Throwing long for the next vice president
David BlaskaAyahuasca is not just a town in Ohio! Our reading of the Constitution does not prohibit the vice president from having a day job. Which raises the intriguing prospect of…
We left the world behind for a week
It seems not to have missed us! We’re back from Rancho Mirage, one of nine cities in the Coachella Valley about 120 miles due east from Los Angeles. The streets…
Wish you were here
Playing golf in Rancho Mirage Visiting the Coachella Valley where, I find, there are 45 listed public golf courses and 45 private courses. Playing one of the latter, The Springs,…
His last State of the Union
Joe Biden does one last service We tend to forget that politicians are people, too. Well, some of them, anyway. (Blaska once held elective office, so you can draw your…
Did you notice?
Our brave new look? The Werkes did some remodeling at Stately Blaska Manor, home of the Policy Werkes. We’re using a WordPress theme called “Stewart.” Replaces the Twenty-Ten theme we…
Zero out the Police Civilian Oversight Board
It would be duplicative if it wasn’t so dysfunctional! And paranoid! The great thing about a bowl of corn flakes in the morning is it’s hard to screw up. You…
Biased news media is defeating Joe Biden
Climate change loses out to border security! Joe must go! Old-timers remember when the Wisconsin State Journal was Madison WI’s conservative paper. Sunday’s fish wrap kvetches (inexplicably two years into…
Erik Hovde takes a dip
And gets free news media hits! It’s a brilliant idea, even if John Nichols doesn’t like it. No, scratch that. It’s a brilliant idea BECAUSE Comrade John doesn’t like it!…
Should Miriam forget the inheritance?
Probate case reopens Beth Potter and Robin Carre murder saga The great coffee shop debate in greater Madison is this: Does Miriam Potter Carre want to go to a jury…
Try AOC in a small town!
Rural Wisconsin is NOT voting for The Squad, John Nichols! Whenever someone begins an argument by saying “there is no question,” be certain their proposition is more questionable than a…