WPRI Commentators
Charlie Sykes host a daily show on 620 WTMJ radio. The author of five books, including A Nation of Victims and Dumbing Down Our Kids, Charlie has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor and has written for publications such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Charlie also discusses the news on his weekly television show (Today's TMJ4 Sundays 10 am) writes a weekly column for CNI Newspapers and writes a blog (Sykes Writes ) about contemporary news issues.
Recent Sykes Commentaries
November 20, 2008 - A Natural Disaster? - A Double Tsunami A Tale of Two Agencies June 20, 2008 - Environmentalists Jump the Shark May 15, 2008 - This Could Have Been Wisconsin April 24, 2008 - Portrait of a Boondoggle January 28, 2008 - Who Is the Real Enemy Here? November 19, 2007 - A Quiet Defeat for Political Correctness October 12, 2007 - The Colorado-Wisconsin Tax Gap. And Why it Matters. August 8, 2007 - About those "Public" Airwaves July 20, 2007 - Journalistic Non-Diligence: Why Won't Reporters Ask the Questions? June 27, 2007 - Finally, a Dime's Worth of Difference May 25, 2007 - Milwaukee's Soft Bigotry April 5, 2007 - Hold the Obits Bait and Switch Doyle's Faustian Bargain Bring Bratton Here The New Class Warfare
George Lightbourn served as Secretary of Administration under two Wisconsin governors. Since joining the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute in 2002, he has authored several research papers and numerous public policy essays. Much of his writing concentrates on Wisconsin State government and the Wisconsin economy. (E-mail George)
Recent Lightbourn Commentaries
February 26, 2009 - I Know, I Know - If You Want a Friend, Get a Dog Stimulus and Politics 101 The Dodgy Thinking Behind the State Budget Bailout Caroline Kennedy: She's No Russ Feingold First Fix the State Budget Let's Keep Wisconsin Workers Working Don't Mistake the Medicine for the Disease Time for a Change: Not the One You Might Think A Very Sad Scandal September 17, 2008 - Fiscal Meltdown on Wall Street and Pinckney Street August 25, 2008 - A Letter to Biddy Martin August 11, 2008 - Questions For the People in the Brown Shoes July 28, 2008 - Where Are We Going? July 14, 2008 - A Good Day for a Bad Attitude July 1, 2008 - Epic Systems Should be WMC's Biggest Fan June 11, 2008 - Janesville's Second Line June 2, 2008 - It Really Isn't Lying - Exactly May 12, 2008 - Fixing the Budget: This is a Test April 28, 2008 - A Lesson On the American Dream April 14, 2008 - Where Have You Gone, Bob LaFollette? March 24, 2008 - A Valentine Note from Eliot Spitzer to Jim Doyle March 10, 2008 - Healthy Wisconsin: A Dog That Just Won't Hunt February 18, 2008 - By the People Or...To the People February 4, 2008 - The Presidential Primary: Of Warm Milk and Pillow Talk January 21, 2008 - Of Big Deficits and Short Memories: Welcome to the State Budget January 7, 2008 - The Straight Story, from Iowa to Wisconsin December 10, 2007 - For Once, Government Got it About Right November 12, 2007 - Tom Barrett: The Comfortable Mayor November 1, 2007 - A Firm Commitment to Mediocrity in the Madison Public Schools October 29, 2007 - The Truth About Choice in the Public Schools October 15, 2007 - The Spark That May Just Lead to Real Health Reform September 24, 2007 - Budget Gridlock: Is it Time to Lower Our Expectations? September 4, 2007 - Senate Democrats Discover the Problem With Health Care: It's Me August 20, 2007 - The Next Revolution in Health Care July 30, 2007 - The Governor's Gift July 2, 2007 - Keep Government Out of the Examining Room June 25, 2007 - A Message to Senator Erpenbach: STOP! May 10, 2007 - A Lesson from St. Louis (And it Has Nothing to Do With Baseball) April 24, 2007 - Mary Bell's Welcome to WEAC Team Doyle Inches Down the Road of Fiscal Responsibility Lessons From Walter Reed Ernie, the Change Agent The Predictable Editorial Drumbeat
Christian Schneider is a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. Schneider spent eight years working for the Wisconsin State Legislature. He holds a Master's degree from Marquette University and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Utah, both in political science. Schneider was the recipient of the 2005 Wisopinion.com "Blog of the Year" award. (E-mail Christian)
Recent Schneider Commentaries
You Paid for This: In Dire Economic Times, Wisconsin Lawmakers Spend Millions to Improve their Public Image
September 28, 2009 - Wisconsin's Own "Public Option"
August 17, 2009 - Governor Doyle's Successors: Who Got the Gravy?
July 30, 2009 - The Power of the Pen - and Why Property Taxes Might Not Be So Bad
June 29, 2009 - America's Newest Pastime - Blissful Ignorance
June 15, 2009 - McCallum's Last Laugh
June 1, 2009 - Government's Billion Dollar Word
May 4, 2009 - Cross Your Fingers and Hope For the Worst?
April 20, 2009 - The Power of "Hello"
April 6, 2009 - Governor on a Wire: Jim Doyle's Balancing Act
March 23, 2009 - Observing the Law of Rule
February 23, 2009 - An Apology From the Distant Past
February 9, 2009 - The Forgotten Cheesehead
January 12, 2009 - Spend Less Taxpayer Money, Get Healthier
December 16, 2008 - Felons for Thee, Not for Me
December 3, 2008 - Outsourcing State Government
November 13, 2008 - Democrats in Wisconsin: Not Going Anywhere?
October 23, 2008 - Having a Gay Time in Milwaukee
October 9, 2008 - Wisconsin's Bogus Invisible Hand
September 22, 2008 - The GAB's Slimy Underbelly
September 5, 2008 - The GOP's Trojan Horse
August 18, 2008 - The Fonzie Statue: Are Happy Days Here Again?
July 21, 2008 - Is Obama the Hero We "Need?"
July 8, 2008 - Standing Up For Your Right to Dry
June 26, 2008 - Handicapping the State Legislature
June 9, 2008 - How Jim Doyle Can Save Wisconsin's Republican Party
May 19, 2008 - Grand Old Patriarchy: Whither the Republican Women?
May 5, 2008 - Public Libraries: No Longer Just for the Literate
April 21, 2008 - The Good Ol' Days of Mudslinging
April 11, 2008 - The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board: Growing Like a Weed
March 27, 2008 - The Wisconsin Legislature's Putrid Present
March 13, 2008 - Hate George W? You Should Be a Conservative
March 6, 2008 - Electing Judges: Save Us From the Horrors of Democracy
January 10, 2008 - Leveling the Presidential Playing Field
December 20, 2007 - The Government Protection Racket
December 3, 2007 - Want to Pass a Bill? Get a Good Mascot
November 5, 2007 - When Government is Bad, it's Even Better
October 25, 2007 - Pledging Allegiance to Higher Taxes
September 17, 2007 - Business: Victims of Their Own Success?
September 6, 2007 - The Minimum Drinking Age: What Price Freedom?
August 27, 2007 - Fire Your Legislators
August 16, 2007 - You, Too, Can Be a Wisconsin Liberal
August 6, 2007 - The Government Crackdown on "Big Babysitting"
July 22, 2007 - Wisconsin Law Throws Michael Vick a Bone
July 10, 2007 - Where Rhetoric and Governance Diverge
June 21, 2007 - Lead Our Lawmakers Not Into Temptation
June 4, 2007 - The Battle for the Liberal Conscience
May 3, 2007 - Two Tickets to Club Fed
April 9, 2007 - Is Health Care the Democrats' TABOR?
March 26, 2007 - Dancing on a Volcano
March 8, 2007 - Poor Stewardship of Tax Money
February 26, 2007 - Not-So Compelling Tax Increases
February 5, 2007 - The Wisconsin Campaign Finance Mystery
Deborah Hawley Jordahl is a conservative strategist and consultant who has directed numerous state and local campaigns for a variety of political, non-profit and corporate organizations. In 1995 she was appointed to lead the Division of Administrative Services at the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, an Executive position directing policy, budget, payroll, personnel, purchasing and information technology. Jordahl frequently appears as a guest panelist on WTMJ’s Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes.
Recent Jordahl Commentaries
February 12, 2009 - No Manufacturers Needed Turning Green Into Gold Return Justice Abrahamson Which Deadly Sin Did Us In? July 10, 2008 - The Narcissist From Hope June 16, 2008 - Tim Russert: A Credit to His Profession May 1, 2008 - Wisconsin State Bar History is Repeating Itself March 31, 2008 - Supreme Court Plants Another Sloppy Wet Kiss on the Trial Bar February 21, 2008 - Rigging the Game Again January 24, 2008 - Virtual School Families Should Go to the Mattresses November 29, 2007 - If We Only Had a Train October 22, 2007 - Mike McCabe: MIA September 20, 2007 - Democrats' Political Calculations Don't Add Up August 30, 2007 - Thank You for Smoking August 2, 2007 - "Just Get it Done" June 14, 2007 - Wisconsin Regional Transit Authorities: Who's Driving Your Bus?
Ben Artz has been a research fellow at WPRI since July of 2006. After graduating from high school in Appleton in 1999, Ben studied Business-Economics at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee and graduated with a B.S. in 2003. He later went on to school at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and earned a Masters of Arts in Economics. Ben is currently working on his doctoral dissertation in economics at UW- Milwaukee and hopes to finish in the near future. (E-mail Ben)
Recent Artz Commentaries
February 12, 2009 - "Buy American" Will Bury America Milwaukee's Decline Into Regulatory Oblivion In Defense of the Free Market Higher Taxes are Inevitable May 29, 2008 - Graduation Rates: MPS vs. Choice April 7, 2008 - The Wisconsin Wind Turbine Controversy March 17, 2008 - Riding Out the Oil Bubble January 14, 2008 - Poverty and Inequality December 17, 2007 - Modern Day Robin Hood November 26, 2007 - Consumerism and the Weak Dollar October 18, 2007 - Does a Quality Teacher Determine a Quality Education? September 10, 2007 - One Opinion on Poverty and Health Care in Wisconsin May 17, 2007 - America's Newest Addiction: Corn April 18, 2007 - Moral Hazard in Wisconsin Universities March 22, 2007 - My Two Cents on Curbing Global Warming Teenagers and Cell Phones are not a Good Combination A Universal Healthcare Plan I Can Swallow... Is Wisconsin’s Brain Drain the Problem or Just a Symptom? Where's All the Talent?
Steven Pigeon is originally from Green Bay and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Business Economics. Steve also received a Masters Degree in Applied Economics from Marquette University and is currently a Market Research/Intelligence Analyst for a Fortune 500 company in Downtown Milwaukee. (E-mail Steven)
Recent Pigeon Commentaries
February 5, 2009 - Obama Moves from "Yes We Can" to "No End in Sight" Milwaukee: "Spreading it Around" Presidential Six Shooters May 8, 2008 - Unleashing Wisconsin's Frugality December 6, 2007 - Wisconsin's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats October 4, 2007 - Remembering the War August 23, 2007 - Republicans Should Follow Walker July 12, 2007 - Wisconsin's Government Role Should Be... April 27, 2007 - I Want My Cheap Cable TV March 5, 2007 -My First "Real" W-2 Teachers, the QEO and Market Forces Let the "Spirits" of the Marketplace Work
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