Author: Julaine Appling

A concerned parent patron challenged a Wisconsin public library recently to offer, at a minimum, both sides of an issue. The patron found seventy-five books in the library pushing or …

2023 | Week of July 10 | Radio Transcript #1524 (This commentary is an updated version of a commentary that aired the week of January 16, 2023.) Poverty. It seems …

With AI, artificial intelligence, now nearly ubiquitous, many people are beginning to think more seriously about the morality, both the good and the bad, of this beyond-a-brave-new-world technology. A recent …

Earlier this week Governor Evers signed the state’s new two-year budget, along with fifty-one partial vetoes. One of those vetoes did away with the top two income breaks, which Republican …

Last week the US Supreme Court handed down a number of high-profile decisions, including one dealing with the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. On a six to three vote, …

Last Friday, the US Supreme Court handed down a 6 to 3 decision that gives Freedom of Speech a major victory. 303 Creative, a website design company owned by Lorie …

247 years ago, 56 men representing the 13 colonies put their lives, fortunes, and their sacred honor all on the line as they signed and made public the Declaration of …

2023 | Week of July 3 | Radio Transcript #1523 (Anna Morken, author. Anna is a Summer 2023 intern with Wisconsin Family Council.) It was June 1776. The American Revolution …

Last Thursday, the US Supreme Court, in a victory for religious freedom, broadened protections for religious workers in a case that involved a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service …

Gateways to Better Education has a wonderful free online resource available for families to use this summer. Their family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers: Family Devotions from the Words of …

In a recent national survey conducted by The Trafalgar Group,  1,000 likely voters were asked about corporations promoting Pride Month. 62% of Voters Say That After the Backlash Against Bud …

A recent Jeopardy clue caused quite a flap across the country. On a two hundred dollar question, not one of the three contestants knew the Lord’s Prayer well enough to …

Last week the state Assembly passed a bill that allows pharmacists to prescribe contraception. The bill was authored by and supported by the majority of Republicans and all the Democrats. …

2023 | Week of June 26 | Radio Transcript #1522 (Anna Morken, author. Anna is a Summer 2023 intern with Wisconsin Family Council.) This past Saturday, June 24, marked the …

Wisconsin U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has joined other Democrat Senators to reintroduce the Equality Act, which amends current civil rights laws to prohibit so-called discrimination on the basis of sexual …

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that  overturned Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers are encouraged by the recently released results of Gallup’s post-Dobbs Values and Beliefs Survey …

This past Tuesday, Governor Evers signed into law a bill that increases school choice funding. According to Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, this bill narrows the funding gap between …

Although late last week Wisconsin suffered a loss for the protection of children when the Dane County Board of Supervisors declared the county to be a sanctuary for those identifying …

Italy’s birthrate has dropped to one point two five. Replacement level in any society is two point one babies per woman of childbearing age. Giorgia Meloni, prime ministry of this …

2023 | Week of June 19 | Radio Transcript #1521 California is close to enacting a law that could result in parents involved in custody battles being liable for child …