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By Keith R. SchmitzHere’s a disturbing aspect of the decline in news staffs.According to The New York Times as reported on the PoynterOnline site:Lawyers opposed to the death penalty have in the past...
View ArticleThe police non-emergency number needs hold music
by folkbumSo I learned while waiting to report that some sonuvabitch broke out a window in my car last night. I keep nothing of value in the car, of course, but man, that sort of thing sure ruins a...
View ArticleConceal and Carry on Two Wheels
Did you happen to notice that the still unnamed bicyclist who shot the two city of Milwaukee police officers was concealing and carrying? Kind of blows holes in the argument that if you carry a gun you...
View ArticleEven Lt. Gov. Lawton beats the pants off of Walker, Neumann
There is no serious indication that Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle is not running for re-election. There’s also not any serious indication that he is, for that matter; I think we have all just been...
View ArticleThat makes two choice provisions Doyle should veto
I am not a fan of the Milwuaukee Parental Choice Program, and if I could snap fingers and have it disappear tomorrow, I would. However, that doesn’t mean Democrats in the legislature need to be stupid:...
View ArticleWe Can Do It — Community Bands Together to Start up a Book Store
The disappearance in few months ago of the venerable Harry W. Schwartz bookstore tore a big hole in the fabric of community of life in the Milwaukee northshore. Around for 17 years, the store became a...
View ArticleThe dumbest comment on the McFly affair to date
And I’m proud to say it was made right here in the comments section of this very blog! Regular (and blogger in his own right) Dad29 came by last night to say, “Frankly the biggest story is ‘who sent...
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When I got home from my morning at Marquette yesterday, I mentioned that at lunch–the program I teach with offered us a working lunch as part of the teacher orientation day–the dining hall was full of...
View ArticleKudos to the Kohler
On Sunday the New York Times ran a glowing feature about the job that the John Michael Kohler Arts Center does up in Sheboygan. One New Jersey artist, Gregory Van Maanen, praised it with a little bit...
View ArticleMcIlheran Watch: Swastikas
Simple question: Who are you going to believe, McIlheran (conservatives would never use swastikas!) or your lying eyes?
View ArticleMaybe They Were Punked — Again
Looking for light for what for them are the darkest of places, the right has been chaffing over the notion that their Stalinization program in the GOP led to a loss of the 23rd district for the...
View ArticleThe Powerful Poor
One of the cherished myths of the sullen and resentful on the right is that programs such as the Community Reinvestment Act caused the housing crisis. Fed chair Ben Bernanke ain’t buying it.
View ArticleBut for the Grace of God
I am getting tired of reading the smug, callous and yes, brutish accusations against those who have found themselves in a fix — often a terrible fix — during this housing crisis. You know. Calling...
View ArticleAbstaining from Intelligence
What do you call people who have their kids follow abstinence only sex ed? Grandparents. More and more studies are finding that yet another conservative fairy tale fails to play well in the real world....
View ArticleOutrage Machine in 3 … 2 …
It seems that a major print publication has once again identified a Republican who holds non-partisan office, but who has done something stupid, by party affiliation. As the outrage machine likes to...
View ArticleWeasel Speak Hits Wall Street
Milwaukee County Executive wrote an editorial piece which was published in the Wall Street Journal. The editorial was nothing more than a revision to his campaign stump speech which he pretended was...
View ArticleHey GOP. They’re Just Not That Into You
In an updated version of Lord of the Flies, the CPAC convention this weekend in grasping for all the straws then can put in their mitts are agog over a 13 year old. The kid’s book outsold Sam the...
View ArticleFernandezistas: Hey, look over there!
The (blog) headlines are scary with two es: “Tony Evers’ Scandal?” reads one. “CRG files complaint in DPI race” reads another. The writers are near giddy with the idea that there’s a there there that...
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