Opinion

As a student in France, my medical coverage was completely covered through French Social Security. Later when visiting relatives in Australia, our toddler was treated cost free at a Sydney hospital.

I recently received a letter from Wisconsin GOP Chairman Paul Farrow asking for my financial support.

You might be from Wisconsin if you say “Watch for deer” while bidding farewell to your loved ones.

What is an old hippie to do? Nothing works the way it used to. I don't mean just my hips and knees; even more disturbing is the fact that none of the methods we once used to work for social change is effective any longer. Once upon a time, we marched and we wrote letters and we boycotted and we had sit-ins.

Wouldn’t it be nice to travel on well-maintained roadways and bridges? Imagine Wisconsin cities and counties having the monetary resources to provide needed services. Imagine school districts not having to ask citizens for money to fix deteriorating structures and/or pay educators a living wage.