Donald Trump was probably one of the worst presidential candidates to ever seek the office.
Get caught up with latest cartoons from State Journal cartoonist Phil Hands.
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
Lewis Crane and Oscar Fox wonder how so many Americans could vote for Donald Trump in this week's Mendota Marsh.
The election is over, and while the outcome isn't the one I was hoping for, at least we don't have to watch any more of those awful election ads.
After a contentious presidential election, finding unity will be difficult. Donald Trump was reelected to the highest office in the land despite running a campaign filled with caustic rhetoric, boorish behavior and a dangerous agenda that offended nearly half the nation. How we come together…
Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th president of the United States. It seems that high inflation and chaos on the border during Joe Biden's presidency have made many Americans forget what a chaotic mess Trump was as our nation's 45th president. It's going to be a long four years with T…
Tuesday's election will decide whether America elects its first woman president or opts for four more years of chaos and erratic rule under Donald Trump. (Hopefully, it would just be four years — but with Trump, you never know).
Lewis Crane is dreading Tuesday's election while Oscar Fox suffers from tummy trouble in this week's Mendota Marsh.
We all have a responsibility to go out and vote. While I may personally hope more folks end up casting ballots for Kamala Harris than Donald Trump, turnout should be as high as possible, no matter the result. The most important thing is making sure your voice is heard.
Some voters are still undecided about who to vote for next week. You even hear people say that they have to pick between the lesser of two evils or that they don't trust either candidate.
The United States will elect a new president in less than two weeks, and the choices couldn't be more stark. America has the opportunity to elect its first female president, Kamala Harris, or its first felon president, Donald Trump.
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
Oscar Fox and Lewis Crane plan on passing out treats together in this week's Mendota Marsh.
Donald Trump was elected Tuesday on a promise to make our lives and the American economy better if not great.
At stake are leader of free world, hundreds of millions for Madison’s schools
The State Journal editorial board has endorsed Democrats and Republicans for president in modern history. Scroll down to see who the newspaper recommended to its readers over the last five decades -- and then some.
Dana Pellebon isn’t supposed to win the race for Dane County executive.
The rideshare industry works because it provides two crucial things: on-demand rides for customers, and flexible employment for drivers.
News of Donald Trump’s victory sent the rial, Iran’s currency, to an all-time low. The party may be over for the Iranian regime, which took in more than $40 billion in extra oil revenue during the Biden years owing to nonenforcement of U.S. sanctions. The rolling bribe bought America nothing…
Yes, Donald Trump took all seven battleground states and the electoral votes to go with them. This time he also won the popular vote, unlike in 2016. But let's put all that in perspective.
This letter to the editor ran in the State Journal on Nov. 12, 1974, a week after the Wisconsin Library Association held a convention at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva. Fourteen staff members from Madison area libraries refused to attend in protest, criticizing the Playboy Club's "sexist o…
As President-elect Donald Trump steers our nation toward autocracy, two things stand in his way: federalism (divided government: federal, state and city) and our institutions. We don’t have the power to adjust federalism (fortunately, nor does Trump). But we have the power to strengthen our …
The American people this election just insulted the Greatest Generation.
A letter to the editor in Sunday's paper was crowing that Donald Trump won the election with a mandate to correct what is wrong with America. Trump did indeed win the election, but the letter wrongly calls Trump’s victory a mandate.
Since the election, TV pundits, party leaders and columnists such as Froma Harrop in last Friday's State Journal and Dave Zweifel and Lynn Schmidt in Sunday's State Journal have been offering a wide variety of explanations and blame for Kamala Harris' surprising loss as well as Democratic st…