The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute

Dead Idea Walking Poor strategy, muddled efforts, and strong opposition killed the Doyle-Barrett plan to overhaul Milwaukee's crisis-ridden schools		By Alan J. Borsuk

Fraud... Who Cares? The State's FoodShare program feeds 700,000 - and appears utterly unconcerned about cheaters.		By Mike Nichols

When "A" Stands for "Average" Students at the UW-Madison School of Education receive sky-high grades. How smart is that?		By Marc Eisen

Getting Ahead Eight steps to reinvigorate the ravaged Wisconsin economy after a decade of decline		By Thomas Hefty and John Torinus, Jr.

Stepping Up Marquette Law School Dean Joseph Kearney has the school taking a bigger role in Milwaukee's policy debates		By Sunny Schubert

The Closer	Youthful Indiscretions: Our Politicians Are Both Juvenile and Delinquent	By Christian Schneider

Culture Con	"Debts No Honest Man Could Pay:" Paul Ryan, unlike the president, acts like a grownup in facing the entitlement tsunami	By Richard Esenberg

Guest Opinion	A Parent's Education: The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative	By Warren Kozak

Dispatches	Winter Madness	By Charles J. Sykes

Editor's Note	The Takeover Takedown	Charles J. Sykes