Economics

We are creeping up on the anniversary involving a triumph of Goliath proportions. On Feb. 22, 1980, the men's U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated...

Somewhere in a storage box marked "Personal Stuff" sits a palm-sized leather book containing handwritten entries from a savings account closed...

We are living in a polarized time, where discrimination and racism, as well as other forms of hate, are rampant. Consider the economic effects...

The rocket ship with "2018" as its flight number has just about flamed out. It was ridden to its apex and now the chutes deployed. Splashdown...

Yemen is a small, very poor country that lies along the southwest border of Saudi Arabia. Income per person is about $600, making it comparable...

Before there was a Jordan, Kobe, Curry, or LeBron basketball shoe, there was the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star model. Make that the iconic...

I'm reading a book about a young Korean woman whose family immigrated to the U.S. I'll quote a few sentences from author Min Jin Lee. "The astonishing...

The U.S. unemployment rate was recently announced at 3.7 percent making it the lowest since 1969. A few may remember 1969. Most will not. Wisconsin's...

We can thank a former president and military general, Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, for the U.S. interstate highway system. Eisenhower was...

This column is specifically addressed to my dear Catholic sisters and brothers and all others who grapple with the issues of abortion, social...

Coaching has changed dramatically since the Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi football era in Green Bay. He was a tough-as-nails, no nonsense...

Let's consider the range of economists' opinions about trade. Oops — well, there isn't really a range of opinions, it's a single opinion....

In May 2014, Naval Admiral William H. (Bill) McRaven gave the commencement address at the University of Texas. McRaven brought an enviable pedigree...

In the St. Croix Valley, neighbor may be pitted against neighbor when the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings play football twice a year....

We've seen very kind and compassionate letters to this paper, along with biased and intolerant ones. We're talking here of the topic of immigration,...