Forward Inc.

12/18/2022

Does everyone want to see who is a black supremacist?

03/25/2021

Citizen Cieslewicz:
‘It’s O.K. to reject critical race theory‘ (excerpted)
I still meet most of the liberal litmus tests. I’m pro-choice, pro-labor and pro-environment. … But I start to get off the liberal train at the identity politics station. … I find it both unconvincing and deeply offensive.

The basic idea is that the world is divided into “oppressors” and victims and that none of us control which group we fall into — that’s determined only by our race and gender. So, if you are a Black woman who went to Harvard Law you are a victim. If you are a white guy with a high school education who cleans her office, you are an oppressor.

Once we abandon the idea of individual responsibility, that undermines everything.

Individual actions (and with it personal responsibility) are devalued, if not eliminated. It doesn’t matter what you do, what you think, or what your intentions are. You are not an individual, but a member of a group. …

If all success in life is due only to “privilege” and all failure only to “oppression,” why even try? It’s a form of nihilism. Nothing matters. This undercuts the whole idea of personal initiative.

Once we get rid of the idea of basic fairness and actually endorse discrimination, when does it end? When do we decide that the balance has finally been struck, and who gets to decide?

03/17/2021

Message from a community member:

"Dane County Board has the extension of declaration of emergency for the county in front of them on tomorrow’s board meeting. Shall be extended to June 30, 2021.
This is about 2 people dictating how the federal funds and their donors are spent"

03/17/2021

Message from Paul Skidmore

"I have been invited to be a guest on Vicki's show today at 4p. The topic will be the Mayor's plan to continue MPD furloughs."

02/27/2021

The whole city has benefited from the new wealth (and tax base) created downtown in recent decades. But now the red lights are flashing for State Street.

02/08/2021

01/25/2021

D+ is unacceptable.

The American Society of Civil Engineers Wisconsin Section gave the state's road a D+ grade. Overall, the state's infrastructure received a C.

01/21/2021

The Madison Common Council voted down Edgewood High School's proposal to use lights at its sports complex during a meeting Tuesday night.

01/13/2021

Progressive Dane alders targeted for stance on police funding

12/27/2020

OUR VIEW: Remember his merriment and make it part of your own this holiday

12/22/2020

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