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America elects a President this Monday
The people have spoken. Now the College of Electors will decide. Wisconsin’s 10 presidential electors meet at high noon today, Monday 12-19-16, in the State Capitol to perform their quadrennial duty: the election of a president of the UnitedStates. Donald Trump surprised everyone by winning Wisconsin and a majority of states for a decisive 306 to 232…
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For Christmas from the merry elves on County Board: Dane County will be a ‘Safe Space’
To be certain, a very cold place. But at least Dane County will be a safe place. Safe from intolerance, hatred, and discrimination. Safe for all, including refugees, strangers, outcasts and (one presumes) strange outcasts. Some of whom, judging by Resolution #448, serve on the Dane County Board. The Dane County Board affirms our deep and…
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‘The problem of whiteness’
Have we said that identity politics is poisoning America? That is blames police for defending themselves against injury? That it faults police for detaining lawbreakers? It starts in our schools. Ground Zero are elite universities like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which fuels our teacher corps and populates our newsrooms. Welcome to “Critical Whiteness Studies.” It is…
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The Left petitions UW-Madison to end free speech on campus
Students at Wisconsin’s flagship campus are petitioning university officials to curb free speech on campus. The Student Coalition for Progress wants the University of Wisconsin-Madison to formally denounce a student organization, Young Americans for Freedom, for inviting as a guest speaker Ben Shapiro, editor of the Daily Wire. The irony is richer than the Mesabi Range, although…
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Want to serve in local government? State your race, creed, and sexual I.D.
The late great (how I find myself using this term more and more!) John Patrick Hunter was the eminence grise of the old Capital Times when your Humble Blogguer was pecking at its keyboards. The afternoon daily (as it was then) hired Hunter, a native of West Virginia, in 1950 after firing a young investigative reporter who…
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Madison cop gives the Blame-the-Police crowd a good what-for!
“What I fear most is that I am going to be judged by someone sitting in a chair and take 20 minutes to make a decision on what I only had 2 or 3 seconds to make a decision.” — Madison Police Captain James Wheeler Your Humble Squire, confined to three minutes of testimony, was…