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What’s the Deal With NPR?

Give Uri Berliner credit for courage. The NPR veteran business editor wrote a long, scathing and accurate piece about what’s become of his employer. It appeared yesterday on the site The Free Press. NPR bigwigs wasted no time in dismissing it out of hand, as opposed to maybe looking within to see if some ofContinue reading “What’s the Deal With NPR?”

A Good Day For Moderation

Yesterday’s elections weren’t going to be earth-shattering, but the results were still encouraging. Let’s review. Biden out-polled Trump. While it was a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden and Donald Trump would win their primaries, Biden got about 20,000 more votes than Trump. In a state where the last two elections have come down to 20,000Continue reading “A Good Day For Moderation”

The Q&Q For 3/22/24

This week’s quote comes to us from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos who, when asked about those who organized an effort to obtain signatures to recall him, replied: “The people who did this? Whack jobs and morons.” A) 2,500 votes. B) 250 votes. C) 25 votes. D) Steen actually won, he won by a lot, butContinue reading “The Q&Q For 3/22/24”

Dems Continue to Lose Nonwhite Voters

Democrats are losing support among voters of color. Black, Hispanic and Asian voters are all trending away from them. But it’s not about race, it’s about class. College-educated voters of color are sticking with or increasing their support for Democrats. It’s blue collar voters that are moving rightward. As New York Times writer David LeonhardtContinue reading “Dems Continue to Lose Nonwhite Voters”

The Rural Retreat

The last thing higher education — or American society and politics — needs is a further retreat from rural and small town America. But that’s exactly what’s happening. Yesterday the UW announced that it was closing its two-year Waukesha campus. That brings to five the number of two-year institutions that the UW will be shutteringContinue reading “The Rural Retreat”

Biden, Hovde Take On Their Challenges

Joe Biden is too old. Eric Hovde is too California. Those are the attacks leveled against them by their opponents. In Biden’s case it’s true that he’s the oldest president ever and his problems with age aren’t just an attack coming from Republicans, but the perception of even 61% of Biden’s own 2020 voters. InContinue reading “Biden, Hovde Take On Their Challenges”

The Q&Q For 2/23/24

This week’s quote comes to us from Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard who said in a statement: “Republicans were not stuck between a rock and hard place. It was a matter of choosing to be stabbed, shot, poisoned or led to the guillotine. We chose to be stabbed, so we can live to fight anotherContinue reading “The Q&Q For 2/23/24”

Don’t Give Me a Tax Cut

My taxes are high enough, thank you very much. But that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have to pay my fair share. So, I think it’s a good thing that Gov. Tony Evers will almost surely veto a pandering proposal by legislative Republicans that would make me tax exempt just because I’m sort of old. AccordingContinue reading “Don’t Give Me a Tax Cut”

The Q&Q For 2/16/24

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Russian President Vladimir Putin, who when asked who he’d like to see win the November election said: “Biden, he’s more experienced, more predictable, he’s a politician of the old formation,”  A) To send out a fundraising email touting the apparent endorsement from “my good friendContinue reading “The Q&Q For 2/16/24”

Will the Border Work For Dems?

Americans want something done at the southern border. Democrats, to the outrage of their hard-left wing, are serious about doing something meaningful as are some Senate Republicans. But the Trumpy Party as a whole would rather exploit the issue than deal with it. Will voters notice? This week we got a clear picture — asContinue reading “Will the Border Work For Dems?”