Tag: Marquette University
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 rules are causing an exodus of experienced faculty to head…
Scott Walker’s career in politics….in pictures
To say Republican Gov. Scott Walker is a career politician would be an understatement. In fact, Scott Walker’s career feeding at the taxpayers’ trough got started during his brief (and unsuccessful) undergraduate stint at Marquette University. During his time at Marquetee, Walker demonstrated a “me-first” attitude and propensity for engaging…
This is not what integrity looks like, Governor Walker
During Friday’s debate, Tom Barrett noted that Scott Walker is the only governor in the nation with a criminal defense fund. Barrett wanted to know who was paying for the criminal defense fund, among other things. But Walker dodged Barrett’s questions and instead insisted that he’s “had a high level…
On The Mendacity of the Polling; -or- Egg Counting for Conservatives [UPDATED]
When it rains, it pours… All over Tom Barrett. The most recent Marquette University Poll showing that Governor Walker has passed Tom Barrett in the race for Governor is all the rage among the Walkerbots on Twitter and the squawkers on the radio. But, like the Walker job numbers, if you scratch…
The Shark’s Comment Line is Open!
Zach recently posted the links to the 84 pages of emails that the republicans were desperate to keep from the public. While it is somewhat tame, with just a few gems sprinkled in (they admit to “wildly gerrymandering, they continue to go to convicted felon Scott “scooter” Jensen, etc…), one…
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