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December 2025

2025: Year in Review
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The Legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. at UW-Madison
The conservative icon visited Madison on multiple occasions and the movement he built can still be seen on campus
 • Leah Irvin
Professor Discusses Buckley Legacy at UW-Madison
"Before Buckley, conservatism was a floundering ideology and force that was marginal compared to the liberalism of the New Deal," Downs said
 • Leah Irvin and Ben Rothove
Madison Federalist Managing Editor Testifies About Campus Free Speech
YAF and College Republicans president Courtney Graves spoke to members of Congress about free speech and intellectual diversity at UW-Madison
 • Aiden Wirth
How Conservatives Can Engage With Culture
Wednesday, February 4th: Hear from AEI Senior Fellow Christopher Scalia
 • The Madison Federalist
UW Students Turning Away from Gender and Ethnic Studies Degrees
By Mark Lisheron, Managing Editor of the Badger Institute
 • The Madison Federalist
9 in 10 Wisconsin Union 'Distinguished Lecture Series' Speakers are Progressive
The speaker series has an annual budget of $150,000 but hasn't hosted a conservative in nearly a decade
 • Ben Rothove
The Rumors Are True...
December Print Editions Available Today!
 • The Madison Federalist
Non-Profits Collect Millions from the State of Wisconsin to Run State Programs
Welfare-to-Work programs receive millions of dollars in funding every year, but offer little public data to track impact. The Wisconsin State…
 • Courtney Graves
Professors Discuss Intellectual Diversity at YAF Panel
Panelists argued that intellectual diversity is central to the mission of a university and essential to students’ development
 • Katelyn Ciarrachi
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