A lot of terms were used to describe the man that opened fire on Republicans members of Congress at their baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday. “Bernie Sanders supporter”, “left wing extremist”, “disturbed”, and “troubled” were the most common used by those investigating the matter, those who were among the targets and those who…… READ MORE
Category Archives: Blogs
Less Than Compelling
Usually us curmudgeons like to go on and on about how sports, music and movies were better in “our day”. I think that you can add Congressional hearings to that list as well. That’s what I was thinking during both the James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions testimony the last couple of weeks. While…… READ MORE
Un-settling the Science
While James Comey was sucking up all the oxygen in the room, there was a pretty major science announcement last week. It turns out that the human species might be much older than we originally thought. Fossils found in Morocco place our earliest ancestors on the planet as far back as 350-thousand years ago. Until…… READ MORE
Open Week
Welcome to US Open week here in Wisconsin. Many of you will be venturing down to Erin (or Hartford or Richfield–I’ve seen all three used to describe the location of the course in stories) for practice rounds the next three days–or for the competitive rounds Thursday through Sunday (and possibly Monday–more on that later). Here…… READ MORE
What Are We Opposing Again?
There was a great article on The Federalist website last week about how the Trump administration has given birth to so many “movements” in Washington and throughout politics that it’s becoming impossible to figure out who is on what “team” anymore. For starters, you have the “Trumpers”–the 23-percent or so of Americans that got the…… READ MORE
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
My wife and I are going through all of the boxes in our basement in preparation for a rummage sale–and to just get rid of a bunch of stuff that we haven’t looked at in ages. We are nowhere near the kinds of messes you see on Hoarders but there are some things that are…… READ MORE
The Name Game
I know that we are all excited to hear what the name of the new Milwaukee Bucks G-League team in Oshkosh is going to be—but expect to be a bit disappointed. Those of you that worked so hard on alliterative names like the Oshkosh Osprey or the Oshkosh Otters—or those that tried to go Hip…… READ MORE
They Still Won’t Listen
Before they decided to stick with the same leadership that got them into the smallest minority in Legislative representation in 60-years and a loss in the race for President for the first time in 32-years, Wisconsin Democrats talked a lot about “listening to people” in the run up to their state convention over the weekend. …… READ MORE
If You Need an Accord, Buy a Honda
Remember a couple of years ago when members of the Oshkosh Common Council wanted to spend around 20-thousand dollars to have the new City Garage LEED certified? They thought it was sooooo important to have a certificate saying their new building was as “green” as possible. Fortunately, the majority of the Council rejected the waste…… READ MORE
Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
As a public service, I’d like to remind you that the NBA Playoffs are still going on. You probably needed that reminder since it has been a week since anybody has played a game. I guess the two teams involved in the Finals are to blame for that. Golden State swept San Antonio in the…… READ MORE
