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I’m good with numbers. Why, just the other day Dianne had some reason to need to know how much 16 times 12 was. I answered before she could even find her calculator. It’s 192. It’s easy. Sixteen times ten is 160 and two times 16 is 32. Add them together and you get 192. See?Continue reading “Tax Reform: Simplify”

As a general rule, I’m no fan of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But on the other hand, the kind of programs that might be captured under that term are so diverse in themselves that I’ve thought it was a mistake for opponents of DEI to just condemn everything that might fall under that broadContinue reading “What the DEI Audit Tells Us”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than the late Bobby Jones, co-founder of the Augusta National golf course and Sacred Shrine: “I shall never forget my first visit to the property which is now Augusta National. The long lane of magnolias through which we approached was beautiful. The old manor house wasContinue reading “The Q&Q For 4/12/25”

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are playing to sell out crowds on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. God help us. And, speaking of God, at their first stop in Kenosha, the show included a transgender singer whose lyrics included the line, “Your God has a big, fat…” According to a press report: “In addition toContinue reading “Sanders is Wrong Again”

From time to time I feel the need to explain myself to my readers.  But first off, thank you for reading. I know I must be a great frustration to you. Just when you think I’m going to go left, I go right. Just when you think I’ve become a conservative, I go the otherContinue reading “Where I Stand”

The other day I needed a permit that allows me to harvest firewood in the Ottawa National Forest up here in the Upper Peninsula. So I drove over to the nearest Forest Service office and bought my permit. The two women working the office were very nice and very efficient. They were also very professionalContinue reading “The Cold Incompetence of Elon Musk”

One of my many complaints — probably my central complaint — about the Madison school district is its obsession with identity politics. For a decade or more the district has fallen all over itself to find and address “systemic racism”. Most notoriously, it enacted its discredited Behavior Education Plan, which weakened the control teachers haveContinue reading “What If It’s Not All About Race?”

As the world economy crashes because of the grudges and whims of one very dumb and very unstable man, it’s time to ask ourselves if we’ve invested too much power in the presidency. The answer is yes, we have. Here are four examples of how that is playing out in awful ways. The president apparentlyContinue reading “Curb Presidential Powers”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Jose Felipe Alvergue. Prof. Alvergue is the chair of the English Department at the UW Eau Claire. He’s on paid leave while the university sorts out what he did this week. He’s accused of flipping over a table staffed by College Young Republicans on behalfContinue reading “The Q&Q For 4/5/25”

With more information and a little time for reflection, here are some more thoughts about what Tuesday’s big win for Democrats — in that “nonpartisan” election —might mean. Was Schumer right? I was with those Democrats who were frustrated with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s decision not to fight Trump on his bill to keepContinue reading “More On the Election”