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April 23, 2025 Dear Mr. Speaker: The genius of or our system of government is that it doesn’t rely on the goodness of human nature. Quite the opposite. It assumes people will be self-serving. But sometimes the stars align and what’s in one party’s self-interests is also good for democracy in the long run. SuchContinue reading “My Letter to Robin Vos”

It’s Earth Day and a good time to revisit Line 5 and what that awful saga has to say about what’s become of the environmental movement — or maybe what it has always been. To remind readers, Line 5 is an oil and natural gas pipeline, owned by the Canadian company Enbridge. It runs 645Continue reading “How Environmentalists Have Gone Astray”

In liberal ideology there are no bad people. Well, yes, there are straight, white men who haven’t committed crimes. They are very bad. But even they aren’t bad because of anything they’ve done as individuals. They were just born oppressors. So, if you’re a liberal who accepts that dubious argument, you can’t see Trump followersContinue reading “Elite Resistance Won’t Do It”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Aaron Rodgers, who complained about his treatment by the New York Jets when they informed him that they were moving on to a new quarterback. Rodgers told Pat McAfee: “I figured that when I flew across the country on my dime, there would be aContinue reading “The Q&Q For 4/19/25”

I love my local public radio station in the Northwoods. WXPR, located in Rhinelander, is unique in public radio as it’s independent, not part of the Wisconsin Public Radio Network. For Madison readers, think of a mash up between WERN and WORT. XPR takes some of the NPR feed, including Morning Edition and All ThingsContinue reading “Save WXPR, Cut NPR”

A lot of liberals are beside themselves with glee now that Harvard is standing up to Donald Trump’s demands. Me, I’m sort of with Harvard. I guess. Better than the alternative. Probably. Trump threatened to hold up billions of dollars in Federal grants unless Harvard complied with a list of demands aimed at somehow curbingContinue reading “I’m With Harvard. Sort Of.”

Back in 2010 I didn’t get it. Rallies were popping up all over the place to protest the just-adopted Affordable Care Act. And it looked like the protesters were the very people who would benefit most from the new law. I couldn’t understand how so many people could be misreading a very good thing asContinue reading “Chaos is the Point”

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”