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Here are four random things I believe. I’m against the death penalty, I’m for reproductive freedom, I’m for gun control and I support a higher minimum wage. Now, there’s nothing I can see — no unifying philosophical principle — that links those positions together. And yet, it’s fair to say that the average American wouldContinue reading “Making Sense of “Incoherence””

Wisconsin Democrats have the right idea. They just have the wrong plans.  Last week Legislative Democrats announced a series of more than a dozen initiatives designed to lower the cost of living for average Wisconsin families. Their ideas covered things as diverse as school lunches, the homestead tax credit, and a bunch of ideas aimedContinue reading “Cut the Gas Tax”

In my entire life until now, and for more than a century before I was born, there was a coherent left and right in this country. The right believed more thoroughly in free markets, smaller government, lower taxes and a more robust foreign policy. The left had more faith in a larger role for governmentContinue reading “Is Populism a Mirage?”

The other night we watched Conclave, a movie about the selection of a new Pope. The basic story line is that a liberal Pope, much like Francis, has died and there is a struggle between liberal and conservative Cardinals to replace him. My wife is a Lutheran. She found it entertaining. But I was raisedContinue reading “Why Are Liberal Catholics Still Catholic?”

Every year I get a few parking tickets. You think that’s a coincidence? I think not. One afternoon last summer I walked out to my car to find it gone. I thought maybe I’d forgotten where I had parked it. I finally located it a couple blocks away with a ticket on the windshield. TheContinue reading “Pardon Me”

First, let me say that Trump’s a wimp. I mean it’s 21 degrees in DC as I write this. It’s three below here. Moving the inauguration indoors is the act of a weak man. And what will the one billion Trump followers who planned to attend the most well-attended inauguration in history (period!) do? PartContinue reading “Confront Trump With Moderation”

This week’s quote comes to us from convicted felon and President-Reelect Donald J. Trump who said of his first day in office, this Monday: “Your head will spin when you see what’s going to happen.” A) Taken hard, low-paying jobs that nobody else wants. B) Paid taxes for services they can’t access. C) Provided workersContinue reading “The Q&Q For 1/18/25”

It’s only $4 billion. Let’s not act like it’s a lot of money. The biggest issue of the new legislative term is what to do with the state’s $4 billion surplus. I have a really boring suggestion.  Last year the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers couldn’t agree on what to do with theContinue reading “The Most Boring Way to Spend $4 Billion”

“Which one is the aberration, Biden or Trump?” said Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware. “Has the United States permanently moved in a populist and right-wing direction, and Biden was just a temporary interruption?” Coons isn’t sure yet. “I think it is an open question,” he said. It isContinue reading “An Answer in Two Years”