by smw | Oct 30, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
This past week marked the dismantling of the last of America’s largest nuclear bombs, a 10,000-pound B53 that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.But while those Cold War behemoth bombs are now history, the warplanes...
by smw | Oct 27, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The U.S. potato industry has won round one of a hard-fought battle to keep spuds on school lunch menus. Last week, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved an amendment offered by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) prohibiting the use of USDA...
by smw | Oct 27, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
No good reason exists, none whatsoever, for Congress’ budgetary “supercommittee” to fail to identify at least $1.2 trillion in ten-year cuts without raising taxes. Wisconsin’s freshman Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson alone has recommended ways...
by smw | Oct 24, 2011 | Press Releases, Wisconsin Events
Oshkosh, Wisconsin – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) announced today that his staff would be available for mobile office hours at the dates and locations listed below. These office hours allow constituents to meet with the Senator’s staff to request assistance...
by smw | Oct 24, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Originally printed in the Washington Post, October 24th, 2011Our Founding Fathers recognized how the unchecked power of a majority would be a constant threat to individual liberty. They acknowledged that government was necessary, but they also knew that a government...
