Category Archives: Uncategorized

This week’s quote comes to us from defrocked Congressman George Santos who said, “Look, they can boot me out of Congress but they can’t take away my good humor or my larger-than-life personality nor my good faith and the absolute pride I have for everything I’ve done.” A) Ripping off donors to a charity forContinue reading “The Q&Q For 12/8/23”

Had I visited Mauthausen, the Nazi concentration camp near Linz, Austria, a decade ago I would have thought it was a totally alien place. From another century. From another political system. From another culture. Out of somebody else’s history. As if plopped down on earth from some other world. But when I visited it withContinue reading “Could It Happen Here?”

It’s not this complicated. Just let the free market work to pay college athletes what they deserve. But nope. Instead of doing the obvious and simple thing, NCAA Commissioner Charlie Baker is proposing the Rube Goldberg Memorial Plan to Compensate College Players. It’s a complicated mess that is unnecessary, unfair, designed to short change theContinue reading “Another NCAA Scam”

An alarming spurt of reasonable opinions has broken out among the Legislature’s Republican leadership. I expect they’ll get over it soon enough, but let’s acknowledge it before it melts away. Just within the last day or so Senate Majority Devin LeMahieu has taken two positions that make sense. He has joined Speaker Robin Vos inContinue reading “Reason Breaks Out In Legislature”

A lot to catch up on this week. Let’s get started. If at first you don’t succeed, bid again. Dane County Exec Joe Parisi suggested last week that the county go out for new bids on its jail project, after only receiving one bid — that was $27 million over budget — in the previousContinue reading “Monday Catch Up: The Deer Win”

After a week away, welcome back to the Quote & Quiz. This week’s quote comes from none other than Cardinal Raymond Burke who said: “The sheep depend on the courage of the shepherds who must protect them from the poison of confusion, error and division.” A) His long running opposition to blasphemies like the designatedContinue reading “The Q&Q for 12/1/23”

I came back from 10 days abroad more liberal than I was when I left. Don’t worry. I’m rapidly being pushed back to the center. I think the main reason I found myself feeling more lefty is that my usual diet of liberal media was interrupted. No NPR. No PBS. Only a limited dose ofContinue reading “Save Me From NPR Liberals”

I have a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church. I was raised in an observant family and I had 12 years of Catholic schooling. But by the end of high school I was done with it. Someplace in there I decided that as soon as I was on my own I’d be out. Part ofContinue reading “The Church Of Burke Or Of Francis?”

No Monday Catch Up this week. I’ve been traveling and haven’t kept up with things as closely as I usually do. But here’s a piece that appeared in Isthmus last week. The only thing Paul Soglin hates more than being mayor of Madison is anybody else being mayor of Madison. I’m not sure who saidContinue reading “Madison Doesn’t Need To Be Rescued”

This is the first time I’ve spent Thanksgiving outside of the United States. It’s weird, but not as weird as you might think. For one thing, a lot of stores here in Vienna have “Black Week” signs and I don’t think it’s a show of solidarity with BLM. It’s an obvious reference to Black Friday,Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving From Vienna”