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Will Robin Vos let pettiness mess up a good plan? Gov. Tony Evers has a serious plan to fix Wisconsin prisons. Unlike most of Evers’ budget proposals, which Republicans declared dead on arrival before the ink is dry, this one received a respectful reception.  At least at first. Speaker Robin Vos didn’t declare it DOAContinue reading “Will Vos Scuttle Prison Plan?”

I’m not much on the phrase “toxic masculinity.” Academics and activists and NPR throw around that phrase and it only serves to drive male voters even further right. But sometimes it applies. And if there’s anybody whose picture should appear next to that phrase it’s Donald Trump. There’s a whole macho culture thing that surroundsContinue reading “Toxic Trumpculinity”

Close readers of YSDA will note that we take a moderate view of transgender issues — as we strive to be moderate on most things with the possible exception of the convicted felon in the White House, who we believe should have been impeached and jailed yesterday. The view in these parts with regard toContinue reading “Who’s Next?”

I’m going to go on Amazon today and buy something. Anything. Maybe I’ll buy a package of plastic straws. I’m going to patronize Amazon (a company I love as much as Kwik Trip and Culver’s) specifically to defy the hard-left. Hard-left activists, steeped in cluelessness, are calling today a “black out.” It’s intended to beContinue reading “Buy Something From Amazon Today”

Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be the best thing that ever happened to government. And not in the way they intended. Trump and Musk are taking an ax to the Federal government without regard for the consequences. Reckless seems like a far too inadequate word. They started by firing probationary workers — without botheringContinue reading “The Pro-Government Backlash”

Through all of the madness, stupidity, corruption and meanness of the convicted felon Donald Trump’s first month back in office, there have been some bright spots, some examples of courage and decency. None of these examples comes from an elected Republican. These moral wimps in Congress have bent to Trump’s will, refusing to stand upContinue reading “21 Heroes”

In what sense is this guy a genius? Elon Musk formed a political action committee whose primary purpose is to intimidate Republican congressional representatives into being even more obsequious than they were already inclined to be. But along the way he’s throwing money into other key races here and there, including Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race.Continue reading “Musk Is Just An Idiot”

A lot of kids look forward to May when they can celebrate Inseminated Persons Day by giving their inseminated person flowers and making their inseminated person breakfast in bed. Or maybe they’ll even take their inseminated person out for brunch. When the Governor’s office is controlled by one party and the Legislature by the other,Continue reading “Celebrating Inseminated Persons Day”

If you ever wonder what people mean when they use the phrase “word salad”, here’s what they mean: “There is a predatory dynamic of coming into a district like ours and saying that you are going to resolve something as deep-rooted as racialized inequity through a school that pairs young people with professional opportunities,” MadisonContinue reading “The Predatory Dynamic in Madison Schools”

Primary voters missed a good chance to improve education in Wisconsin. On Tuesday they eliminated by far the best of three candidates to serve the next four years as state Superintendent of Public Instruction. That candidate was Sauk Prairie Superintendent of Schools Jeff Wright. Wright was endorsed by the Wisconsin School Administrators and the teachersContinue reading “Voters Didn’t Get It Wright”