The Contrarian

George Mitchell is a former journalist and veteran observer of government who has held positions in federal, state, and county government and served as a consultant to various governmental and private sector groups.

• Parents May ‘Break Up’ MPS

  Feb 8th, 2022 by George Mitchell

  Majority of city students may eventually attend alternatives to traditional Milwaukee Public Schools.

• School Choice Key Issue in Governor Race

  Sep 1st, 2021 by George Mitchell

  Republican candidates will support universal vouchers. Evers calls that "morally wrong."

• Jill Underly Flunks School Choice 101

  Feb 22nd, 2021 by George Mitchell

  Candidate for state school superintendent is clueless about state requirements.

• Journal Sentinel School Choice Blackout

  Sep 7th, 2020 by George Mitchell

  Newspaper ignores new study with powerful results for voucher schools.

• Karofsky Wrong About State Supreme Court

  Mar 23rd, 2020 by George Mitchell

  Her campaign charges against the Supreme Court amount to slander.

• Still More Positive News on Voucher Schools

  Nov 20th, 2019 by George Mitchell

  Big jumps in test scores for School Choice students.

• Did DPI Break the Law?

  Nov 12th, 2019 by George Mitchell

  To make choice schools look bad, it manipulated state test data.

• Journal Sentinel Censors Voucher Test Scores?

  Sep 19th, 2019 by George Mitchell

  All the news about public school test scores, very little about voucher students.

• The Myth of Easy Prison Reform

  Jul 26th, 2019 by George Mitchell

  It’s caused by misinformation about “non-violent offenders” and “crimeless revocations.”

• Does Only Segregation Cause Murders?

  Jul 16th, 2019 by George Mitchell

  JS story suggests blacks in segregated neighborhoods have no way to stop violence.

• Kamala Is Dead Wrong on Busing

  Jul 8th, 2019 by George Mitchell

  And the Milwaukee busing plan was a dramatic example of this.

• The Dark Side of Justice Abrahamson

  Jul 1st, 2019 by George Mitchell

  A great legal scholar, but her style created bitter turmoil on the court.