Scott Walker
Columns by Scott Walker
Hope and respect are the keys to peace in Israel
Hope and respect will help bring peace throughout Israel. Tonette and I visited Israel this past week. I saw a glimpse of that hope while visiting a company called Alon Group in Samaria. There we spoke with owner Rafael Alon and his team. Of the hundreds of people that they employ at that factory, about half of the workforce is Jewish and the other half is Arab. Published June 6, 2019
Growing confidence in economy, labor market didn’t happen by accident, must be supported
Ben will start working at Northwestern Mutual this Monday. I met him this past Tuesday along with other graduates of and students at devCodeCamp. The program is a 12-week boot camp to learn the nuts and bolts of software engineering. Published May 30, 2019
Memorial Day is a time to honor those who are willing to sacrifice everything for their country
Gary Wetzel will be at Rolling Thunder this weekend in our nation's capital. Published May 23, 2019
Big-government union bosses revel in collective bargaining
As a local official years ago, I saw the negative impact of collective bargaining on our taxpayers and on our excellent employees. So, during my first year in office as governor of Wisconsin, we took the power away from the big-government special interests and put it firmly into the hands of the hard-working taxpayers. Our Act 10 reforms were both pro-taxpayer and pro-worker. Published May 16, 2019
Who wants to live in a country that can block free speech?
Could you imagine the federal government shutting down access to Twitter or Instagram? How would it feel being cut off from YouTube, Bing and Periscope? How about not being able to use the chat and messaging services on Google? Published May 9, 2019
America will never be a socialist country
Venezuela is a real-time example of the failure of socialism. Promises of prosperity frequently lead to poverty for the masses and all-too-often opens the door to brutal dictators. Published May 2, 2019
Why Trump must remind voters of the good things that are happening, what’s at sake
"Donald Trump won. We didn't need WikiLeaks. We had Wisconsin." -- Kellyanne Conway on ABC's "This Week" last Sunday. Published April 25, 2019
Finding an intimate connection to Jesus Christ through prayer
Thinking about Jesus crying out from the cross on the original Good Friday reminds me of a sermon on prayer I heard years ago. Published April 18, 2019
How Education Freedom Scholarships can supplement educational choices
Dina's son was struggling with his grades. He was being bullied by the other students. Not surprisingly, he didn't care much for school. Published April 11, 2019
What Democrats talk about isn’t ‘infanticide’
Our oldest son, Matthew, will turn 25 in June. Tonette and I still have his first baby picture. It was an ultrasound taken during pregnancy. Published April 4, 2019
‘Our kids are counting on us’
$67,000. That's the share of the federal debt inherited by every child born today in America. Published March 28, 2019
Why Democrats must go back to school on taxes
Try explaining marginal tax cuts to a room of 5th graders. Published March 21, 2019
