Opinion

For questions about shared Opinion content, please contact Scott Milfred, National Opinion Editor at smilfred@madison.com.
To request an updated Opinion template with a new masthead, please contact Tammy Yttri, Presentation and Planning Manager, at tammy.yttri@nwi.com and James Royal, Custom Content Team Leader, at james.royal@lee.net.

SHARED CARTOONS

PREVIOUS PRO-CON PAGES

040326_PROCON OPINION PAGE

AI overload

The package, "AI overload," offers differing takes on whether the U.S. should adopt a national moratorium on constructing data centers.

040326_WEEKEND NATIONAL OPINION PAGE

EDITORIAL: Miami Herald: “Trump library is over the top, even for Miami,” about planned tower with golden statue, jumbo screens. (If you have a locally written staff editorial that you need to get in, you can run it in place of this national editorial – as long as your local editorial fits the available space of about 17 inches, not counting the hed and subhed.
CARTOON: Adam Zyglis draws social media chaining a teen to her phone.
MIDDLE COLUMN: E.J. Antoni of the Heritage Foundation: “How the White House can reduce prices at the pump.” (Feel free to replace this middle column with local content, such as a local column or letters to the editor. It’s about 26 inches of text, not counting the 2-deck hed, sig and tagline.)
BOTTOM COLUMN: John Crisp, writing for Tribune: “I have a car that drives itself; you should have one, too.”

040226_MIDWEEK NATIONAL OPINION PAGE

EDITORIAL: Two smaller editorials instead of one larger editorial.
Philadelphia Inquirer: “Hegseth's holy war rejected.”
Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Minimum wage hike falls flat.”
(If you want to replace these two national editorials with a locally written staff editorial, go ahead. Just make sure your local editorial fits the available space of about 16.5 inches, not counting the 3-deck hed and 2-deck subhed.)
CARTOON: Michael Ramirez draws America’s return to the moon.
MIDDLE COLUMN (with swap option): Mary Ellen Klas, writing for Bloomberg: “The crackdown on Dreamers diminishes American Dream.” (Feel free to replace this with local content, such as letters to the editor or a local column. It’s about 26 inches of space, not counting the two-deck hed, sig and tagline.)
BOTTOM COLUMN: Allison Schrager of Manhattan Institute, writing for Bloomberg: “$100,000 in Social Security benefits is too much.”

033126_EARLY NATIONAL OPINION PAGE

EDITORIAL: Dallas Morning News: “Public needs know about outbreak risk,” critical of scarce information from federal officials about the measles spreading in Texas. (If you have a locally written staff editorial that you need to get in, you can run it here instead of this national editorial -- as long as it fits the available space of about 16.5 inches, not counting the 3-deck hed and 2-deck subhed.)
CARTOON: Michael Ramirez draws the economy trying to bullfight an oncoming herd of trouble.
MIDDLE COLUMN: George Will of The Washington Post: “What gladiatorial politics will bury in the midterms.” (If you want to replace this with local content, such as a local column or letters to the editor, go ahead. It’s about 26 inches of text, not counting the sig, 2-deck hed and tagline.)
BOTTOM COLUMN: Froma Harrop: “Social media can be hard on teens, but is it addictive?”

Adding Local Content to Shared Editorial Pages

If you'd like to substitute local content (letters or columns) in place of the middle column of the page, please include a note in RPM as follows:

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Replace middle column with local letters to the editor: STORY SLUG HERE

040426_CARTOON OPINION PAGES

If you use one of the half-page versions, please indicate in your budget lines which half you want, either “The Week in Cartoons,” or the “Drawn-out Debate."

The week in cartoons: Cartoonists from the left, right and center take on airport security lines, No Kings rallies and AI data centers.

Drawn-out debate: Political cartoonists from across the country react to America’s war with Iran.

Shared cartoons

All Lee outlets may use in print and online the work of Lee’s political cartoonists:
Phil Hands of the Wisconsin State Journal and Adam Zyglis of the Buffalo News.

For print and digital, all cartoons will be available in your local domain. Copy the slug below and paste into your RPM notes for your designer.

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Pro Con from previous weeks

032726_PROCON OPINION PAGE

Superpower shake-up

The package, "Superpower shake-up," offers differing takes on whether the U.S. war against Iran is good or bad for our larger adversaries, China and Russia.

032026_PROCON OPINION PAGE

How to win in Iran

The package, "How to win
in Iran," offers differing takes on what victory means and how it might be achieved.

031326_PROCON OPINION PAGE

Miracle medication

The package, "AI goes to school," offers differing takes on artificial intelligence in education and how to handle the risks for young people more broadly.