Well United airlines has really stepped in the dog doo this time. The world of social media has been on fire the past 24-hours after video surfaced of a doctor being beaten by airport security and dragged from a United flight because he refused to give up his seat on an overbooked flight. The incident…… MORE
The TV Time Machine
Do you know who may be the most powerful and shrewd people in the world of sports? The men who serve on the Masters Television Committee. Somehow, these guys convince TV networks to broadcast their event is a way that has become unprecedented in the world of sports and media. There is nothing left that looks,…… MORE
Who’s Next?
When the US battled fascism in World War II we had to take that fight to a lot of countries all around the world. Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Germany, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Burma, French Indochina, China, Japan and hundreds of small islands scattered throughout the South Pacific Ocean. Our…… MORE
It’s Never Enough
On Tuesday, voters in the Howard-Suamico School District rejected a referendum that would have given the school board an additional $4-MILLION a year over the state-mandated revenue cap FOREVER to cover recurring costs. As a graduate of Bay Port High School I kept an interested eye on those results this week. I have a couple of former classmates who…… MORE
Kicking the Cobblestoners to the Curb
I think it’s safe to say that the era of the “Cobblestoner” in Oshkosh is over. I can’t remember who exactly coined that term for those on the Common Council and the School Board that were opposed to increased spending every year. I know one of their opponents commented they would be happy if “we…… MORE
Where Have All the Problems Gone?
It’s another election day in Wisconsin–and you know what that means. Get ready to be inundated with stories of fraud at the polling places, disenfranchisement of the populace and deligitimization of the process. It’s time for another round of stories about the little old lady in a nursing home who doesn’t have a birth…… MORE
IBM Presents You Make The Call!!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to officiate a major sporting event? To be the one who decides rules violations–perhaps even influencing the outcome of the game? You might think that to do so would require years of working lower-level contests, passing multitudes of rules tests and being graded amongst the best…… MORE
Fear Factor
You know what is the most powerful political currency in our society today? Fear. Lines have been drawn regarding who is allowed to be fearful–and who is not. Fear is also used as a powerful hammer to “bring down” those perceived to hold power. I was reminded of this while reading the stories about…… MORE
Understanding What It’s About
When the Milwaukee Bucks fill out their Developmental League team roster here in Oshkosh this fall, one player that would be really cool to have is Wisconsin Badgers forward Nigel Hayes. I say that not just because I like Nigel–or that I think he likely wouldn’t stick with an NBA team–but it would be cool…… MORE
Where It All Began
Never one to miss an opportunity to be overly-dramatic, film maker Michael Moore took to Twitter yesterday after President Trump signed an executive order rolling back President Obama’s anti-energy corporation executive orders yesterday with this tweet: Historians in the near future will mark today, March 28, 2017, as the day the extinction of human life…… MORE
