About the Author: Tim Rutten

  • Busting the unions

    By Published On: April 4, 2011

    The bloodiest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere essentially happened by mistake in the summer of 1863, when Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia -- maneuvering blind into southern Pennsylvania -- blundered into elements of George Meade's Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. Once engaged, neither commander could back away. In political terms, something similar seems to be happening in Wisconsin...