Left wing laments the East Wing
David BlaskaWhich was (once) attached to the White House. The Dan Quayle Reading Room here at Stately Blaska Manor holds a most wonderful coffee table book, The White House; an illustrated…
The party of Defund the Police
and making excuses for crime. As Dane County goes, so goes the Democratic party of Wisconsin. Democrats in every one of the other 71 counties — even Milwaukee — live…
This county board is for them, not us
Progressives protect their own! When a county committee voted to strip the sheriff of 28 deputy positions, (first reported here) it wasn’t to alleviate a $31 million budget deficit. No,…
Who speaks for the hard-working taxpayer
in Madison-area local government? Sheriff Kalvin Barrett warns that he will not be able to run the new county jail, currently under construction, if the Dane County Board slashes 28…
Give it up, people!
GOP’s kooks in the crawlspace hurt the brand! They’re still at it! You’ll never guess who was responsible for the insurrection that attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Not the…
Hope struck out
Are we doomed to disappointment? Couldn’t bear to watch more than the top of the first inning. Brewers second baseman Brice Turang worked a walk against the improbable Shohei Ohtani.…
Brave voices are stirring
But courage is needed. It is only a small generalization to say that elected government in Madison and surrounding Dane County wallows in guilt, apologizes for success, cultivates grievance, and…
Defund the police is not dead
Just more clever! Like we were saying in the last thrilling episode, the first impulse of the ruling UniParty here in Dane County is to slash law enforcement. After years…
Is Madison ready to quit the crazy?
We hear things! Ran into Mike Verveer at Bob Keller’s funeral a week ago at Bethel Lutheran Church. Mike is by far Madison’s longest-serving alder — 30 years! We asked…
Prosecute your enemies
Pay nothing unless you win! If Donald Trump can bring peace to the Middle East maybe the strum und drang of this presidency will have been worth it. (Norway should…