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Kites On Ice, Smiles From Madison’s Yesterday
I looked out at the huge expanse of open water on Lake Monona today and thought immediately of rich memories from two decades ago, when winter’s magic froze the water, and the sky was filled with colorful kites from around the world. (Before venturing further, I want to note Clean Lakes Alliance will have Kites Continue reading
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Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Gutted By Trump Administration, Cruelty On Steroids Takes Its Place!
On New Year’s Eve at a large gathering, I was heartened that someone felt at ease to open up and converse about a gender issue within their family, the type of story that too often makes headlines. Sitting across the table from that mom, while we ate homemade holiday cookies, I was struck that this Continue reading
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Senate Republicans Did What Is Right (Nation Needs More Congressional Stewardship)
In yet another example of ongoing excessive overreach by the Trump White House, as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell comes under attack, the need for pushback is so obvious that even Senate Republicans have drawn a line in the sand. Failing to modulate Donald Trump’s absurd political pressure against the central bank, elected members of the Continue reading
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Impounding Cars After Reckless Driving Arrest Is Smart, Needed Law
A friend sent me a link to the Milwaukee Journal story last week about the impact of a new state law allowing for cars to be towed away due to reckless driving. Written from the perspective of the City of Milwaukee, the story stated the following. Within the first two months of a new state Continue reading
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Charles Michelson: The Man Who Saw Hoover Clearly, Lesson For Trump Years
I want to write this column about a newspaperman who understood the times in which he lived and then worked to report on what it meant for the people. He also revolutionized political marketing as the first party official dedicated to media outreach. When reading 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin, which contains many memorable personalities, Continue reading
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Divorced Males And Donald Trump
Why do a significant portion of divorced white males support Donald Trump? Could we flippantly ask how they ever got married? This week on Facebook, a male who graduated from Tri-County Schools in Plainfield, Wisconsin (as I did) blamed the woman who was murdered in Minneapolis. I was simply aghast. I had known this person Continue reading
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President John Kennedy’s Values vs. Gross Spectacle Of Donald Trump
The repulsive feelings we have for what is happening to our nation, and our utter disgust with those who allowed this to happen in 2024, go without my needing to write it here. It also goes without my needing to write that Donald Trump’s supporters were likely never aware of President-elect John F. Kennedy’s City Continue reading
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Minneapolis ICE Shooting Is Moral Dividing Line
When we explained in 2024 to our family and friends why it was dangerously wrong to cast a ballot for an authoritarian candidate running for president, there was a range of feedback. Reasoned people grasped the larger issues on the ballot, such as character, the foundation, and values of our nation. Others openly rejected facts Continue reading
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Democrats Don’t Need New Message For 2026 — Use One Already Screaming At Us
Some Democrats are already tying themselves in knots searching for the perfect “message” for 2026. Should it be inflation and price pressures? Should it be the controversial military attacks on Venezuela and maritime trade? Should it be some new economic slogan or kitchen‑table issue framed in a way consultants can test‑market it in suburban focus Continue reading
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Donald Trump Fails To Understand ‘It’s The Economy, Stupid’
It is not unusual for a president to seek out foreign policy when the stubborn and often embarrassing issues at home make for unrelenting headlines. With the economy not producing lower grocery prices, or more optimism for people wishing to be new homeowners, or when new Jeffrey Epstein documents show a troubling linkage with a Continue reading
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