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But When We Get Behind Closed Doors

The meeting that everyone fears will speed up the end of civilization as we know it is now underway.  President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are meeting behind closed doors in Helsinki, Finland and only the worst is feared.  There is genuine concern that the President will just haphazardly spill classified information to Putin–who…READ MORE

MISSING OSHKOSH GIRL

OSHKOSH POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MISSING GIRL.  THIRTEEN YEAR OLD JADA ROBINSON MARTIN HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE MIDNIGHT—WHEN SHE LEFT HER FAMILY’S HOME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OSHKOSH.  POLICE SAY ROBINSON MARTIN HAD MENTIONED WANTING TO GO TO CALIFORNIA.  HER MOTHER LIVES IN THAT STATE—AND MAY HAVE COME TO GET HER.  THE…READ MORE

The Stuntmen of Washington

Everything you need to know about how Washington works nowadays is contained in the mini-drama that is Congressman Mark Pocan’s bill to do away with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.  The opening act featured Pocan making the rounds on the news networks promising to draft the measure–attacking ICE for their detaining illegal immigrants across the…READ MORE

Toe the Line

Every spring there is a big media campaign to get everyone looking to dig up a new garden or planning to plant trees or put up a new fence to “call Diggers Hotline” at least three days before doing any excavating.  The ads feature ominous warnings about electrocution or explosions caused by rupturing underground utilities.  And…READ MORE

Ruling the Neighborhood of Make Believe

You could say that almost everyone involved in politics pretends to be someone they are not.  In some situations putting on a façade can make you more popular–or increase your appeal to a certain group of people.  But those who engage in identity politics are starting to take that to the extreme.   Take Democratic…READ MORE

Making a Murderer II: Forget All That Other Stuff

If they really do make a second series of Making a Murderer, those who didn’t bother to watch the first installment may want to skip it, because you will have no idea what the heck is going on.  If you have seen it, you will recall that the filmmakers want you to believe that Steven…READ MORE

Europe in Eclipse

Hopefully, we won’t be distracted by “concerns” over separated immigrant families as the southern border or Justin Bieber’s engagement to pay attention to what could be a huge week in terms of the geo-politics of Europe.  President Trump is off to the continent to discuss the future of NATO–and how he thinks it should operate…READ MORE

Holding Out

Usually I would never use this space to promote a strike.  I find them to usually be counter-productive and only serve to hurt those that walk the picket line.  I would usually never encourage someone to take part in a pro-abortion protest, since I was born and wouldn’t want to deny someone else the opportunity…READ MORE

The No Balance Association

While the World Cup has Americans thinking about soccer for five minutes, now would be the time to talk about a system used in European Football called “relegation”.  As an incentive for teams not to tank games or threaten to move to other cities for better stadium deals, many leagues drop the bottom three or…READ MORE

Suck On This

It’s hard to believe that someday we are going to look back at the time you would get a plastic straw with your beverage at restaurants as “the good old days”.  The new trend is for restaurants to no longer provide you with plastic straws–unless you ask for one.  Some eateries are taking that even…READ MORE