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Christian Schneider is a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. Schneider spent eight years working for the Wisconsin State Legislature. He holds a Master’s degree from Marquette University and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Utah, both in political science. Schneider was the recipient of the 2005 Wisopinion.com “Blog of the Year” award and is a frequent contributor the the Isthmus newspaper and to the “Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes” television program. (E-mail Christian) |
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 October 24, 2011 |
9-9-9 Hits the Heartland |
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| September 9, 2011 |
WI Magazine: The Revolution that Wasn’t: Filled with sound and fury, the recall elections signified nothing at all. |
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| September 9, 2011 |
WI Magazine: Tough Noogies:So what if Scott Walker didn’t campaign on curbing union power? |
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| April 1, 2011 |
What the Supreme Court Election Means for School Funding in Wisconsin |
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| March 23, 2011 |
WI Magazine: That Presidential Look: The 2012 GOP presidential crowd gets a makeover |
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| March 22, 2011 |
WI Magazine: Why He Did It: For good reason, the Capitol exploded when Gov. Walker struck at collective bargaining |
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| February 28, 2011 |
The Wisconsin Public Union Protest Dictionary |
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| February 14, 2011 |
Remembering Tomorrow’s Union Worker Protests, Today |
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| January 18, 2011 |
Memo to America: Wisconsin’s in Charge |
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| January 4, 2011 |
Getting the Government Off Welfare |
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| November 30, 2010 |
The Making of a Candidate: How Ron Johnson quietly became one of the political stories of 2010 |
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| November 30, 2010 |
WI Magazine: People Do Stupid Things: That’s why political movements should be anchored in ideas |
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| October 20, 2010 |
Why a Lame Duck Session Could be Good For Unions, but Bad for Taxpayers |
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| September 21, 2010 |
2010 – The Year America Chose… An Ideology |
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| August 3, 2010 |
Thinking Outside the Box: Ten Ways for Wisconsin Government to Raise More Revenue |
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| July 13, 2010 |
WI Magazine: Rebel Without a Pause: Our reporter spends 48 hectic hours with rising GOP star Paul Ryan. Just how far can his reform plans take him? |
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| July 13, 2010 |
WI Magazine: Consider the Humble Candidates: Who cares if they grew up eating dirt sandwiches? |
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| June 7, 2010 |
The 2010 WPRI Yearbook (Or, why WPRI roolz and your think tank droolz.) |
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| April 27, 2010 |
How Eric Davis Can Save America |
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| April 7, 2010 |
School Choice Deserves the Red Carpet Treatment |
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| March 30, 2010 |
Wisconsin: The Repeal Deal |
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| March 22, 2010 |
WI Magazine: Youthful Indiscretions: Our Politicians are Both Juvenile and Delinquent |
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| March 1, 2010 |
Why Congress is Wigging Out |
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| February 16, 2010 |
Are All “Special Interests” Created Equal? |
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| February 1, 2010 |
Revenge of the Nerd – Why Paul Ryan can be our Next President |
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| January 4, 2010 |
Rhetoric on Steroids: When Political Posturing Gets to be Too Much, We Should Look at Ourselves in the Mirror |
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| November 23, 2009 |
WI Magazine: Anatomy of a Failed Idea (with Mike Nichols) |
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| November 23, 2009 |
WI Magazine: “Mommy, What Does a Union Member Look Like?” |
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| November 9, 2009 |
You Paid for This: In Dire Economic Times, Wisconsin Lawmakers Spend Millions to Improve their Public Image |
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| September 28, 2009 |
Wisconsin’s Own “Public Option” |
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| August 17, 2009 |
Governor Doyle’s Successors: Who Got the Gravy? |
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| July 30, 2009 |
The Power of the Pen – and Why Property Taxes Might Not Be So Bad |
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| July 12, 2009 |
WI Magazine: Bring on the Stats Nerds: State government needs a good dose of sabermetrics |
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| June 29, 2009 |
America’s Newest Pastime – Blissful Ignorance |
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| June 15, 2009 |
McCallum’s Last Laugh |
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| June 1, 2009 |
Government’s Billion Dollar Word |
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| May 4, 2009 |
Cross Your Fingers and Hope For the Worst? |
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| April 20, 2009 |
The Power of “Hello” |
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| April 6, 2009 |
Governor on a Wire: Jim Doyle’s Balancing Act |
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| March 23, 2009 |
Observing the Law of Rule |
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| March 11, 2009 |
WI Magazine: Why Conservatives Like Me Are So… Negative |
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| February 23, 2009 |
An Apology From the Distant Past |
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| February 9, 2009 |
The Forgotten Cheesehead |
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| January 12, 2009 |
Spend Less Taxpayer Money, Get Healthier |
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| December 16, 2008 |
Felons for Thee, Not for Me |
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| December 3, 2008 |
Outsourcing State Government |
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| November 13, 2008 |
Democrats in Wisconsin: Not Going Anywhere? |
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| October 23, 2008 |
Having a Gay Time in Milwaukee |
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| October 9, 2008 |
Wisconsin’s Bogus Invisible Hand |
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| September 22, 2008 |
The GAB’s Slimy Underbelly |
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| September 5, 2008 |
The GOP’s Trojan Horse |
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| August 18, 2008 |
The Fonzie Statue: Are Happy Days Here Again? |
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| July 21, 2008 |
Is Obama the Hero We “Need?” |
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| July 8, 2008 |
Standing Up For Your Right to Dry |
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| June 26, 2008 |
Handicapping the State Legislature |
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| June 11, 2008 |
The Wisconsin Interest: Wisconsin’s Third Party Animals |
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| June 9, 2008 |
How Jim Doyle Can Save Wisconsin’s Republican Party |
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| May 19, 2008 |
Grand Old Patriarchy: Whither the Republican Women? |
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| May 5, 2008 |
Public Libraries: No Longer Just for the Literate |
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| April 21, 2008 |
The Good Ol’ Days of Mudslinging |
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| April 11, 2008 |
The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board: Growing Like a Weed |
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| March 27, 2008 |
The Wisconsin Legislature’s Putrid Present |
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| March 13, 2008 |
Hate George W? You Should Be a Conservative |
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| March 6, 2008 |
Electing Judges: Save Us From the Horrors of Democracy |
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| February 21, 2008 |
The Wisconsin Interest: Wisconsin’s “Subprime” Budget Planning |
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| January 10, 2008 |
Leveling the Presidential Playing Field |
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| December 20, 2007 |
The Government Protection Racket |
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| December 3, 2007 |
Want to Pass a Bill? Get a Good Mascot |
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| November 5, 2007 |
When Government is Bad, it’s Even Better |
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| October 25, 2007 |
Pledging Allegiance to Higher Taxes |
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| September 17, 2007 |
Business: Victims of Their Own Success? |
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| September 6, 2007 |
The Minimum Drinking Age: What Price Freedom? |
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| August 27, 2007 |
Fire Your Legislators |
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| August 16, 2007 |
You, Too, Can Be a Wisconsin Liberal |
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| August 6, 2007 |
The Government Crackdown on “Big Babysitting” |
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| July 22, 2007 |
Wisconsin Law Throws Michael Vick a Bone |
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| July 10, 2007 |
Where Rhetoric and Governance Diverge |
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| June 21, 2007 |
Lead Our Lawmakers Not Into Temptation |
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| June 4, 2007 |
The Battle for the Liberal Conscience |
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| May 3, 2007 |
Two Tickets to Club Fed |
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| April 9, 2007 |
Is Health Care the Democrats’ TABOR? |
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| March 26, 2007 |
Dancing on a Volcano |
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| March 22, 2007 |
The Wisconsin Interest: The Tail End of Conservatism |
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| March 8, 2007 |
Poor Stewardship of Tax Money |
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| February 26, 2007 |
Not-So Compelling Tax Increases |
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| February 5, 2007 |
The Wisconsin Campaign Finance Mystery |
