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Hours after Hamas’ bloody and brutal attacks on Israeli civilians, after they killed young children and took hostages, only hours after the largest mass killing of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust, almost three dozen hard-left campus groups at Harvard issued a joint statement holding “the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.” AContinue reading “The Hard-Left and Israel”

The Wisconsin State Journal ran an excellent story on Sunday about the mess that is the Green Bay prison. The 125-year old building needs a new roof, there are cracks in the floors, rodents in the cells, inadequate space for medical care and programing and all on top of a staff vacancy rate nearing 50%Continue reading “Evers, GOP Wrong on Prisons”

I’m against racism. But I am most definitely not an “anti-racist.” As a matter of fact, I’m quite anti-anti-racism. I’ve held that view for a few years and I’ve written about it here and in other places with some frequency. But let’s face it, nobody much cares. YSDA is a lightly read site in theContinue reading “Finally Turning on “Anti-Racism””

This week’s quote comes to us, not surprisingly, from now former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who said this just moments after becoming former: “I don’t regret standing up for choosing governance over grievance.”  A) Traveling to Mar a lago to embrace Donald Trump soon after the January 6th Capitol riot that Trump inspired. B) LaunchingContinue reading “The Quote & Quiz for 10/6/23”

A few days ago a Waukesha circuit court judge ruled that parents have to give their permission before their kids can change their names or pronouns in school. Judge Michael Maxwell ruled in favor of the parents of a then 12-year old girl who wanted to be identified as a 12-year old boy. The KettleContinue reading “Parents and Pronouns”

Today we’ve got a heavy lift. We’re going to try to justify the existence of Kevin McCarthy. Yesterday the Democrats did what we advised them not to do. They sided with eight hard-right political terrorists to oust McCarthy as Speaker. (I don’t know. Sometimes I get the impression that Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic strategists don’tContinue reading “Requiem For Kevin”

It’s a close call, but on balance House Democrats are better off voting to keep Kevin McCarthy as Speaker than joining the hard-right Republicans to oust him. To be sure, McCarthy is no bargain. He has reneged on a spending deal, supported a goofy impeachment of Pres. Biden after he indicated he wouldn’t, attacked DemocratsContinue reading “The Devil We Know”

I’m not at all surprised. The executive search group chosen to help find the next Madison schools superintendent reflects the biases of our current school board. The very first statement you see in the About section of the website of Alma Advisory Group out of Chicago is that it is, “is a woman-of-color-led consulting servicesContinue reading “MMSD Consultant is Biased”

At this week’s second Republican debate, Nikki Haley had the line of the night when she told Vivek Ramaswamy: “Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber.” A) Lost five IQ points. B) Lost 10 IQ points. C) Lost 15 IQ points. D) Became unable to follow the instructions on a frozenContinue reading “The Quote & Quiz For 9/29/23”

When Jimmy Carter was recently wished a happy birthday in advance of the actual date, which is October 1st, he said: “I’m going to be 99. I’m not sure what’s so happy about that.” A) He took an A- on an AP calculus exam in the fifth grade. B) He was wrong about the correctContinue reading “The Quote & Quiz for 9/22/23”