Singing for the 1st

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to Nathaniel Macon One thing that is common place...

Spring 2011 Election Endorsements

The Spring 2011 sample Ballot is out and its time for my spring endorsements for the local election. 1. Wisconsin State Supreme...

Maybe I am divisive….

Showing a case of Sour Grapes, former appointed Cottage Grove Village President Mike Mikalsen, submitted a LTE to our local paper attacking me....

Republican Bully’s

H/T to Jay Bullock for catching this. Last week UW-Madison's own professor of history, geography and environmental studies penned this op-ed in the NY...

Cottage Grove/Monona Election results!

Thanks to the Herald-Independent! The new Mayor of Monona and President of Cottage Grove: Monona results: Bob Miller has defeated Council President...

A Quick Moment of Reality

Today republican party insider and David "Ike Turner" Prosser's best friend Brian Schimming was the host of the vile Vicki Mckenna Show. ...

Wisconsin State Journal – Getting It Wrong for 100 Years!

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Wisconsin State Journal published an editorial on March 9th, 1914 proclaiming "Send Pickles...

The Myth of Education “Reform”

My LTE made the Cap Times website, in a slightly edited version. Here is the full letter(with links): Now that school has resumed,...

Scott Walker was right….

Governor Scott Walker appears to have been correct when he said: "We're Broke and Can't Negotiate." Unfortunately the members of the legislature did...

Full Circle

One of my first posts on this site was in regards to a column written by Chris Rickert. In the column...

You Can’t Shame The Shameless!

In the midst of the whole "budget repair" bill fiasco and Governor Walkers re-igniting of the progressive movement in America, the republicans in wisconsin...

Teacher Pay

I wrote a LTE regarding teacher pay last year, and in Lieu of The community wide education meeting, I thought I would bring...