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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog questioning why Wisconsin has a sales tax exemption for data centers. At the time I thought maybe the state was forgoing as much as a $100 million in taxes. It turns out it’s much more. A recent Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis estimates that it’s more like $2Continue reading “The Data Center Tax Ripoff Conspiracy”

Alan Dershowitz needs attention. That’s why the Harvard law school professor and one-time liberal icon announced last week on the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal that he had forsaken the Democratic Party to become a registered Republican. Let’s leave aside the central question of why anybody cares anymore and pretend that we do.Continue reading “See Ya, Alan. I’m Still a Dem.”

Hardly a week goes by when the Madison school district doesn’t demonstrate its contempt for its own taxpayers. Shortly after those taxpayers voted to pony up a record $607 million in school spending increases, the district blew $100,000 on a new marketing campaign including a new MMSD logo — to add insult to injury thatContinue reading “Let MTI Protest on its Own Time”

Last week I posted a blog about the state teachers union’s early endorsement of Sen. Kelda Roys in the Democratic primary to be held in August. Roys responded to that post, which was, in part, critical of both her and WEAC. I hope readers will join me in appreciating the time she took to doContinue reading “Roys Responds to WEAC Post”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Jesus Christ. That’s right. This week, speaking with an AP reporter, an AI bot representing the Son of God was asked about His views on, well, AI bots. His thoughtful reply: “I see AI as a tool that can help people explore Scripture,” the AIContinue reading “The Q&Q For 4/25/26”

Getting admitted into the UW Madison is something of a crap shoot. The process is a secret as closely guarded as the nuclear codes. Let’s make it totally transparent. It appears that right now there are only two ways to have 100% assurance that you’ll get into the UW. By state law you have toContinue reading “Make UW Admissions Transparent”

On the fifty-something anniversary of Earth Day it’s time for the environmental movement to grow up. More accurately, it’s important to admit that we have grown up and grown into the establishment. Today, environmentalism isn’t some scrappy, radical movement. Environmentalists are no longer banging at the castle walls. They run the castle. The Environmental ProtectionContinue reading “Environmentalism Is The Establishment”

If Chris McIntosh’s entire tenure as UW Madison’s Athletic Director wasn’t disappointing enough, his exit was even worse. Not only did McIntosh jump a ship that he had steered onto the rocks, but he left for a newly created, cushy and insular job at the Big Ten: Deputy Commissioner of Strategy. Strategy for what? WillContinue reading “New Badger AD Has to Get It”

What on earth will my party do when we don’t have Donald Trump to kick around any more? Every day it looks like the Democrats will do better in November. It had already been a given that the Blues would take back the House, including Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District, and the Wisconsin State Senate. ButContinue reading “A Project 2028 For the Dems”

It was a fair bet that the quiet Wisconsin gubernatorial race would get a little louder after the spring elections. And sure enough this week the big teachers union, WEAC, surprised a lot of people by endorsing Madison’s State Senator Kelda Roys. That was surprising to me mostly for the timing of it and, toContinue reading “WEAC Weighs in Early”