Author Archives: dave cieslewicz

In support of last week’s Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act, I’m tempted to run the image below and just drop the mic. The red area above is Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District and the one that was struck down by the Court. It is the very definition of a gerrymander, which was aContinue reading “Voting Rights Ruling Could Help Dems”

Last week the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a fawning piece on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong. The big news in that glowing profile was that the paper had obtained a copy of a memo written by a consultant for presumptive Republican nominee Tom Tiffany. In that memo the consultants tell their client that Hong isContinue reading “Who Leaked the Hong Memo?”

The hard-left is demanding that we not work or spend money today. So, I’d work overtime if I had a job. As it is, I’m counting writing today’s blog as work, which it is unless you define work as gainful employment. And I’m going to spend my brains out. It won’t matter one way orContinue reading “Buy Stuff Today”

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog questioning why Wisconsin has a sales tax exemption for data centers. At the time I thought maybe the state was forgoing as much as a $100 million in taxes. It turns out it’s much more. A recent Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis estimates that it’s more like $2Continue reading “The Data Center Tax Ripoff Conspiracy”

Alan Dershowitz needs attention. That’s why the Harvard law school professor and one-time liberal icon announced last week on the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal that he had forsaken the Democratic Party to become a registered Republican. Let’s leave aside the central question of why anybody cares anymore and pretend that we do.Continue reading “See Ya, Alan. I’m Still a Dem.”

Hardly a week goes by when the Madison school district doesn’t demonstrate its contempt for its own taxpayers. Shortly after those taxpayers voted to pony up a record $607 million in school spending increases, the district blew $100,000 on a new marketing campaign including a new MMSD logo — to add insult to injury thatContinue reading “Let MTI Protest on its Own Time”

Last week I posted a blog about the state teachers union’s early endorsement of Sen. Kelda Roys in the Democratic primary to be held in August. Roys responded to that post, which was, in part, critical of both her and WEAC. I hope readers will join me in appreciating the time she took to doContinue reading “Roys Responds to WEAC Post”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Jesus Christ. That’s right. This week, speaking with an AP reporter, an AI bot representing the Son of God was asked about His views on, well, AI bots. His thoughtful reply: “I see AI as a tool that can help people explore Scripture,” the AIContinue reading “The Q&Q For 4/25/26”

Getting admitted into the UW Madison is something of a crap shoot. The process is a secret as closely guarded as the nuclear codes. Let’s make it totally transparent. It appears that right now there are only two ways to have 100% assurance that you’ll get into the UW. By state law you have toContinue reading “Make UW Admissions Transparent”

On the fifty-something anniversary of Earth Day it’s time for the environmental movement to grow up. More accurately, it’s important to admit that we have grown up and grown into the establishment. Today, environmentalism isn’t some scrappy, radical movement. Environmentalists are no longer banging at the castle walls. They run the castle. The Environmental ProtectionContinue reading “Environmentalism Is The Establishment”