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From childhood evictions and family struggles to Wisconsin’s highest office, David Crowley’s remarkable journey is a story of resilience, second chances and making history.

America, including Wisconsin, is in a new ballgame. Wisconsin will show how to move forward with humanity and speed to expand Medicaid with 90 percent federal funding.

For those moments when hope seemed out of reach, November 3rd was a reminder that sometimes, just sometimes, things happen right on time.

Budget-error gate fits a disturbing pattern.

If conservatives intend to compete, they need to show voters who will carry that argument before the nomination papers come due. Time is running out.

Last Tuesday, in addition to voting for a Democratic trifecta in Wisconsin government, voters chose to do away with programs supporting women-owned businesses and health-related equity efforts, as well as initiatives that address racial, ethnic and gendered disparities in public education, public contracting, public employment and the workforce.

Americans keep a republican form of government by maintaining the constitutional architecture that channels and limits power while cultivating the knowledge, habits, and vigilance required for self-government.

Whatever one’s political affiliation, these developments raise an important question: Is it time for Wisconsin to adopt statewide education standards that ensure students understand the history of communism and the dangers it has posed to freedom, democracy, and human dignity?

There is precedent for ending federal support for experiments on our best friends — we already did it for our closest relatives. In 2015, NIH ended its support for biomedical research on chimpanzees.

Stuart Levitan’s new book, “Madison — the Illustrated History, 1932-1979,” was well worth the wait.