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Last night was a good night for Democrats. Once again the elections in play turned on abortion. The New York Times reported that the victors included: “Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, who criticized his opponent’s defense of the state’s near-total ban; legislative candidates in Virginia who opposed the 15-week abortion ban proposed by the RepublicanContinue reading “Re-election Boosts Beshear”

The Cubs? The Cubs! The freaking Cubs?! I had reconciled myself to the Brewers’ most successful manager ever, Craig Counsell, leaving my team. But I thought he’d go to the Mets to rejoin General Manager David Stearns. Instead, it was announced yesterday that he’s going to manage at that worn old barn Wrigley Field nextContinue reading “Say It Ain’t So!”

Happy Monday. Turns out all the Packers needed was to move up padded drills to Wednesday from Thursday. Who knew? Maybe Luke Fickell should give that a try. Speaking of the UW, that’s today’s topic. Most universities — definitely including the UW — are overbuilt and uber left. Those things have combined to push higherContinue reading “The UW Needs to Change”

Sometimes it falls upon a leader to say the obvious thing, to express what everyone else is feeling. So it was with Packer coach Matt LaFleur on Monday after his team’s limp performance against the Vikings. LaFleur said: “That was obviously tough to watch.” A) Gosh, ya think, Matt? B) Amen, brother. C) Unprintable. D)Continue reading “The Quote & Quiz for 11/3/23”

Yesterday I wrote “tenant” when I meant “tenet.” An alert reader pointed out my mistake. I thanked him and fixed it. Last week I encouraged public school administrators and teachers unions to stop complaining about voucher programs and start competing for students. Readers pointed out that I had failed to factor in the anti-competitive natureContinue reading “The Moderation of a Good Editor”

Here at YSDA one of our editorial rules is that we never say, “I told you so.” So, today we’re not going to say “I told you so” to Democrats who refused to save Kevin McCarthy’s job as Speaker. During the three weeks of open Republican dysfunction (as opposed to their ongoing less public dysfunction)Continue reading “And You Thought McCarthy Was Bad”

On the surface it looks like a win for Democrats, so why are they rejecting it? A few weeks ago Assembly Speaker Robin Vos shocked everybody by suddenly endorsing something he’s fought for almost two decades. Vos introduced a bill that would adopt what is essentially the nonpartisan redistricting process that has been used inContinue reading “Fair Maps Rely On Fair People”

Welcome to Monday. I spent yesterday doing something I enjoy (splitting and stacking firewood) while doing something unpleasant (listening to the Packers-Vikings game). Speaking of Minnesota, in 1968 a little known pol from that state toppled a sitting president because of his showing in the New Hampshire primary. Could it happen again next year? Rep.Continue reading “Is Dean the Gene of 2024?”

This week’s quote goes to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy who, according to a story in the New York Times, Tweeted (sorry, Xed): “Seriously? We can’t let kids celebrate Halloween? Give me a break.” A) A decision by a New Jersey school district to ban the celebration of Halloween in its schools due to diversity,Continue reading “The Quote & Quiz for 10/27/23”

Part of me is relieved that House Republicans finally got their dysfunctional caucus functioning well enough to elect a new Speaker. The other part of me laments that it’s a radical conservative. Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was instrumental in working behind the scenes against certification of the free and fair 2020 election. In normalContinue reading “What Did GOP Moderates Get?”