Please consider today’s My Two Cents as a public service announcement for parents considering taking their young children to theme or amusement parks: Don’t do it. Take it from someone who spent an entire day observing harried parents and out-of-control kids last week doing anything but enjoying themselves. The day usually starts with incredibly…… MORE
A Different Kind of Sanctuary
There has been much ado about so-called “sanctuary cities” in the US–where police and politicians assure illegal immigrants that no matter what they do, officials will not report them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. President Trump has threatened to pull their Federal funding and some conservative talk show hosts have called for those police chiefs…… MORE
Looks Like We Are Moving!
I know some of you won’t believe this, but Wisconsin is not the best state in which to live. US News & World Report ranks the Badger State only 15th in its latest list of “Best States to Live”. Massachusetts is number one–followed by New Hampshire and our neighbors, Minnesota. The magazine likes to tout…… MORE
Fly Me to the Moon
You have to give Elon Musk credit, he certainly likes to dream big. The owner of SpaceX announced yesterday that he plans to send two people on a flight to the moon–in less than 18 months from now. Musk says he has two passengers who are paying “a considerable sum of money” to take part…… MORE
Mother Nature Strikes Back
I like it when nature reminds us that man cannot control it. The massive ice shoves that piled up on the western and southern shores of Lake Winnebago over the weekend and threatened to engulf buildings were great reminders of that. We can put up breakwalls, piers and bridges–but just a little bit of ice plus…… MORE
Listen to Your Brain, Not Your Heart
As the Milwaukee Brewers get ready to play their first exhibition game of Spring Training down in Arizona today, the hot topic around camp is whether the team will trade outfielder Ryan Braun. Braun currently has a no-trade clause in his contract–which runs through 2021–which would allow the team to send him to a limited…… MORE
You Wanna Move It Along?
It took a couple of seasons, but Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is proving that he knows as little about what is good for his game as his predecessor Bud Selig did. This week, Manfred announced his agenda for “speeding up the game”. The “major change” that will get everyone out of the ballpark…… MORE
Farewell, Friend
As Bob Burnell mentioned in passing on Tuesday, we lost an old friend here at the Radio Ranch last week. Kevin Backstrom was an occasional fill-in here on WOSH and often worked the control board for our sports broadcasts on several stations. Kevin also taught communications at UW-Oshkosh, and we shared a frustration with…… MORE
This Democracy of Which You Speak….
One of the favorite chants of the protesters that have taken to the streets since the election of Donald Trump as President is “THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOK LIKES!” It’s been used by illegal immigrants and their supporters as they refuse to go to work or school for a day. It’s used by the idiots…… MORE
Let Justice Be Done
The removal of a sitting politician is certainly not a matter to be taken lightly. As the “recall mania” of 2011 and 2012 proved here in Wisconsin, residents don’t like having their political decisions overturned or challenged before the terms of the winners are concluded. But I still hope we do get a hearing before…… MORE
