Commentary

Why Boeing should select Wisconsin — and why it’s OK even if it doesn’t

State-to-state competition for big company moves is usually a high-cost, low-results endeavor....

10 worthy charities for the holiday season

This month I had the privilege of compiling the Employment Law Blog...

A Rotunda Christmas Carol, and the latest Walker job-creation fail

The Capitol rotunda, which has already seen more chaos this year than...

Holiday gifts for Wisconsin’s naughty and nice

A source close to the toy industry has once again leaked a...

Patent trolls: A menace to business?

The controversy over “patent trolls,” which has been simmering for years, has...

Stock-market bubble? Why we’re not there yet

According to Newton’s first law of motion, uniform motion describes an object...

A festive 7-pack of winter beers

Every year at Christmastime, my brother Karl, whose very name evokes an...

Women in biz: How to overcome (our own) gender bias

There are few overt barriers for women wanting to start businesses in...

How did I do on my predictions for 2013?

At the beginning of the year, I wrote a piece titled “Potential...

A short history of GOP backpedaling (now featuring Obamacare!)

The way Republicans talk about Social Security and Medicare sometimes, you’d think...