Author Archives: dave cieslewicz

The left and Democrats are wasting ungodly amounts of political capital on splitting semantic hairs over senseless controversies about things that only a tiny minority of Americans care about. The most recent case in point is the insane back and forth between Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and UC Berkeley Prof. Khiara Bridges overContinue reading “Dems Waste Capital on Semantics”

The answer to your question is yes, I am getting tired of defending Joe Manchin. And yet, I’m going to do it again. The last remaining conservative Democratic senator, Manchin is taking heat from his fellow Democrats once again for killing their fondest dreams. This time he took what wind was left out of theContinue reading “Defending Joe Manchin… Yet Again”

I just got done watching the statewide televised debate for the five leading Democratic candidates to take on Sen. Ron Johnson. Here’s my take. First off, the format was a problem. The mics didn’t work whenever a candidate or moderator didn’t speak directly into them. Somebody finally noticed this 40 minutes in and fixed it.Continue reading “Yellow Stripes Special: Our Take on the Dem Debate”

Occasionally (well, ok, it probably seems like every other week) I write about the need for big time college sports to pay its players what they deserve.  I write about it alot because the evidence just keeps piling up behind the idea that the current system is deeply unfair. Last week brought two fresh examples. Continue reading “UCLA, USC & $$$$”

In the crazy, mixed-up world of this Republican Party doing the right thing is cause for blistering criticism. That’s the lesson as gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch attacks her primary opponent Tim Michels. She’s going after him on three issues. She says that he has supported an increase in gas taxes, opposed so-called “right to workContinue reading “Kleefisch Charges Michels With Being Reasonable”

What was once an obscure, fringe — many thought eccentric — legal theory is now the prevailing jurisprudence of the land, adopted by at least five members of the Supreme Court. That theory is called “originalism” and the idea is that the Constitution should be interpreted just at its authors intended those words when theyContinue reading “The Folly of “Originalism””

A couple of weeks ago I went to visit my soon-to-be 93-year old mother at her apartment in an assisted living facility. We had a lovely brunch. On my way out I noticed her absentee ballot sitting on the kitchen table. I asked her if she wanted me to drop it in the mail. SheContinue reading “Is My Mom a Criminal?”

I would like liberals to have a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But I would also like those liberals to be fair-minded, to follow the law even when it leads them to conclusions that they don’t personally like, and most definitely to not be captured by hard-left fundamentalism. I’m not sure that the threeContinue reading “Liberal Jurists Shouldn’t Be Woke”

As the smoke starts clearing from a flurry of historic U.S. and Wisconsin supreme court decisions, one consistent theme is becoming pretty clear. These conservative courts are shifting power on a massive scale toward legislative bodies and away from courts and executives. The reversal of Roe puts the issue back before states or, when RepublicansContinue reading “Conservative Courts Empower Conservative Legislatures”

I’ve been flirting openly with the idea of voting for Mandela Barnes in the Democratic primary for Senate. (Much of my writing over the next month is likely to be about my angst over who to vote for in that contest.) Dan Bice isn’t helping with that decision. Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s political reporter/columnistContinue reading “Does Barnes Want to Win?”