As the City of Oshkosh moves closer to selling off Lakeshore Golf Course so the Oshkosh Corporation has a sleek, modern headquarters to lure “young talent”, let’s start planning some other changes to cater to our new millennial neighbors. Here are some of the things that other cities are doing to “attract and retain” the…… MORE
It’s All on Mike Now
It was certainly coincidental that the Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl hopes were likely dashed on the very field where the game is going to be played in February. The loss of Aaron Rodgers for at least the rest of the regular season puts the pressure on someone whom I think has been allowed to…… MORE
Spare Us the Indignation
Hollywood can spare us the indignation and “shock” over the Harvey Weinstein case. The same people that gave a tearful standing ovation to convicted child rapist Roman Polanski when he was awarded an Oscar (in absentia to avoid arrest and going to prison for drugging and sodomizing a 13-year old girl) in 2003 are now…… MORE
The Best Team Parents Can Buy
Now that we’ve had a day to poke fun at US soccer fans after their team’s miserable failure to qualify for the World Cup, let’s talk about the serious threat that led to the debacle: elitism in sports. More than one expert pointed out yesterday that Team USA was not a collection of the…… MORE
I Believe That We Don’t Care!
It looks like Americans won’t have to pretend to be interested in soccer for the next five years. With a shocking loss to Trinidad and Tobago last night, the US Men’s National Team fails to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. That means no lengthy on-line stories about how a deep run…… MORE
No Highlights, Just Challenges to Your Beliefs
The powers that be at ESPN find themselves at a crossroads. Are they going to be a sports network, or are they going to be “agents of social change”? The network suspended SportCenter host Jamele Hill for two weeks after she tweeted about boycotting Dallas Cowboys’ sponsors and not buying their gear anymore because owner…… MORE
Maybe You Should Watch the Livestream at Home
So it had to come to this. In Neenah this weekend, parents at youth soccer games were banned from yelling anything from the sidelines. No “RUN! RUN! RUN!” to kids that may have forgotten how to move about on the field. No “SHOOT! SHOOT! SHOOT!” directed at players who may not know how to score. …… MORE
When Liberalism and Reality Collide….Again
I find a certain degree of irony in the fight to preserve the Appleton Coated paper mill in Combined Locks. Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson–a perpetual Democratic candidate for several other elected positions–is actively trying to find a buyer to continue to operate a plant that can’t make any money because of a movement that…… MORE
An Alternative History of Gun Control in America
As a student of history, it’s sometimes fun to read “alternative histories”–where theories about how different life would be today if say the Confederacy had won the Civil War, or if Germany had never declared war on the US right after Pearl Harbor. Today, I will present to you the Alternative History of Gun Control…… MORE
Quid Pro Quo
One of the things that has surprised me so far in the debate over selling Lakeshore Golf Course to the Oshkosh Corporation for their new headquarters is that no one at City Hall or on the Common Council has said “Oshkosh doesn’t need to be in the golf course business”. I don’t know if that…… MORE
