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The Trump Administration is going after academia. I have mixed feelings. Trump is using the enormous leverage he has through Federal grants to force universities to comply with his demands. Actually, so far, his demands haven’t been unreasonable. He freed up $400 million in taxpayer money for Columbia when the school agreed to add threeContinue reading “No Free Lunch at the Campus Cafeteria”

It’s mercifully over. No more ads giving you nightmares about rapists and serial killers haunting your garage. So, what did we learn from last night’s results? Democrats were fired up and Republicans weren’t. Democrats and liberals were burning to shout NO! STOP! at Donald Trump. Trump voters showed once again that they show up onlyContinue reading “Sorting Through the Election”

It’s election day, people. I like to vote on election day. I like the ritual of it. And I like to keep my powder dry. You never know if something might happen to change my mind. Nothing has. I’m voting for Susan Crawford for Attorney General because, while she’s run an awful campaign loaded withContinue reading “Election Day”

Anybody else just sick of the ads in this Supreme Court race? Brad Schimel is corrupt! Susan Crawford is a radical! And Elon Musk will pay $100 for your vote with a chance to win up to a million! This campaign insults the intelligence of voters. The Supreme Court rarely decides a case involving violentContinue reading “Let’s Stop the Madness”

Some of my liberal friends have expressed their unhappiness over my endorsement of Brittany Kinser for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. So, let me expand on my reasons. When I was at the city of Madison and there was a managerial opening I always first thought about how that department was functioning. If things wereContinue reading “More on My Kinser Endorsement”

Last week, in a sensitive discussion of military strategy tossed around on Signal and inadvertently shared with a reporter, Trump’s National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, responded to the apparent success of a strike against Houthi rebels with this string of emojis:   Just one question this week. What would have been a more appropriate string?Continue reading “The Q&Q For 3/29/25”

I’ve received at least three postcards in recent weeks urging me to vote for Susan Crawford. These postcards are handwritten and personally addressed to me and signed with the first name of somebody I don’t know. The cards were postmarked in California. Other friends and relatives have received the same kinds of cards from placesContinue reading “Stop With the Stupid Cards Already”

The other day I made my spring election recommendations. Today, I’d like to take a shot at predicting the outcomes — who I think will win and who I want to win are not necessarily the same. Here’s my first observation: Please let it be over. The Supreme Court race has been every bit asContinue reading “Election Predictions”

Concealed carry (or, for that matter, open carry) is just plain nuts. Case in point, Dan Siegmann. He was a school board member in Dodge County when he visited the superintendent, carrying a loaded firearm. Guns aren’t allowed in school buildings. It was noticed, he got charged for it, resigned from the board and settledContinue reading “A Loaded Gun? Oh, Yeah, I Guess I Have One On Me.”

Here’s a head scratcher. In a community that strongly values education, the Madison public schools are performing abysmally. And yet, the voting public doesn’t seem to care. Longtime school board members go unchallenged and referendums pass by overwhelming margins. What’s going on? Here’s my theory. If your household values education your kid can get aContinue reading “Merit Returns to MMSD”