January 25, 2016 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Daily Reporter. The Legislature had a busy year in 2015, but that doesn’t mean they should head out the door early this year. There are still quite a few ideas that need to be discussed and bills that should be passed —[…]

January 5, 2016 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. Conservatives are fed up. I get it. The administration of the last seven years has done everything in its power to move our country away from the constitution. President Obama has taken it upon himself to implement the policies he[…]

November 24, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. I’m sure many of you saw the clip from Neil Cavuto’s show the other week where the leader of the Million Student March, Keely Mullen, said we need to tax the top 1 percent of earners more. At one point,[…]

October 16, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by the MacIver Institute. Anyone that owns a cabin or lives in the beautiful northwoods of Wisconsin knows that there is no place like it on earth. The densely-wooded forests are great for sportsmen during deer hunting season. The snowmobile trail system is amazing[…]

October 13, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. It was page 243 that really summed it up for me – the point that brings it all together. Of course, what am I talking about? I recently read a book that anyone in business, non-profits or any type of[…]

October 6, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. At a campaign stop in Florida a couple days ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton didn’t focus on her “mistake” of using a private email server to send classified information as Secretary of State or the fact that nearly two-thirds of the[…]

September 15, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. I wrote a column for this paper in the spring that said I would not hold my breath while waiting for much-needed comprehensive tax reform. And it was a good thing I didn’t, because my face would be awfully blue[…]

September 9, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Daily Signal. Watching the news these days, it may seem like a minimum wage job is the equivalent to a life sentence of poverty. But nothing could be further from the truth. A minimum wage job is not an end, but a[…]

September 3, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was orginially published by the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. Do Wisconsinites pay too much in taxes or should we be paying even more? The likely answer to this question for a vast number of us is that taxes should, of course, be lower. That wasn’t the tone taken[…]

August 20, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. It may be one of the best-kept secrets in the workforce. No matter where someone lives – in a right-to-work state or not – all workers have the freedom to leave their union and opt-out of paying at least a[…]