vol. 13 No. 1
"Liberal Christianity's Confusion and Helplessness" 1996 WI Interest Vol. 5 No. 2
"Political Correctness and the Open Mind" 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 2
"Higher Education in a Tailspin" 1993 WI Interest Vol. 2 No. 2
"Character and the Presidency" 1992 WI Interest Vol. 1 No. 2
Rickman, Dan
"Casinos and Crime in Wisconsin: What's the Connection" November 1996
"The Social Costs of Gambling in Wisconsin" July 1996
"The Economic Impact of Native American Gaming in Wisconsin." April 1995
Riley, Antonio
"Sharing the Risk: A Memo to Fellow Legislators (But mostly Republicans)" 1994 WI Interest Vol. 3 No. 1
Roy, Rustum
"Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Wisconsin: Linkages Between Universities and Industry" November 1990
Rue, Richard
"Fiscal Accountability in Wisconsin's Public Elementary Schools." January 1989
S
Sanders, Welford
"Black Public Opinion in Milwaukee" 1995 WI Interest Vol. 4 No. 2
Sanera, Michael
"Teaching Environmental Education to Wisconsin Teachers: A Review of University Course Materials." November 1997
"Environmental Education in Wisconsin: What the Textbooks Teach." June 1996
"Political Manipulation of Wisconsin's Students: Environmental Education in Action" 2000 WI Interest Vol. 9 No. 1
"Evading the Issue of Biased Environmental Education in Wisconsin" 1998 WI Interest Vol. 7 No. 1
Schmidt, Robert
"Not Exactly 'A Fair Share; Revenue Sharing and Native American Casinos in Wisconsin." February 2002
Schneider, Christian
"The Benefits of Cable Competition in Wisconsin," March 2007
"The Truth Behind Wisconsin's Oil Company Tax: Why You'll Pay More at the Pump," W/George Lightbourn and Benjamin Artz, March 2007
"The Tail End of Conservatism," Wisconsin Interest, May 2007Schubert, Sunny
"Learning English in Wisconsin" WI Interest Winter 2006
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