Based on social media reaction yesterday, the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods should be preparing his Nobel Peace Prize after announcing the stores would no longer sell AR-15s. What I found most interesting to that public reaction is that the same people that celebrating Dick’s decision to not sell a legal product are the same…… MORE
The JV Tournament
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off today. Now before you get excited about Selection Sunday coming up this weekend, know that is not actually the case. For the first time since it was instituted, the Big Ten Tourney will not be held on the final weekend of the regular season. Instead, conference…… MORE
Liberals’ Toy Trains
I saw yesterday that the city of Washington, DC is replace their streetcar fleet. Transit officials say they are having a hard time getting parts anymore for the trains–as the company that made them is no longer in business–and the foreign company that can make those parts is always backlogged. The cost to replace those streetcars is…… MORE
WASB ON SCHOOL SAFETY
WISCONSIN SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN ALL BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STATE. SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BOB BUTLER SAYS DISTRICTS LEARN FROM EVERY CASE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE. THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IS REVIEWING THE PROPOSED MEASURES TO ARM TEACHERS AND HAS NOT TAKEN AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE MATTER YET.… MORE
Paying For Your Vacation
I expect to hear “I bet you are looking forward to your vacation next week” quite often over the next few days. My wife and I are heading out on our annual winter pilgrimage to much warmer weather, where she can sit on a beach or by a pool and I can play golf all…… MORE
Losing the TV Olympics
“It has been a disastrous Olympics for the United States” I actually heard that from more than one TV commentator this week as the US “languishes” in 4th place in the medal count at the Winter Games. What we have here is a situation where perception is trumping reality. Yes, we sent the…… MORE
He May Get It
I’m not going to give an endorsement in the selection process of the new Oshkosh School District Superintendent. But I do have to laud some of the comments I heard from interim Beloit Superintendent Darrell Williams during our conversation last night. First off, I give Williams credit for not being the usual academic in his…… MORE
No Way to Win (or Lose)
I will admit that I went to bed after the second period of last night’s Team USA-Czech Republic men’s Olympic Hockey game because 9:10 pm start times don’t go well with 2:45 am wake up calls for work. And it is a good thing I did, because if I had stayed up until the end of…… MORE
They Did That On Purpose
One of the great things about the Founding Fathers and the framers of the Constitution is that they made it very, very, very hard for the Government to take away our rights. Having paid a heavy price to secure our independence, they didn’t want it just given away by one judge, a slim legislative majority…… MORE
It’s All About Him
Remember all of the criticism of President Obama for “making everything about him”. People used to count the number of times he would use the word “I” in a speech. There were entire white papers written on how the President turned any events into a referendum on his leadership or into personal attacks on him…… MORE
