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The Q&Q For 2/9/24

This week’s quote comes to us from Rep. Mike Gallagher, one of only three Republicans to defy his party and vote against the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In a piece in the Wall Street Journal, Gallagher wrote: “I disagree with my Republican colleagues who voted on Tuesday to impeach Mr. Mayorkas. ImpeachmentContinue reading “The Q&Q For 2/9/24”

Evers Should Approve His Own Maps

Democrats should accept ‘yes’ for an answer. In a development that would have been considered impossible a year ago — and would have been thought unlikely even a few weeks ago — legislative Republicans are now talking about approving Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative district maps just as he submitted them to the state Supreme Court.Continue reading “Evers Should Approve His Own Maps”

The Fall of the Hard-Left

The hard-left is in retreat. The evidence is everywhere. I started YSDA three years ago primarily to write things that I suspected other moderates and erstwhile liberal Democrats were thinking, but felt too intimidated to say out loud. Are we really now against a color blind society? Do we really think it’s okay to discriminateContinue reading “The Fall of the Hard-Left”

Trump Kills Immigration Deal

What’s best for the country is that we come up with policies that bring order to the chaos at our southern border. That would also be good for Pres. Joe Biden and Democrats who are just getting killed on this issue. That’s why I was so pleasantly surprised that Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell wasContinue reading “Trump Kills Immigration Deal”

The Catch Up: Groundhog Goes Rogue

Careful readers of YSDA may have noted that in last Friday’s Quote & Quiz we may have created the impression that we thought the Super Bowl was yesterday as opposed to when it is, which is next Sunday. A reader would have gotten that impression only because we thought the Super Bowl was scheduled forContinue reading “The Catch Up: Groundhog Goes Rogue”

The Q&Q For 2/2/24

For this Groundhog Day version of the Quote and Quiz we have an offering from former Republican presidential candidate, entrepreneur, author and real jerk Vivek Ramaswamy. For this Groundhog Day version of the Quote and Quiz we have an offering from former Republican presidential candidate, entrepreneur, author and real jerk Vivek Ramaswamy. For this GroundhogContinue reading “The Q&Q For 2/2/24”

MMSD Underperforms

If things go as planned the Madison school district will have a new superintendent named by the end of this month. From the limited information available it looks to me as if there’s one very good candidate, one really bad candidate and one candidate likely to be picked for all the wrong reasons. But IContinue reading “MMSD Underperforms”

Put Phillips on the Ballot

Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips should be on the April presidential primary ballot in Wisconsin. Phillips was denied ballot access by Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, who apparently has the power to decide all by himself who will be on the party’s side of the April ballot. A few weeks ago Wikler and Republican ChairContinue reading “Put Phillips on the Ballot”

A Quick Take on Candidates for Madison Schools Chief

The Madison School Board has selected three finalists from a pool of 60 candidates. Credit the board for attracting a fairly large candidate pool. According to this morning’s Wisconsin State Journal, and supplemented with some of my own quick online research, here’s what we know about the finalists. Yvonne Stokes served for only two yearsContinue reading “A Quick Take on Candidates for Madison Schools Chief”