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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 and is a frequent contributor the the Isthmus newspaper and to the "Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes" television program. (E-mail Christian)
April 16, 2012 Book End: Imagine a World Without the Printed Page
   
October 24, 2011 9-9-9 Hits the Heartland
   
September 9, 2011 WI Magazine: The Revolution that Wasn't: Filled with sound and fury, the recall elections signified nothing at all.
   
September 9, 2011 WI Magazine: Tough Noogies:So what if Scott Walker didn't campaign on curbing union power?
   
April 1, 2011 What the Supreme Court Election Means for School Funding in Wisconsin
   
March 23, 2011 WI Magazine: That Presidential Look: The 2012 GOP presidential crowd gets a makeover
   
March 22, 2011 WI Magazine: Why He Did It: For good reason, the Capitol exploded when Gov. Walker struck at collective bargaining
   
February 28, 2011 The Wisconsin Public Union Protest Dictionary
   
February 14, 2011 Remembering Tomorrow's Union Worker Protests, Today
   
January 18, 2011 Memo to America: Wisconsin's in Charge
   
January 4, 2011 Getting the Government Off Welfare
   
November 30, 2010 The Making of a Candidate: How Ron Johnson quietly became one of the political stories of 2010
   
November 30, 2010 WI Magazine: People Do Stupid Things: That's why political movements should be anchored in ideas
   
October 20, 2010 Why a Lame Duck Session Could be Good For Unions, but Bad for Taxpayers
   
September 21, 2010 2010 - The Year America Chose... An Ideology
   
August 3, 2010 Thinking Outside the Box: Ten Ways for Wisconsin Government to Raise More Revenue
   
July 13, 2010 WI Magazine: Rebel Without a Pause: Our reporter spends 48 hectic hours with rising GOP star Paul Ryan. Just how far can his reform plans take him?
   
July 13, 2010 WI Magazine: Consider the Humble Candidates: Who cares if they grew up eating dirt sandwiches?
   
June 7, 2010 The 2010 WPRI Yearbook (Or, why WPRI roolz and your think tank droolz.)
   
April 27, 2010 How Eric Davis Can Save America
   
April 7, 2010 School Choice Deserves the Red Carpet Treatment
   
March 30, 2010 Wisconsin: The Repeal Deal
   
March 22, 2010 WI Magazine: Youthful Indiscretions: Our Politicians are Both Juvenile and Delinquent
   
March 1, 2010 Why Congress is Wigging Out
   
February 16, 2010 Are All "Special Interests" Created Equal?
   
February 1, 2010 Revenge of the Nerd - Why Paul Ryan can be our Next President
   
January 4, 2010 Rhetoric on Steroids: When Political Posturing Gets to be Too Much, We Should Look at Ourselves in the Mirror
   
November 23, 2009 WI Magazine: Anatomy of a Failed Idea (with Mike Nichols)
   
November 23, 2009 WI Magazine: "Mommy, What Does a Union Member Look Like?"
   
November 9, 2009 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
   
July 12, 2009 WI Magazine: Bring on the Stats Nerds: State government needs a good dose of sabermetrics
   
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
   
March 11, 2009 WI Magazine: Why Conservatives Like Me Are So... Negative
   
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 11, 2008 The Wisconsin Interest: Wisconsin's Third Party Animals
   
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
 
February 21, 2008 The Wisconsin Interest: Wisconsin's "Subprime" Budget Planning
   
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 22, 2007 The Wisconsin Interest: The Tail End of Conservatism
   
March 8, 2007 Poor Stewardship of Tax Money
   
February 26, 2007 Not-So Compelling Tax Increases
   
February 5, 2007 The Wisconsin Campaign Finance Mystery

 

 

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