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”
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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”
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”
Rothman Should Back Down on Gow
We here at YSDA will doggedly follow a vital story ’til the bitter end because this is our civic duty and our commitment to you, our readers. So, during this bitterly cold week when everyone has the post-holiday blahs, we are taking another polar plunge into the crucial Joe Gow story. When last we sawContinue reading “Rothman Should Back Down on Gow”
Vos’ Med Weed Bill is a Drag
It now appears that the Republican Assembly’s plan to allow heavily restricted access to medical marijuana is up against more than token opposition in the Senate. What’s surprising is that I think I might agree with the Republican senators. Here’s the deal. Speaker Robin Vos crafted a bill that he claims has the support ofContinue reading “Vos’ Med Weed Bill is a Drag”
The Iowa Blahs
Nothing to see here. Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses last night going away while spending little time or money in the state. Trump got just over 50% while Ron DeSantis finished with 21% and Nikki Haley got 19%. All pretty much what had been predicted. If there was any good news to come outContinue reading “The Iowa Blahs”
Watch for Phillips in New Hampshire
Americans don’t want to see a Biden-Trump rematch this next year. Both men are overwhelmingly unpopular. And yet it seems our system can’t help itself. Like some doomsday machine, it will keep firing long after everyone has given themselves up to utter despair. The vast majority of us want it to stop and yet itContinue reading “Watch for Phillips in New Hampshire”
Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos 