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How to Keep the Next AJ Storr: Contracts

It has been a tough month for Badgers men’s basketball fans. And the team isn’t even playing games right now. Last week Bucky buckets lost AJ Storr, its leading scorer and only genuine NBA-caliber player, to Kansas, and it lost its veteran point guard and team leader, Chucky Hepburn, to Louisville. And one-time top prospectContinue reading “How to Keep the Next AJ Storr: Contracts”

The Q&Q For 4/27/24

The Quote and Quiz has moved to Saturdays to give you more time to ponder your answers as well as the deeper meaning of the probing questions. This week’s quote comes to us from Eugene Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry, the man who launched Star Trek. “After a long journey, she’s home,” Mr. Roddenberry wrote on socialContinue reading “The Q&Q For 4/27/24”

The Spring of Reason

It’s springtime and it’s starting to feel like the American middle is having a rebirth. Let us review. Speaker Mike Johnson is turning out to be just what the doctor ordered. When the Freedom Caucus took down Kevin McCarthy I argued that Democrats should have saved him, not because I liked McCarthy but because itContinue reading “The Spring of Reason”

Do Protests Work?

I’m a free speech advocate. So, as campus protests over Gaza heat up, I sympathize with college administrators who have to balance the right to protest with the necessity of keeping their campuses safe and allowing normal campus life to continue. But, when push comes to shove (and there’s been way too much of bothContinue reading “Do Protests Work?”

Showtime Messes With Moscow

I loved “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles. I both read it and listened to it as read by Jim Flemming on Wisconsin Public Radio. So, I was excited when I learned that Showtime/Paramount had turned the novel into a short series. And, in fact, it’s pretty good. Ewan McGregor is a perfect fitContinue reading “Showtime Messes With Moscow”

Save the Planet, Support Line 5

It’s Earth Day, so let’s celebrate by hugging a pipeline. For those readers not familiar with the controversy, here’s a quick recap. Line 5 is a 70-year old oil pipeline stretching from Superior through northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and down to Detroit. (I’ve got a place in the U.P. and I probably getContinue reading “Save the Planet, Support Line 5”

The Q&Q For 4/19/24

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than our former President, the much indicted Donald J. Trump, who said: “I was PRAYING not sleeping!!!” A) At a prayer breakfast. B) At a Yankees games. C) In his golf cart on the 18th tee. D) During jury selection at his hush money trial. 2.Continue reading “The Q&Q For 4/19/24”

Reading the MU Poll Tea Leaves

There’s a new Marquette Law School poll just out and, like always, there’s lots of good stuff in there. Let’s check it out. Still a dead heat. The race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump remains, as expected, neck and neck. Trump has a two point lead which is the same as what he hadContinue reading “Reading the MU Poll Tea Leaves”

How to Fix NPR

Imagine what would have happened if a Muslim editor at NPR had accused the network of a pro-Israel bias. Imagine what would have happened if a transgender editor had accused it of being insensitive to transgender issues. Imagine how the network would have reacted if a female editor had charged that it was biased towardContinue reading “How to Fix NPR”

Biden And Black Voters

The warning signs for Joe Biden just keep piling up. Poll after poll for the last three years has shown Biden’s weakness in swing states and among groups that should back him strongly, including women and young people. Now comes a poll from the Wall Street Journal that shows him losing ground among Black votersContinue reading “Biden And Black Voters”