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…… READ MORE
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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…… READ 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…… READ MORE
I’ve Concentrated Myself and I Can’t Win Elections!!
Today, the US Supreme Court will begin the process of deciding if voters can self-segregate. Oral arguments are scheduled in the lawsuit challenging the state’s redistricting in 2011. A dozen Democrats living in heavily-Republican areas claim they have been “disenfranchised” because they have to vote in a district almost guaranteed to go Republican. They want…… READ MORE
A Room With a View
If you needed one more reason to hate Millenials, you can apparently blame them for the likely sale of Lakeshore Golf Course to the Oshkosh Corporation. In an interview with us at WOSH Radio yesterday, Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation CEO Jason White said that Lakeshore is the only option in the city because the…… READ MORE
Broken Link
With all due respect to Aaron Rodgers, if I was at tonight’s Packers-Bears game I would pass on his request to link arms with the people next to me during the National Anthem–rather than place my hand over my heart. And unless you believe that police officers that shoot and kill young, black men should…… READ MORE
What Price Victory?
I know that I’ve said it here before, but I feel the need to say it again: I am perfectly fine with the Wisconsin Badgers never winning an NCAA Basketball Championship or a College Football Playoff title. I firmly believe that because I don’t want the school to lower itself to the level that so…… READ MORE
The Other Affected Americans
Nothing impresses me like the way we Americans rally around each other in times of crisis. The JJ Watt $37-million hurricane relief effort for the Houston area, the way all of the Wisconsin utilities sent crews down to Florida to help restore power after the hurricane there, ittle kids setting up lemonade stands to help…… READ MORE
The Man Who Came Out of the Tunnel
When his team was unable to come to an agreement on what it would do to protest the National Anthem before their game in Chicago Sunday, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin ordered his players to leave the field for the song and stand in the tunnel out of the sight of the crowd. But…… READ MORE
Well You’re a Doody Head!
I thought I had a pretty deep vocabulary, but I have to hand it to the person that writes the statements that allegedly come from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for pulling up a word to describe President Donald Trump that I had never heard of before: dotard. For those who also are unfamiliar…… READ MORE
