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Some of the results of yesterday’s primary were predictable — but not necessarily by me. Let’s review. Referendums go down. The two state constitutional referendums (which were really one issue) went down to defeat by a healthy margin. I’m a little surprised, but I didn’t care much one way or the other. The amendments wereContinue reading “Primary Results”

A week from today the Madison City Council will vote to put a first-ever city referendum on the November ballot, asking voters to increase taxes beyond state limits. When it does that the Council could show good faith with Madisonians if it also moved to eliminate the senseless office of the Police Monitor. Here’s theContinue reading “Abolish Police Monitor”

Ok, so this one isn’t from Madison. I took this picture in Gleason, a little community between Rhinelander and Merrill on Highway 17. This is more odd than angle. I hadn’t planned to buy any meat, but since we didn’t even have to get out of the car… Odd Angles is a regular Sunday morningContinue reading “An Odd Angle”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who last week explained: “I pulled over and I picked up the bear cub and put him in the back of my van because I was going to skin the bear. It was [in] very good condition and I was goingContinue reading “The Q&Q For 8/10/24”

The latest Marquette poll is out and it’s a lesson in why we shouldn’t take polls too seriously until after Labor Day. The reason is that things are happening too fast. We need to settle in for a few weeks before any polling numbers mean much. The trouble with this latest poll is that itContinue reading “Don’t Trust the Polls — Yet”

The Republicans and conservative news outlets are, predictably, trying to paint Tim Walz as a socialist. Here’s the list of his sins as recounted in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal editorial: • Increasing taxes, though Minnesota already has the fifth-highest top income-tax rate among the states, 9.85% at $193,000 of earnings for a single filer. Mr.Continue reading “The “Sins” of Tim Walz”

Wesley Bell won last night. You might ask yourself three questions. Who is Wesley Bell? What did he win? Why should I care? I can answer all three. Bell is the district attorney of St. Louis County in Missouri. He was challenging a member of the hard-left “Squad” in the House of Representatives, Cori Bush.Continue reading “Dems Nudge to the Center”

The news broke just now that Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate. This is weird. It’s weird because nobody would have seen this coming a couple of weeks ago. Then Walz went on Morning Joe and, in the wake of J.D. Vance’s “cat ladies” comment, said, “these guysContinue reading “Harris Decides to Gopher Walz”

If you’re a center-left moderate in Dane County, well, you don’t have much to choose from in the Democratic primaries. All the candidates are pretty much the same, which is to say hard, not center, left. Election day is August 13th, but early voting is open now. The sprawling research staff and all the summerContinue reading “August Primary Recommendations”

The Lincoln statue in front of Bascom Hall on the UW Madison campus is often photographed, but not often at night. I took this shot as I walked home on a breezy warm summer evening from my Sheepshead game at the Memorial Union. I won 75 cents. Also, since Kamala Harris will announce her runningContinue reading “An Odd Angle”