On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel approached the MacIver Institute via email with a request to write an OpEd column for Sunday’s newspaper. So, we publish this column (and a transcript of our exchange with the JS Editor) for two reasons. One, we put the time and effort into writing the piece, setting aside some other projects to fulfill the Journal Sentinel’s request–so we’d like to at least have this column see the light of day. Two, we’ll raise the question: Did the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spike this piece beause they cannot tolerate even the mildest form of criticism within the pages of their own paper? (Criticism, you will see, that was entirely justified.)  Read More Read the Column the Journal Sentinel Requested, Then Refused to Run