By State Representative, Leon D. Young It’s not unusual to have two candidates running against each more than once, but what’s most unusual, in this instance, is to have the rival candidates squaring off in a recall election, a mere 16 months after their last encounter. It’s now official: Tom Barrett and Scott Walker will [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young We now find ourselves in a very dark place and time politically in this country. The Citizens United decision has unleashed the hounds, which has exposed the seedier side of politics. Both Scott Walker and Mitt Romney intend to use this totally misguided Supreme Court ruling to their political [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young Next Tuesday, May 8th, is an important date for Democrats, Independents and all fair-minded people in Wisconsin. Voters will be afforded the opportunity to go to the tolls and cast their ballots in the primary recall election for governor. There are currently four Democrats running in the recall primary. [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young On the very day that Mitt Romney thought that he had finally turned the corner in vanquishing his last serious threat, Rick Santorum, in the primary, the ghost of Christmas past made an appearance. The apparition, in this instance, was none other than George W. Bush. Mr. Bush had [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young Thirty-two of the thirtythree developed nations have some form of universal health care, with the United States being the lone exception. All that changed last year on March 23, 2011, when President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law or so we thought. [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young There were a number of shocking revelations in the Trayvon Martin case last week, and none seem to bolster George Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. Moreover, these new developments now cast a serious cloud of complicity over the state attorney’s office and the Sanford Police Department. The first revelation that [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young With much ballyhoo and hoopla, Scott Walker recently signed legislation that expands access to a longterm assistance program known as Family Care. The bill in effect lifts the enrollment cap on the long-term care program for the elderly and disabled. On its face, this is a good thing and [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young It’s been nearly 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in (in a landmark case) on the contentious issue of Affirmative Action. True enough, in 2003, the Supreme Court reaffirmed an earlier decision that allowed race to remain a factor in admission standards. But, all of that is [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young This week, I feel that I have little choice and must descend into the murky waters of the culture war. The fallout from President Obama’s initial decision requiring Catholic-related institutions (schools, hospitals and universities) to provide contraception coverage to their employees has been well chronicled. The president, feeling the [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young From Russ Limbaugh to Karl Rove, and in most Conservative circles in between, Republicans now find themselves in a new defensive position – discrediting President Obama not because of the faltering economy, but rather casting political aspersions (and untruths), because the economic state affairs in the country is improving. [...]