Commentary

Nothing stokes the fire quite like a labor dispute, but WTN columnist James Carlini did not have to labor much to generate a response to his recent column on the controversial H-1B program. In this follow up edition of Carlini's Comments, he shares some of...

If Kelly Fitzsimmons and Comic Wonder are any indication, the investment climate in Wisconsin is much more temperate than the winter of 2007-08, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. As the snow continues to pile up, Still says recent capital scores by Comic Wonder...

Is there anything wrong with a little business acumen in academia? Not according to columnist Tom Still, who cites several prominent examples of successful business-academia pairings, including former Madison area CEO Erroll Davis, Jr., who now runs the University System of Georgia. In this edition...

In sampling the differences between two biotech areas, Illinois and Maryland and their respective life science conferences, columnist Michael Rosen has come to a conclusion - when it comes to such conferences, the Midwest should think regionally, not state by state. With biotech stalwarts like...

An H-1B visa is given to temporarily fill a job, but what happens when that job is done? In this edition of Carlini's Comments, columnist James Carlini laments the impact of the H-1B program and wonders what the remaining presidential contenders would do to stop...

Tech-enabled telecommuting is a real option for working men and women, but columnist Melanie Holmes still wonders: Would she have the discipline to work from home? In this edition of Contemporary Working, Holmes opines on the lack of social interaction in telecommuting, the value of...

The workplace lessons of the hit show "Celebrity Apprentice" continue for columnist Melanie Holmes of the Milwaukee-based Manpower, Inc. In this edition of Contemporary Working, she boils down the technological jungle that is the modern workplace to a case of survival of the fittest and...

Not many people believed Wisconsin, even with its open primary system, would be a factor in the 2008 presidential race. Yet as the close race in the Democratic Party has given the Wisconsin result no small measure of relevance, Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still recalls...