Earlier this week I commented on Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s total tone deafness related to his Department of Justice investigation into the shooting death of Sylville Smith at the hands of the Milwaukee Police Department. I am not the…
An Open Letter to British Petroleum
I am sorry for your loss…your gasoline station at Sherman Blvd and Burleigh in Milwaukee is apparently a total loss. But here’s what you should do next: I don’t know if the station operator was a lessee or franchisee…but whoever…
Governor Walker Appoints WHO to the WI Supreme Court?
Now the odds on my disliking a Supreme Court justice appointment by Governor Scott Walker is probably 100%. But could he have chosen a more unqualified candidate? Could it be any more blatantly partisan? He selects an almost unknown lawyer…
OP ED: Politician-made perfect storm could damage our kids’ schools
This is being reprinted with permission from Save Our Schools Wauwatosa. It originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and OnMilwaukee.com and was written by Mary Young. Most of you know how I feel about public schools and I think…
Tea Party Radio Squawker Goes Over The Edge
Jay Weber of WISN AM radio got just a little out there recently when taking about the prescription pain killer problem at the Tomah VA hospital and Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and the slow reaction by anyone to solve the…
When Will Paul Ryan Finally Get Tired of Walking Back Trump’s Insanity?
If my memory serves me, Rep. Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump on June 2, 2016. Since then he’s had to chastise Mr. Trump for his comments about a federal judge being biased against him because he is of Mexican heritage,…
How The Dems Have To Run Locally In Wisconsin
I have seen any number of suggestions around the internet about the state party platform for the Dems in the Fall 2016 local elections. Most of them focus on the big ideas that are the big ideologies of the party.…
When the GOP Thinks Tenure is Good and When Tenure is Bad
Along with the reduction in state funding for the University of Wisconsin System, the Walker administration and GOP legislature gutted faculty tenure. They had all kinda reasons why it was bad and holding back the university. Well the new tenure…
UWM’s Participation In the 2016 Presidential Campaign
With Wisconsin still in play before the April 5th primary election, both parties were very active around the state. And the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee played a pivotal role in the campaigns. The Democratic Debate visited campus on February…