Once again Tommy Thompson is in the news — this time because he’ll be speaking at the tea party rally in Madison today. Once again Thompson has suggested that he might run for yet another office. When are people going to realize that Thompson is more addicted to the attention than public policy? He’s the [...]

For months we’ve all been hearing from Fox “News” about how a man and woman masquerading as a pimp and a prostitute went into the ACORN offices and got advice on how to start their prostitution business. It turns out it was all a lie.

In just 100 days, a new law will go into effect which prohibits smoking in public places. This includes bars and restaurants. Countries like Ireland have already enacted bans and they haven’t hurt business. But opponents here say it will hurt business for bars. What makes Wisconsin bars different than those in Ireland? Take an [...]

Many people look at the problems in the Milwaukee Public School district and they say that nothing short of divvying it up into several smaller districts would help it to improve. In the 2008-2009 District Report Card (the most current one available), 58% of students read at grade level in the WKCE testing and 47% [...]

Scott Walker announced that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will be headlining a fundraiser for him. If Walker was looking for someone who had his fiscal style he picked the wrong Guv. California’s Arnold Schwartzenegger would be a more appropriate match for Walker’s fiscal style. Schwartzenegger has borrowed heavily rather than raise taxes today. This [...]

It’s been about 35 years since George gave me that shovel. It was a great shovel. My neighbor at the the time was well into his 80′s. His health had started to fail him but I could tell he had always been an independent and hard-working kind of guy. He would fix things around his [...]