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One of the enduring themes here at YSDA is that everything in this world is not about race and gender. My biggest concern, among many, with the Madison school board is that they seem to believe just the opposite. Case in point is their comments when they awarded themselves a big pay increase the otherContinue reading “Madison School Board Rewards Itself For Failure”

As expected, Missy Hughes, Wisconsin’s economic development director, joined the growing Democratic primary field looking to succeed Gov. Tony Evers. I like her profile: 17 years as an executive at Organic Valley and then six years heading up Evers’ development department. I also like the lane she’s chosen, which suggests she leans moderate. “Right nowContinue reading “Missy Hughes, A Politician, Joins the Race”

I’m told I’m supposed to hate Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos. The most recent reason is that Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, spiked an editorial that would have endorsed Kamala Harris for president. In fact, there was a day last fall when I was supposed to boycott Amazon in protest. Liberals wereContinue reading “Why I Love Amazon, And What the Dems Can Learn From It”

Kamala Harris is under the impression that anybody still cares. In her account of the 2024 presidential contest she bites the hand that fed her while Biden still apparently believes that he could have won in 2024. But here’s the thing: Democrats — and everybody else — have moved on. Harris writes many dumb thingsContinue reading “Harris & Biden Are So 2024”

There’s the world you and I live in. Then there’s the universe occupied by Luke Fickell, Chris McIntosh and Jennifer Mnookin. That trio is enjoying a lazy cruise down the River D’Nile. Fickell has solidified the growing notion that he wasn’t the right guy to lead the Badger football program. McIntosh, the UW Athletic DirectorContinue reading “Snip the UW’s Golden Parachutes”

If you were to guess at the persona of the country’s longest serving legislator you might come up with someone like Bill Clinton. Gregarious, smooth, glib, manipulative and ruthless when he thought he needed to be.  It turns out that the man who holds the national record for legislative service, at 64 years, is Madison’sContinue reading “The 64-year Question”

Public broadcasting took a big hit with the loss of federal funds and in some states even their state support is shrinking. My own view is that NPR and PBS earned all this by dismissing well documented charges of liberal bias that went on for decades. But these stations are still left with substantial resourcesContinue reading “Public Broadcasting’s Real Challenge”

Let’s not mention Wisconsin or Green Bay football right now. There’s enough ugliness in this world. Instead let’s think about baseball. Yesterday the Milwaukee Brewers backed into their fourth NL Central Division title in five years. They backed in because they lost Sunday’s game, but so did the Cubs and so the Brewers captured theContinue reading “Add a Season Trophy”

Today marks the return of the not-so-popular Quote & Quiz. A regular Saturday feature here at YSDA, it’s lightly read by dozens. But we like it and if our readers don’t, well, that’s their problem. This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Tesla’s board chair, Robyn Denholm, who said: “The plan isContinue reading “The Q&Q For 9/20/25”

I stopped watching late night television when David Letterman retired. Two reasons for that. First, I loved Letterman. And second, I got old. I struggle to stay up past 9:30. So, I literally never saw Jimmy Kimmel’s show. For that matter, I never saw Stephen Colbert’s show either. Both have been essentially fired because theyContinue reading “Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech”