In the movie Gladiator there is a scene where Maximus dispatches a bunch of other slaves in a staged battle before a small crowd in some remote outpost of the Roman Empire. After there is little reaction from the fans, Maximus turns to them and yells: Every time there is a White…… MORE
Thank You, Global Climate Change!!
If I get a chance to play some golf on a local course this weekend–or the next week given what the forecast looks like for the next ten days–I will not feel the least bit guilty about it. I won’t feel bad for sturgeon spearers that can’t get out to their shanties or Battle on…… MORE
We’re Going to Wish This Was Fiction
Michael Crichton, James Patterson and Jeffrey Archer can step away from the keyboards for awhile–the next great political thriller featuring espionage, computer hacking, blackmail and maybe even a little sex will be written by reporters at the New York Times, the Washington Post and on Politico.com. And, unfortunately, it’s not going to be a work…… MORE
Bad Luck Bucks
In March of 1969 the Milwaukee Bucks experienced the greatest stroke of good luck in basketball history when they won a coin flip against the Phoenix Suns to secure the number one pick in the NBA Draft that year. The Bucks would select Lew Alcindor out of UCLA. Alcindor would change his name to Kareem…… MORE
Driving While Old
There are a couple of court cases making their way through the system this year that you may want to keep an eye on. They both involve criminal charges filed against elderly drivers accused of causing crashes that involved deaths and serious injuries. In a Marquette County case 90-year old Albert Sieg is charged in…… MORE
If You Build It, Use It
Now that the worst-kept secret in Oshkosh history is out–and that we will be the home of the Milwaukee Bucks D-League team–let’s get to work on using that new arena as much as possible. The primary tenants will obviously be the pro team–but that’s just a couple of hours a day from November through March. …… MORE
Would You Like Some Inclusiveness With Your Beer?
Super Bowl LI advertisers are being criticized for being “too political” this year. Some think that too many companies were trying to “make a statement” with ads that didn’t really sell their product–but instead were trying to “push an agenda”. Because the game was so good, I honestly don’t remember the content of many of…… MORE
A Change at the Top
For the last 30-years or so, I have maintained that Johnny Unitas is the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL. Unitas was revolutionary in the way the position was played. He retired with nearly every NFL passing record–many of which stood into the 1990’s and the 2000’s–despite playing in a run-heavy era where…… MORE
The Logical Next Step
A popular “protest position” making the rounds today is the “When they came for the Muslims, I said nothing. When they came for the gays I said nothing. Yada, yada, yada. When they came for me there was no one left to speak against it” The meaning behind it is that you have to speak…… MORE
Sicking it to Goodell
I shall be rooting for the New England Patriots on Sunday to win Super Bowl LI. It’s not because they beat my Pittsburgh Steelers and “I want the team that beat my team to win it all so I can mistakenly think that my team would have won too if they had made it”. It’s…… MORE
