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“It is self-destructive for any society to create a situation where a baby born not the world today automatically has pre-existing grievances against another baby born at the same time because of what their ancestors did centuries ago.” — Thomas Sowell 06-29-2020.
Tag Archives: Madison
Cops in Madison schools, Part #1
Expel the disrupters, not the police Only in the Emerald City would the school district even consider evicting police from its high schools. Truly, Madison is that island surrounded by the reality of mass school shootings, most recently this month … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Madison schools
Tagged Madison, Madison police, Madison schools, Race, violence
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‘A dark and buried chapter’ of history revived at Confederates Rest
The great American tragedy is that half of what Grant gained at Appomattox was lost when he left office in 1877. Perhaps not even Lincoln could have reconciled Southern whites with their former slaves In the midst of Gorbachev’s glasnost, Russians … Continue reading
Posted in Madison city government
Tagged Confederate Rest, Madison, Ron Chernow, U.S. Grant
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Mother thanks cop after son’s arrest
The little lights, they are flickering again at the Stately Manor You would never know it from the headlines, the news footage, or the raucous parade of social justice warriors mau-mauing Madison police at the city council and county board. But … Continue reading
Madison spends $400,000 to study police, gets ‘few answers’ — while bullets fly
‘Few answers in report on police’ Good on Chris Rickert. I’m sure he misses his opinion column on Page 2 of the Wisconsin State Journal but, given the contracting news business, at least he is doing honest labor as the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Madison city government, Race
Tagged implicit bias, Madison, Police, white privilege
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Can’t we all just bridge the digital divide?
After studying the warranty and some augury involving small animals, the Policy Werkes concludes that your humble bloggeur will never be as virtuous as the average Madison alderoid. For the Madison Common Council and its mayor for life, every day … Continue reading
Posted in Madison city government, Progressives, Race
Tagged digital divide, high-speed internet, Madison, Police, poverty
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Arrest the social justice brownshirts
“This is what democracy looks like,” the Derail the Jail mob chanted Monday night as they disrupted a scheduled meeting of the Dane County Board of Supervisors. No, this is what the Bolshevik putsch 100 years ago looked like. This … Continue reading
