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Odd Angles

Today we’re going to inaugurate a new Sunday feature here at YSDA. We’ll call it Odd Angles. As I take my frequent walks around Madison, it’s not the usual stuff — the Capitol or Bascom Hill — that I find most interesting. It’s stuff, usually in close up, that most people wouldn’t stop to appreciateContinue reading “Odd Angles”

The Q&Q For 6/22/24

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than New York City chef Joseph Yoon. According to an AP story, Yoon spent nine days in Illinois collecting, freezing and then bagging tens of thousands of cicadas. After getting back home, he served up tempura cicada to 400 people at a Syracuse University event. YoonContinue reading “The Q&Q For 6/22/24”

Reviewing the Ten Commandments

The great state of Louisiana has mandated that a copy of the Ten Commandments be placed in each public school classroom in the state. Like you, I’m concerned about what kinds of stuff our kids are reading these days, so I thought I’d brush up on the document. Here, with insightful YSDA commentary, are thoseContinue reading “Reviewing the Ten Commandments”

Biden and What Might Have Been

What if Joe Biden had been able to put his ego aside? What if he actually became what he promised to be — a transitional rather than transformational figure, a president who would restore normalcy and rebuild the guard rails destroyed by his predecessor? And most importantly, what if he had committed to serve onlyContinue reading “Biden and What Might Have Been”

A Bump Stock Silver Lining

I think the Supreme Court was wrong about bump stocks. But, if Donald Trump is reelected, we might have reason to celebrate their ruling anyway. Last week the SCOTUS conservative majority ruled against a Trump era policy banning bump stocks. They did not say that there was a Second Amendment right to these damn things.Continue reading “A Bump Stock Silver Lining”

More Madness in Madison Schools

A student at Madison’s La Follette High School comes to school with a handgun and two magazines of ammo in his backpack. When Madison police show up to arrest him, a security guard and other staff members harass the cops. In another incident at the school, a student (perhaps the same one — he hasn’tContinue reading “More Madness in Madison Schools”

Wisconsin’s Prison Mess

Tony Evers owns this. The governor has been in office five and a half years, so he can’t blame the mess at the Department of Corrections on the previous administration. And he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with blaming it on the Republican Legislature. This is about mismanagement at the top. Last month theContinue reading “Wisconsin’s Prison Mess”

The Q&Q For 6/15/24

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than George Shea, the host of Nathan’s Hot Dogs annual hot dog eating contest. Shea was commenting on the loss of charismatic champion Joey Chestnut from this year’s event. “It is like a gut punch,” Mr. Shea said. “To me this is a tradition; it isContinue reading “The Q&Q For 6/15/24”

Why Won’t Biden Quit on Student Loans?

I don’t get. I have never gotten it. Now I get it even less. I have never understood why it was “progressive” to cancel student loans. On average, a person with a four-year degree makes almost one and a half million dollars more over the course of a career than someone who didn’t pick upContinue reading “Why Won’t Biden Quit on Student Loans?”

Justices Say Nothing of Interest

I suppose Lauren Windsor got what she came for: attention. Other than that, she didn’t get much. Windsor is the liberal Democratic activist who attended a gala for the Supreme Court Historical Society, posed as a religious conservative and secretly taped Justices John Roberts and Samual Alito along with Alito’s wife. What they all saidContinue reading “Justices Say Nothing of Interest”