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Democrats were whipsawed last week. First came the news from a New York Times poll that Donald Trump was beating Joe Biden in five of six key states. That was bad. Then on Tuesday night Democrats did even better than expected, easily winning the governor’s office again in Kentucky, securing both houses of the LegislatureContinue reading “Why I Still Worry About Joe”

Welcome to your Monday. How ’bout that UW volleyball team?! (Okay, so they dropped one to Penn State, but they’re still among the best teams in the nation.) Also, football was played this weekend, but only by Northwestern. Today we’re starting a new feature here at YSDA, the Monday Catch Up. We’ve got so manyContinue reading “Monday Catch Up”

This week’s quote comes to us from a Brewers fan who summed up nicely how most of us felt about losing the team’s longest-tenured and most successful manager to the hated Chicago Cubs. As quoted in the Wisconsin State Journal, Kay Kenealy of Waukesha, a Brewers partial season ticket holder since 2006, said: “You knowContinue reading “The Quote & Quiz for 11/10/23”

As I watched last night’s slimmed down Republican debate I couldn’t get one question out of my head: why am I watching this? Only five Republican primary candidates made the cut to appear in a debate that was essentially about which one of them would remain standing as the sole line of defense against anotherContinue reading “And Then There Will Be Three”

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”