Eileen Bruskewitz
Eileen Bruskewitz is a white haired, conservative white woman from a white district, a spunky politician whose yard signs are emblazoned with her first name. She’s running for County Executive. Let’s...
View ArticleThe Kloppenburg Referendum
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is an embarrassment. But the clouds began to clear away this morning. The sun is peeking through. Today JoAnne Kloppenburg won the seat of the court’s angry conservative,...
View ArticleThe Dignity of Work
Last night in Chicago we saw a moving performance of “Working,” the musical based on Studs Terkel’s 1974 book. One of the themes that emerges centers on the hope we all share that our children will do...
View ArticleProsser’s victory
I’ve experienced JoAnne Kloppenburg’s defeat three times. On Tuesday night I was following the AP county by county reporting, watching vote totals see-saw as each county closed and an AP reporter added...
View ArticleDriving that train
A day doesn’t go by without a misstep by Governor Scott Walker. Today’s revelations by the Government Accountability Board and the Milwaukee District Attorney that William Gardner, a huge Walker donor...
View ArticleWalker’s testimony before Issa’s committee embarrasses Wisconsin
Wisconsin recently saw the passage of a controversial funding bill that addresses the state’s $3.6 billion budget deficit. [On April 14, 2011], a House Committee called Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R)...
View ArticleAsparagus
Today is the opening day of the farmers market on the square and the day that ill-informed whiners have called “tax day.” Supposedly, if you had to pay all your taxes before you could keep any of your...
View ArticleJumbotron envy
Giant screens used for political speeches generally have an Orwellian quality. Not always, of course. Newt Gingrich? Orwellian. Steven Colbert? Not so much. Saturday in Madison the best seat for the...
View ArticleUrge JoAnne Kloppenburg to request a manual recount
JoAnne Kloppenburg lost the election for Supreme Court Justice by over 7,000 votes, less than half a percent of the total votes cast. This entitles her to a machine recount on the State’s dime. A...
View ArticleOlbermann on Osama and Obama
Here’s Keith Olbermann pounding out a piece on the death of Osama Bin Laden. Keith… good job man. Your hectoring tone and stentorian delivery were made for this.
View ArticleIf Aaron got hit by a truck
Here are Aaron Swartz’s instructions in case he was hit by a truck (dated 2002… hat tip to Sheila Lennon, Providence Journal) —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) Comment: key at...
View ArticleProsecutorial excess
If Aaron Swartz’ intended to become a martyr with his suicide, he may have been successful. I suspect he chose to die simply because he couldn’t face living, and that his martyrdom was unintentional....
View ArticleSusan Lindauer
Susan Lindauer, former CIA asset Whistleblower who revealed publicly that she was directed by CIA to tell Iraq in April 2001 the US was expecting Arab hijacked airliners to smash into the World Trade...
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